Founded in its current form in 1923 by B.H. Mooney, the publication behind Northwest Georgia News (the Rome News-Tribune) came into being to unite the city of Rome under one strong daily newspaper. The idea sparked when Mooney, a savvy businessman, bought the two competing papers in town—the Tribune-Herald and the Rome News—and merged them because he believed the growing city needed a single, reliable voice rather than a divided press. Today, the company is owned by Times-Journal Inc., which is still operated by the Mooney family. Today, Northwest Georgia News is run by a team of local reporters and editors and is mainly focused on high school football, city and county government, crime, and news from local colleges like Berry College and Shorter University. They are based in Rome, Georgia, and serve as the central news hub for Rome and the surrounding counties in the northwest corner of the state. One interesting fact: A unique fact about Northwest Georgia News is that it is one of the few remaining family-owned daily newspapers in the United States. While almost all other local papers have been bought by giant Wall Street corporations, the Mooney family has owned and operated this newspaper for four generations, keeping the leadership local since the 1920s.