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Ford Hall at Berry College.

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2 Georgia colleges named in 'Prettiest College Campuses in America' list

Two colleges in Georgia were named among a list of the "Prettiest College Campuses in America": Berry College in Rome, Ga., and Atlanta's Spelman College.

May 06, 2024
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  • Ambria Burton
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., speaks to the media outside of the Fulton County Jail, Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023, in Atlanta. A New York man was sentenced to three months in prison Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023, for making threatening phone calls to Greene.

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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene targeted by failed Christmas swatting attempt

Republican U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has been targeted with another swatting attempt at her Georgia residence. The Rome Police Department in Georgia quickly verified that the call was a hoax and did not send officers to Greene's house.

December 27, 2023
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  • Associated Press
Visitors explore the Roman Necropolis at The Vatican.

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The Vatican broadens public access to an ancient Roman necropolis

In the past, tours of the ancient burial site were generally only granted to approved academics, students and other specialists.

November 18, 2023
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  • Chloe Veltman
Rome Emporers

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Braves affiliate minor league team is re-christened 'Rome Emperors'

The team, part of the South Atlantic League, was owned by the Atlanta Braves until 2022. The new branding is "in keeping" with quirky team names across Minor League Baseball.

November 17, 2023
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  • GPB News Staff
Maya Hawke

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  • Arts & Life

Ethan and Maya Hawke film to headline 2023 Rome International Film Festival

The Rome International Film Festival begins Nov. 2 in Rome, Ga, and will include a special screening of a new film from Ethan and Maya Hawke.

October 26, 2023
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  • Sammie Purcell
South Carolina forward Victaria Saxton (5) blocks Vanderbilt guard Ryanne Allen (24) shot from behind during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023, in Nashville, Tenn. South Carolina won 96-48. (AP Photo/Mark Zaleski)

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Indiana Fever picks Rome's Victaria Saxton in WNBA draft

The University of South Carolina basketball forward heads for the pros, joining teammate Aliyah Boston in Indianapolis.

April 11, 2023
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  • GPB News Staff
Staff Photo by Andrew Wilkins / Jennifer Jenkins, the executive director of United in Recovery, holds a fentanyl test strip at LaFayette's Joe Stock Memorial Park in January. The nonprofit recovery organization offers free naloxone and fentanyl testing strips and is participating in a state program to bring help to communities impacted by opioid overdoses.

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Help sent to site of opioid overdoses in new Georgia recovery program

After a community is affected by an opioid overdose, an expanded program from Georgia’s Department of Public Health will send recovery and harm reduction advocates door-knocking in the neighborhood nearby.

April 06, 2023
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  • Andrew Wilkins
The fascist origins of this Roman sports center can be seen in its monumental sculpture and architecture.

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Italy has kept its fascist monuments and buildings. The reasons are complex

Unlike Germany, which after World War II underwent a rigorous de-Nazification effort, pride, rather than shame, is the emotion many Italians feel for the symbols of the country's fascist past.

February 25, 2023
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  • Sylvia Poggioli
Plant Scherer

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State Regulators Poised To Set Georgia Power's Toxic Coal Ash Storage Legacy

Here in Georgia, the state Environmental Protection Division has issued the first proposed permit allowing Georgia Power to press forward with plans to leave more than 1 million tons of coal ash in an unlined pit at Floyd County’s Plant Hammond near the Coosa River.

August 09, 2021
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  • Jill Nolin
In this Aug. 3, 2020, file photo, Paul Adamus, 7, waits at the bus stop for the first day of 2020-2021 school year in Dallas, Ga.

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Political Rewind: Déjà Vu As Schools Return Amid Rising Cases, Without State Guidance

Monday on Political Rewind: Officials continue to resist establishing a statewide procedure for mitigating the possible spread of COVID-19 in schools. Cases are rising in some systems in the first week of classes. In Atlanta, public schools will begin offering vaccines to middle and high school students next week.

August 09, 2021
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  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Emilia Brock ,
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Georgia Power's Plant Hammond in Rome an undated photo. Coal ash pond 3 is more than half of the property and only yards from the Coosa River.

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Public Comment Sought On Northwest Georgia Coal Ash Plan

Georgia’s Environmental Protection Division appears poised to approve a storage plan that would allow the toxic material left over from burning coal to generate electricity, so-called coal ash, to remain potentially in the path of an underground aquifer feeding the Coosa River in Northwest Georgia. 

August 06, 2021
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  • Grant Blankenship
Floyd Medical Center

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North Carolina-Based Atrium Health Clinches Deal For Another Hospital System

A Charlotte-based health care system has finalized a deal to acquire a nonprofit hospital organization based in Rome.

July 15, 2021
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  • Andy Miller
Italian officials have announced a project to build and install a high-tech, retractable floor inside the ancient Roman Colosseum by 2023, some two centuries after archaeologists removed the arena's stage.

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Roman Colosseum's New Floor Will Give Visitors A Gladiator's Point Of View

The retractable wooden stage will offer visitors a view of the ancient arena not seen since the nineteenth century, when archaeologists removed its floor to reveal the elaborate structures underneath.

May 03, 2021
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  • Rachel Treisman
Redmon Regional Medical Center in Rome

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Possible Sale Of Hospital Could Shake Up Rome

Speculation is swirling in Rome about the possible sale of Redmond Regional Medical Center, owned by HCA, to AdventHealth, a Florida-based health system.

April 29, 2021
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  • John Bailey and
  • Andy Miller
The Russian Embassy in Rome on Wednesda. Italy has ordered two Russian Embassy officials expelled and arrested an Italian Navy captain on spying charges after police caught the Italian allegedly giving classified documents to one of the Russians in exchange for money.

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Italy Expels 2 Russian Embassy Officials, Arrests Navy Captain On Spying Charges

The captain, identified by Italian media as Walter Biot, was reportedly caught Tuesday evening as he handed over allegedly top-secret documents to one of the Russian diplomats in exchange for money.

March 31, 2021
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  • Sylvia Poggioli
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