Category Archives: Local News

-Rome Police Department- The Rome Police Department has identified the pedestrian who died following this morning's crash on Shorter Avenue as Sandra Lee Fincher, 70, of Rome. At the request of the Fl...

-Staff reports- A GoFundMe page has been established for the family of a Rome teenager who died while playing soccer on Friday. 16-year-old Bairon Candido Ramos Vicente passed out on the field and unf...

-Floyd County Jail records- Warrant: Man entered woman's residence, tried to shave her head A Cedartown man was jailed on Friday on charges of 1st-degree burglary, false imprisonment, battery, and sex...

-David Crowder, WRGA News- The Rome-Floyd County Development Authority will discuss a number of agenda items when it meets on Tuesday. The meeting will include an executive session to discuss real est...

-David Crowder, WRGA News- The Floyd County Commission is expected to award a bid for the demolition and installation of sidewalks and handicap ramps in Lindale when it meets on Tuesday. Glenn Contrac...

-AAA South- Georgia drivers continue to feel the pinch at the pump as gas prices remain elevated, with no clear sign yet of when meaningful relief may arrive. The state average now stands at $4.09 per...

-Floyd County Jail records- Woman charged with child cruelty A West Rome woman was arrested at her Rooney Road residence on Thursday and charged with 1st-degree cruelty to children. According to Floyd...

-News Release- We have this traffic note....Hemlock Street will close Monday for three days as part of infrastructure improvements that are ongoing at Georgia Northwestern Technical College. The closu...

-News Release- Rome-Floyd Parks and Recreation has completed installing structures to create shade at the Upper Alto Park ballfields through a partnership with Coca-Cola. The shades were installed ove...

-David Crowder, WRGA News- The Floyd County Board of Education will hold its September meeting on Monday. The meeting begins at 6 pm at the central office on Riverside Parkway. The caucus starts at 5....