Deputies save girl livestreaming suicide
SATURDAY
A free, family-friendly street festival will take place Saturday on Broad Street in downtown Rome. Broad Street will be closed to vehicle traffic from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. The festival will feature an International Festival, the Ellen Axson Wilson Art Walk, kids activities, as well as live music and entertainment. Parking is available for free during festival hours at the Fourth Avenue parking deck, Sixth Avenue parking deck and the Midtown parking lot. Parking is also available at the Third Avenue parking deck.
Floyd County Master Gardeners will offer a free community “Gardening in Containers” workshop Saturday at 11 a.m. at Chieftains Museum on Riverside Parkway. The program will be presented by Floyd County Extension Agent Keith Mickler and the Floyd County Master Gardeners. For more information, call the Floyd County Extension Office at 706-295-6210 or check out Floyd County Extension Master Gardener Volunteers on Facebook.
New Life Church of God, 210 E. 18th St., will host Third Street Ministries on Saturday as they give away free spring clothing to those in need between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. A prayer station will be set up for anyone who needs prayer.
The AIDS Resource Council’s fourth annual Derby Bash fundraiser will be held Saturday from 5 to 8 p.m. at 507 E. Third St. The bash will serve traditional Kentucky Derby fare and libations, and participants will watch the Kentucky Derby. There will be a best hat contest, with the winner receiving a $50 gift certificate from a Rome restaurant. A silent auction will include items donated by local merchants. A donation of $25 per person is suggested. For more information call the AIDS Resource Council at 706-290-9098.
Habitat for Humanity-Coosa Valley will be holding a family selection meeting at the Rome-Floyd County Library, 205 Riverside Parkway, on Saturday at 10:30 a.m. and May 8 at 6 p.m. Applicants must have lived or worked in Floyd County for at least a year and have an income less than $51,350 to apply.
Individuals with Disabilities Committee
The
will meet Monday at 10 a.m. at the Northwest Georgia Center for Independent Living Inc., 527 Broad St., Suite 101. Call 706-295-6485 for more information.
will meet Monday at State Mutual Stadium. Lunch will be at 11:45 a.m. The program will be the recognition of the Student of the Semester from all area middle schools.
will meet Monday at Post 5, 5 Shorter Ave. Dinner will be served at 7 p.m. and meeting will follow at 7:30. For more information call 706-266-6791.
Telephone Retirees
The will have their regular monthly meeting Tuesday at 11 a.m. at the Floyd County Senior
Citizens Center, 1325 Kingston Road. Bring a covered dish. For more information call 706-802-7576.
1959 graduates of East Rome High and West Rome High schools will meet for lunch Tuesday at noon at O’ Charley’s. Spouses and friends of classmates also are invited. For information, call Judy Ballard Dempsey at 706-237-2606.
The Celanese/Tubize Boys will meet for breakfast Tuesday at 8:30 a.m. at Landmark Restaurant, 2740 Martha Berry Highway.
The Rome Art Coterie meets the second Tuesday of every month. All artists and art lovers are welcome, and there is no cost. For more information call Moriah Medina at 706-512-2061.
will meet at Coosa Country Club at noon Tuesday. The BeeShees, Andi Beyer, Monica Sheppard, Ramsey Cook and Denise Champagne, will share their passion for bees and making the world a sweeter place. Guests are welcome.
A free will meet Tuesday from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. at the Charles C. Parker Center.
Email RomeNewsTribune@RN-T. com or call 706-290-5252 to list events. The Associated Press
ATLANTA — Gov. Nathan Deal signed legislation Thursday allowing people with permits to carry concealed handguns on Georgia’s public college campuses, despite the objections of state university leaders and his own veto of a campus-carry measure last year.
Deal shocked fellow Republicans with the tone of last year’s veto message, which referenced opposition to guns on the University of Virginia campus by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, and an opinion by the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia that described schools as “sensitive places” under the Second Amendment.
The governor signed this year’s version without a public ceremony.
MACON — Authorities say a Georgia teenager who took pills, placed a bag over her head and tried to livestream her suicide on Facebook Live was saved by deputies after viewers watching the haunting scene called 911.
The Telegraph reports three patrol cars and an ambulance sped to the teen’s home in Macon after being alerted Tuesday.
Sgt. Linda Howard of the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office tells WMAZ-TV deputies received multiple calls reporting the broadcast, and that Facebook also reached out to the sheriff’s office to get help for her.
Howard said the girl was taken to a hospital.
“It’s a good thing that the people watching this called it in,” Sheriff David Davis said told the newspaper. “Those people did the right thing.
“Even in this tragic situation, this young lady was looking for attention, and thankfully, the right people were watching . ... It could have been more tragic.”
Facebook has announced that the company will hire 3,000 more people to review videos of crime and suicides after killings have been shown live.
The Associated Press