A former school system employee was indicted months after a GBI child exploitation sting, The Rome News-Tribune reported.

Jeffrey Ryan Lance, 26, was indicted Friday on a felony charge of obscene internet contact with a child, the paper reported. Lance was one of eight men indicted on the charge.

The paper alleges Lance arranged for sex with people online they thought were minors. Lance was arrested March 14 after he allegedly went to a location to meet a child for sex.

The Floyd County School District subsequently fired Lance from his position in the facilities department, Superintendent John Jackson said.

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Healthcare at College Park, a nursing home in Fulton County, GA, stands shuttered with its door chained on July 26, 2025, having closed in recent months.  Researchers at Brown University developed a list of U.S. nursing homes they predicted were at risk of closing based on 2023 data, and would be at elevated risk of closing due to the One Big, Beautiful Bill Act's cuts to Medicaid. Healthcare at College Park was on their list.  It survived past its last federal inspection in August of 2024 but has now closed down. The bill's biggest provisions will roll out over years starting Jan. 1. (Ariel Hart/AJC)

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