My sister and I recently unearthed a forgotten box of correspondence our mom received from servicemen she'd met at Red Cross dances in Rome near the end of the war. She would have been 100 this year.

As more than a billion Catholics around the world await the election of a new pope, all eyes will be on the Sistine Chapel, where 133 cardinals will begin the secretive process known as a conclave.

Pope Francis will be buried in St. Mary Major church, not Saint Peter's Basilica, in a break with tradition.

Georgia Senate Bill 79 or the Fentanyl Reduction and Eradication Act, takes Austin's Law to the next step, establishing mandatory minimum sentences for drug crime.

The pontiff left the hospital on Sunday following treatment for a severe respiratory infection that led to bilateral pneumonia.

Pope Francis' condition remains critical but stable and he was able to do some work while still in the hospital with double pneumonia, the Vatican said in a Tuesday evening update.

The 88-year-old pontiff was initially admitted to the hospital on Friday for bronchitis. On Monday, the Vatican said test results show Francis has "a polymicrobial infection of the respiratory tract."

A woman was killed in a motor vehicle accident Monday as Rome, Ga., as police responded to a bomb threat targeting U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who represents Georgia's 14th Congressional District.

In partnership with WNET for the nonpartisan Preserving Democracy project's "Ready to Vote" social media campaign, Georgia Public Broadcasting interviewed students from Berry College in Rome, Ga., and Georgia Tech in Atlanta about their plans to vote and their thoughts on democracy ahead of the election.

She crosses the globe for her career, but she is still close with her family and community in the Northwest Georgia valley where she grew up.

Berry College in Rome, Ga., was selected by the NCAA to host its Division III Men's and Women's Tennis Championship in 2028.

A team of scientists based in Ukraine, South Africa, and the U.S. recently xxpublished about discovering a new worm species named after a Berry College professor, one of Georgia's best private schools in Rome.

On the Monday, July 29 edition of Georgia Today: The secretary of state's office has a new website to help ensure accurate voter rolls, a group of Atlanta-based musicians face tragedy in Wyoming, and Vice President Kamala Harris will be in Georgia tomorrow. 

On July 8, the River Remedy Brewing Company, a craft brewery based in Rome, Ga., announced that it had won two gold medals at the U.S. Open Beer Championship, one of the world's most popular beer competitions.

Bloom Our Youth's mobile truck travels to several locations across Georgia about three times a month to give foster families and children in group homes a personal shopping experience. GPB's Ambria Burton reports — with a slideshow of the clothing, backpacks, shoes and accessories that are often needed when a child moves into foster care.