RCS board reelects Faith Collins as chair, Jill Fisher as vice chair
♦ Also, Superintendent Lou Byars nets high marks in his annual evaluation.
Rome’s Pier 1 Imports location, in Riverbend Center off Turner Mccall Boulevard, will be one of hundreds of similar stores closing nationwide.
Signs in the store’s window indicate that much of the store’s merchandise is on sale at 30% off.
The Associated Press reported the chain is closing nearly half its 942 stores as it struggles to draw consumers and compete online. Pier 1 also plans layoffs at its corporate headquarters in Fort Worth, Texas.
Pier 1 named a new CEO with a background in corporate
The Rome City Schools board of education unanimously elected to keep Chair Faith Collins in her role for another year at the monthly meeting Tuesday. Collins has served on the board since 2001 and has been the chair since 2016.
Also continuing her role as the vice chair is Jill Fisher. Fisher was elected to the board in 2018 and has served as vice chair since taking office.
In other actions, the school board went into closed session turnarounds in November.
Robert Riesbeck previously served as the company’s chief financial officer.
“Although decisions that impact our associates are never easy, reducing the number of our brick-andmortar locations is a necessary business decision,” Riesbeck said in a statement to the AP.
The company has been trying to revamp its cluttered stores and change its offerings to appeal more to younger customers.
But it is struggling to compete with budget-friendly home decor sites like Wayfair. for over an hour to evaluate Superintendent Lou Byars. Board members gave him “satisfactory scores,” and they expressed how thankful they are for Byars’ leadership, especially with having to buy new buses in a hurry.
“Your scores came out in the satisfactory range,” board member Dr. Melissa Davis said to Byars. “We need you to know that your scores were great. We appreciate your strong leadership in our new facilities and our new transportation. That was amazing.”
Board members spent some time discussing their satisfaction with the new bus system and how well Byars did with what they called a last-minute task.
In February 2019, the Georgia Department of Transportation ruled it was inappropriate
Pier 1 Imports in Riverbend Center is closing. for Rome Transit Department buses to transport kids, effectively ending a 35-year agreement between RCS and RTD. Originally, the deadline for RCS to have its own buses was in August, but Byars pushed to have the deadline moved to December.
They approved the purchase of the buses in May 2019, and the estimated cost was $3.2 million. The new bus system rolled out on Jan. 7.
“We really could have been in a bind with buying buses,” said Fisher. “We are very proud of your financial leadership.”
The district plans to recruit more bus drivers during its recruitment fair at Rome High School on Jan. 25.
“We know some of (the current bus drivers) are going to leave and we want to continue to be staffed,” Byars told the board. Bus drivers have a guarantee of five working hours a day, Byars said.
Right now, the buses are parked at the closed General Electric plant on Redmond Circle.
However, plans are to move them to land purchased for $1.15 million near Three Rivers Drive once the site is ready. Byars said gravel has been laid down, but crews are still working on the water system.
A Northeast Floyd County woman is charged with multiple drug-related felonies including conspiring to distribute oxycodone.
According to Floyd County Jail reports:
Loretta Lynn Terhune, 56, of 363 Potts Road was arrested Monday at the intersection of Avenue A and North Fifth Avenue on multiple warrants after a Metro Task Force investigation into the sale of oxycodone at her residence on Jan. 9.
The conspiracy charges date as far back as August of last year and involve drug deals that allegedly occurred at several locations.
A search warrant carried out at Terhune’s home Jan. 10 turned up a quantity of meth, digital scales and glass smoking devices
She is charged with felony possession of methamphetamine, sale of Schedule I or II controlled substance, possession of a Schedule I or II controlled substance with the intent to distribute, sale of controlled substances without FDA approval, two counts of attempt or conspiracy to violate the Georgia Controlled Substances Act and a misdemeanor for possession of drug-related objects.
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underneath the seat where Kirby had been riding.
Both were both charged with possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute and misdemeanors for possession of marijuana and possession of drug-related objects.
Kirby was additionally charged with a felonies for tampering with evidence, possession of a firearm, and possession of marijuana after crossing the guard line at the jail. When Kirby was patted down inside the jail, jailers found another bag of marijuana on the man.
He was also charged with a misdemeanor for obstruction of officers.
Inmate charged with distributing pot
A former inmate at the Floyd County Prison is charged with possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute for crimes that allegedly occurred back in 2017.
According to Floyd County Jail reports:
Joshua Carl Rogers, 30, of 5521 Bulloch Road in Meigs, Georgia, was returned to Rome from the Smith State Prison to answer to allegations that he was found with 27.5 grams of marijuana, 107 grams of tobacco, five packages of cigars and rolling papers while on a work detail at the Floyd County Animal Control facility on North Avenue in October 2017.
He is charged with felony possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute, possession of items prohibited for an inmate and felony possession of marijuana. Doug Walker, associate editor