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(The next few weeks of Fifty Years Ago... will be skimpier than I'd like, because many daily issues of the Rome News-Tribune are missi...

What had once been a regional dream became a reality this week in 1970 as Floyd Junior College began processing registration for the fall qu...

My quarter as a student teacher was financially challenging. It was also one of the most memorable periods of our lives. Just as I was pre...

West Rome's pizza war between Pizza Inn (just past the high school on Shorter Avenue) and Village Inn (near the intersection of Shorter ...

Debbie Shelnutt was chosen as Miss West Rome Senior High and David Watkins was chosen as Mr. West Rome Senior High at the 1970 production of...

Early on, Susan and I had made a plan: I would take advantage of my academic scholarship at Berry College to get my degree, also working par...

It's April 7th, 2020--the twentieth anniversary of the night that I died. I still remember every detail so vividly that it's har...

The Chieftains defeated Cartersville, Pebblebrook, and Cass in a four-way meet at Cartersville on Wednesday, April 8th. Cjuc k Kinnebrew set...

Jesse Laseter was promoted from assistant susperintendent to the position of superintendent of schools this week in 1970. Laseter, who came ...

Rome City Schools submitted a revised integration plan this week in 1970, hoping to get final approval from the Department of Health, Educat...