Category Archives: Local News

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...

Tuesday, March 18, 2025–9:50 p.m.-Floyd County Jail records-Man charged with identity theftAn arrest has been made in an identity theft case dating back to May of 2021.According to an arrest war...

Tuesday, March 18, 2025–9:11 p.m.-David Crowder, WRGA News-The election to fill the vacant Post Four seat on the Floyd County Commission is headed to a runoff.David Thornton (R) was the top vote...

Tuesday, March 18, 2025–9:00 p.m.-David Crowder, WRGA News-The Rome-Floyd County Development Authority has closed on the sale of just over 20 acres in the Battey Business Center, which is the fo...