Category Archives: Local News

Wednesday, November 6, 2024–5:57 p.m.-News Release-The Rome-Floyd Recycling Center has announced dates for their 2025 recycling events at their facility on Lavender Drive.In previous years, the ...

Wednesday, November 6, 2024–5:45 p.m.-Staff reports-Floyd County residents have just over a weekend to pay their property taxes.Tax bills were mailed on August 15, and payment is due on November...

Wednesday, November 6, 2024–4:45 p.m.-Rome City Schools-"There are a lot of fake people out there and I'm going to keep this real. When I was in high school I probably wouldn't have been excited...

Tuesday, November 5, 2024–10:25 a.m.-Staff reports-Two Rome City School System professionals and one Regional Education Service Agencies educator have been nominated for the Georgia Leadership I...

Tuesday, November 5, 2024–10:10 a.m.-News Release-Rockmart Middle School and Polk School District officials held a ribbon-cutting for their new greenhouse, built through a donation from Atrium H...

Tuesday, November 5, 2024–10:00 a.m.-Floyd County Jail records-Two Rome residents are accused of breaking into a West Rome liquor store early Monday morning.According to Floyd County Jail record...

Tuesday, November 5, 2024–8:40 a.m.-News Release-Rome High School's SkillsUSA/Engineering team recently placed third at the Georgia BEST Robotics Competition."BEST Robotics is a challenging six-...

Tuesday, November 5, 2024–7:20 a.m.-David Crowder, WRGA News-Today is Election Day and the polls are open from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m.According to the Georgia Secretary of State’s Office, 31,1...

Sunday, November 3, 2024–2:48 p.m.-Staff reports-An arrest has been made in the murder of an East Rome man whose body was found outside of the Sunoco on Maple Avenue on October 27.According to a...

Sunday, November 3, 2024–2:15 p.m.-Floyd County Jail records-Summerville man accused of assaulting woman at Rome motelA Summerville man was arrested late last week on a felony aggravated assault...