Category Archives: Local News

Saturday, March 22, 2025–1:52 p.m.-WZQZ Radio/Staff reports-A small plane crash near Barwick-LaFayette Airport has resulted in the deaths of two people, shocking the local community. The Nationa...

March 21, 2025–8:30 a.m.-News Release-ESP (Extra Special People) is excited to invite the Rome community to join its third annual Big Hoops fundraiser. The Big Hoops event will be Friday, March ...

Thursday, March 20, 2025–2:45 p.m.-WBHF Radio-A pedestrian was killed when he was hit by a commercial truck on Highway 41 north of Womack Drive in Cartersville Wednesday evening.According to the...

Thursday, March 20, 2025–2:35 p.m.-Georgia Department of Labor-The Georgia Department of Labor announced Thursday that Rome recorded an unemployment rate of 3.4 percent in December, unchanged ov...

Thursday, March 20, 2025–2:30 p.m.-Staff reports-A former Gordon County Commissioner has been indicted on a felony charge of 1st-degree cruelty to children while her husband has been indicted on...

Thursday, March 20, 2025–11:40 a.m.-Floyd County Jail records-An arrest has been made in a single-vehicle crash that occurred on March 15 on Turner McCall Boulevard at East 12th Street.According...

Thursday, March 20, 2025–11:30 a.m.-David Crowder, WRGA News-Northwest Georgia Charter Academy in Cave Spring is set to open in the fall of 2026, serving students who live in Floyd and Polk coun...

Wednesday, March 19, 2025–10:30 a.m.-News Release-Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) has named Ansley Rogers, a student at Armuchee High School, as its 2025 Dual Enrollment Student of...

Wednesday, March 18, 2025–9:55 p.m.-News Release-Atrium Health Floyd will hold a Career Fair this Thursday, March 20, from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Rome Civic Center, 400 Civic Center Drive.Both ...

Tuesday, March 18, 2025–9:55 p.m.-Rome Police Department report-Rome Police responded to a 'shots fired' call in West Rome Monday evening.According to the incident report:Officers were dispatche...