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Rock Garden Calhoun is a stunning collection of thousands of tiny rocks that make up an entire miniature village complete with buildings, castles, cathedrals, bridges, and even the Colosseum.

"I'm at city hall," Angela Pence says via text message. "By a guy with a 'Don't Tread on Me' flag." Even amid the vibrant scene along Main Street in Rome, Georgia, on Saturday morning, the modified Gadsden flag—a rainbow-colored one, but with the familiar coiled rattlesnake and slogan—stands out. Before crossing the street to meet Pence, however, I have to make way for a drag queen riding in the bed of a bright red pickup truck and fist-pumping along to a blaring Lady Gaga song. It's a message of defiance as subtle as the rainbow-colored Gadsden flag—particularly here, at the first-ever Pride parade in Rome, a city of about 37,000 nestled in the state's deeply conservative northwest corner.

The body of a 72 year old male was found Monday morning, across from the old Pruitt’s Restaurant location on County Road 22, approximately five miles east of Centre. A call came in just prior to 7:00 Monday morning reporting the discovery of the body. However, at the time the caller didn’t know if the individual was alive or dead.

There was a report of a single-vehicle wreck in Cherokee County just prior to 8:00am Tuesday. The initial report stated that the vehicle traveled down an embankment on Highway 68 east near County Road 140 toward the Alabama/Georgia line. Gaylesville Fire & Rescue, along with Gaylesville Fire Department units responded...

Road Construction is still ongoing on Highway 411/Chestnut Bypass, as well as West Main Street in front of the Walmart Supercenter in Centre, AL.

In this episode, Tommy and I venture to Summerville, Georgia to hike the Marble Mine Trail at Sloppy Floyd State Park. This deceptively short trail was long on big hills that almost did me in, but the end result was worth the pain and effort. This trail is a killer on the calves but incredibly beautiful at the top!

June 28, 2022–6:35 p.m. A full slate of activities has been scheduled as part of this year’s Independence Day celebration in Cave Spring. All of the events take place this Saturday, July 2, and starts with a .5K at 10 a.m. A “sip and stroll” starts at 11...

CENTRE – The Sand Rock Wildcats are in search of balance during the 2022 football season. Two years ago, in head coach Alan Heath’s first season, the Wildcats didn’t win a game on the road. Last year, things were quite the opposite. Sand Rock went 6-0 in the regular season away from Russell Jacoway Stadium, but couldn’t find that kind of consistency at home. They won just one game in front of the home crowd.

In the Tuesday Planning Meeting of the Centre City Council, Mayor Mark Mansfield brought up the topic of building a new city hall. “Today I am proposing that we move forward with a feasibility study regarding building a new city hall on the old middle school property.” Mansfield stated. “The community center has been a great temporary option for us, but it was not designed to be a city hall, it was designed to be a community center and rental facility.”

Fort Payne’s annual Independence Day fireworks show will be June 30th at 8:45 PM. There will be no event this year due to renovations at the Sports Complex. Fireworks will be visible from the same locations as previous years’ festivities. For more information, visit the event page. Saturday,...

The Sand Mountain Potato Festival will return to Henagar for the 40th year next week.

Local Eagle Scout, T.J. Baker, presented an idea to the Centre City Council during the Tuesday evening planning meeting. Baker is wanting to build a GaGa Pit at the local Centre City Park as a part of the Elizabeth Baker Project for the Eagle Scouts. Gaga is a fast paced,...

Dr. Kathy Murphy from Gadsden State Community College spoke at the Tuesday evening Centre City Council Regular Meeting. She asked the council what courses they should offer for the students of Centre and Cherokee Counties. “We have a laser focus on growing our campus here along with all of our other campuses, we want to increase our enrollment.” Murphy said. “We are starting our cross country team in the fall, we are going to start baseball and softball in the spring of 2023. In our arena at our Cherokee Campus, we are going to reline the court and bring our basketball teams, both girls and guys, to play some games here in the community.” Murphy stated that they were “all in” here in Cherokee County and thanked the council for allowing them to be at the meeting.

The Weiss Lake Music Festival is set to take place in August at Estes Field in Centre. That FREE concert will feature a number of up and coming country music acts – with the mighty Oak Ridge Boys acting as the headliners!. One of the organizers of that big...

A 26-year-old Rome woman was arrested Monday on a felony warrant charging her with aggravated assault. According to the warrant, Brenda Janette Cornejo Bibian tried to cut and stab the victim with a knife. The incident reportedly occurred on May 5 at a location on Shorter Avenue.

Take a moment to relax and enjoy this gorgeous setting at James H. "Sloppy" Floyd State Park. It was truly mesmerizing.

Fort Payne’s annual Independence Day fireworks show will be June 30th at 8:45 PM. There will be no event this year due to renovations at the Sports Complex. Fireworks will be visible from the same locations as previous years’ festivities. For more information, visit the event page. Saturday,...

The following is a press release from Floyd County Government:. “Please join us along with TRED of Rome/Floyd County and the City of Rome, GA – Government as we celebrate the grand opening of the Redmond Trail with a ribbon-cutting ceremony!. The ceremony of this exciting new addition to...

CENTRE – The Gaylesville Trojans have welcomed back a familiar face on their football coaching staff in Justin Jacobs. Jacobs, who coaches the offensive line and secondary, is going into his fourth year with the Trojans and fifth overall after having spent a year at Class 5A Greenville. Jacobs...

This week’s AllOnGeorgia Players of the Week honors brought to you by Jim Aaron’s Summerville McDonalds go to the Summerville 10U State Champion Lady Indians and the Trion 8U State Champion Lady Bulldogs. Chattooga County saw much success at the Georgia Recreation and Park Association State Championship Tournament.