A Rome woman remained in jail Sunday night after she allegedly poured bleach and gasoline on her husband’s clothes Saturday evening, according to a Floyd County Jail report.

According to the report:

Anita Gay Selman, 45, of 330 Tolbert St., was charged with a felony count of criminal damage to property in the second degree for causing the estimated $600 in damage to the clothes.

She was being held without bond.

The first of two eaglets at Berry College took flight on Monday morning. After being chased by crows, the juvenile parked in top of a pine tree on the north side of the college's entrance road for over two hours to wait out the crows.

Gov. Nathan Deal has signed a comprehensive boating safety law after a deadly summer on the water in north Georgia.

The bill, signed Tuesday at an event at Lake Lanier, honors the memory of 2 brothers killed in a boating crash last summer as well as the stepson of R&B artist Usher who died in a personal watercraft accident.

The bill lowers the blood-alcohol limit for boaters to .08 to match the driving limit. The bill also requires a boater safety education course for those operating motorized vessels that were born since Jan. 1, 1998.

Deal says too many tragedies have been tied to boating under the influence and inadequate boater education.

Georgia had been 1 of 8 states with a higher blood-alcohol limit for boating.

Rome High School has again been named one of the top institutions in the state in the annual study issued by U.S. News & World Report.

Coming in 46th out of Georgia’s 440 high schools, Rome has been named a “Best High School in America” as a Silver Award winner. The ranking places Rome in the approximate 90th percentile for all high schools in the state. It is the 4th time in the last 6th years Rome High has earned the distinction.

Other high schools honored in the Northwest Georgia region include a lofty ranking for Dalton at number 16, in addition to Calhoun at number 28 and Cartersville at number 31.

High schools are ranked by U.S. News based on several different types of criteria including college readiness and student-to-teacher ratio as well as math and English scores.

Locally Trion High School scored the highest in Chattooga County with "near Georgia average" in student teacher ratio with 387 students and 24 teachers. Trion ranked 18.4 in college readiness with 44 percent of students taking the AP test and 10 percent passing. Trion rated near the state average in math with 95 percent proficient and 5 percent not proficient, while rating above the state average in English with 98 percent proficient and 2 percent not.

Chattooga high rated near the state average in student teacher ratio and below the state average in college readiness with only 7 percent taking the AP test and only 2 percent passing. Chattooga rated below the state average in math with 76 percent proficient and 24 percent not; and below the state average in English with 83 percent proficient and 17 percent not proficient.   

Cartersville police have jailed a local man for allegedly attempting to rob a local business Monday evening while covering his face with women’s underwear.

Reports state Icar St. Valentine Channer, age 62, wore a black toboggan and held yellow panties over his face as he tried to get a cashier at Dollar General to give him four $20 bills out of the register. When the cashier told him he couldn’t open it up, Channer left the store and was later found by police at the nearby Church’s Chicken where they say he had the toboggan, panties and a large knife in his possession.

Channer faces charges of Robbery and Concealing Identity. He was booked into the Bartow County Jail about 8 pm Monday.

Two trucks collided near Krystal in Lafayette just before noon Tuesday. Neither driver sustained life threatening injuries.

The Georgia State Patrol is investigating to find out which of the two vehicles involved ran the traffic signal at the intersection.

Paul Simmons of Lafayette was traveling north on Highway 27 in a pickup, while a Walker County Animal Control Truck, driven by Kristopher Smith, of Lafayette, was traveling east through the intersection.
    The investigation revealed that neither driver had time to apply brakes before the impact.

The Bartow County Sheriff`s Office has received confirmation of positive identification of last week’s victim found in the Etowah River. The GBI Crime Lab has identified the body found as Richard Blake Cowart. Cowart has been reported missing since the morning of April 4th, 2013 from his home on Hardin Bridge Road near the Etowah River.

According to Bartow County Sheriff Clark Millsap, no cause of death is available from the Crime Lab at this time as they are awaiting the results of tests run during autopsy.

The victim was found in the river on Thursday, April 18, 2013 by fishermen in the water.

Chattooga County Commissioner Jason Winters has announced an extension on the Ag Water Rate sign up in Chattooga County.  The commissioner said already around 30 customers had either signed up or re-activated meters with the new Ag Water Rate.  Ag customers receive a reduced rate and only pay for the water that they use.  The water can be used for any agricultural purpose including irrigation or to water livestock but it cannot be hooked up to a residence.  For a limited time agricultural customers can sign up at the reduced rate of $350 for most hookups, instead of the normal $750.  Commissioner Winters said that the deadline for sign ups has been moved from April 30, 2013 to May 31, 2013 allowing another month for ag producers to sign up at the reduced rates.  If you have questions you can contact the Chattooga County Water District Office for more information.

What began as a domestic dispute last week ended up with a Chattooga County couple being arrested on drug charges with the husband also picked up on a fugitive from justice warrant out of Florida.

The incident occurred on April 16 when officers were dispatched to a Jenkins Gap Road address in reference to a woman being hit in the face by her husband. Christy Cooper told officers Tommy Cooper hit her in the face and head several times with his fist. 37-year-old Christy Cooper reportedly had blood coming from her nose and on her shirt. 

35-year-old Tommy Cooper told officers the fight occurred over meth and his wife was upset that he didn't have any and couldn't afford any. Officers found a suspected meth pipe in a vehicle at the residence as well straws and plastic baggies containing suspected meth residue.  Two sets of scales with suspected meth residue. 

Both were charged with possession of methamphetamine and possession of drug related objects. Tommy Cooper was additionally charged with cruelty to children, simple battery/ FVA, and being a fugitive from justice/ Florida, on burglary charges and other charges.

The couple was transported to the Chattooga County Jail.