Category Archives: Local News

August 22nd, 2024 – 7:15 PMEthan Garrett – WRGA Digital News Editor & Video Reporter –Thursday morning, the Rome Rotary Club hosted former Georgia Governor Nathan Deal for a fire...

Thursday, August 22, 2024–10:30 a.m.-Floyd County Jail records-“Most Wanted” suspect in custodyA man just added to the Floyd County Sheriff's Office's "Most Wanted" list is already i...

Thursday, August 22, 2024–10:21 a.m.-News Release-Georgia Highlands College (GHC) will host Preview Days this fall semester, with free community events on Saturday, September 21, at the Floyd Ca...

Thursday, August 22, 2024–10:12 a.m.-Georgia Department of Labor-Georgia Labor Commissioner Bruce Thompson said Thursday that Rome recorded an unemployment rate of 4.2 percent in July, up three-...

August 21st, 2024 – 12:00 PMWRGA Staff Reports –The Paulding community is preparing to gather in honor of Deputy Brandon Cunningham, who was killed in the line of duty last weekend.In coor...

Wednesday, August 21, 2024–11:56 a.m.-David Crowder, WRGA News-It is not too early to begin ordering for the Knights of Columbus annual Labor Day Barbecue which is coming up on September 2 at th...

Wednesday, August 21, 2024–11:30 a.m.-News Release-Wreath decorators with a desire to help cancer patients can show off their skills during the Cancer Navigators' Annual Holiday Wreath Sale &...

Tuesday, August 20, 2024–11:40 a.m.-David Crowder, WRGA News-The Rome Alcohol Control Commission voted Monday to table a proposal to eliminate future variance requests for the 50-50 food-to-drin...

Monday, August 19, 2024–4:55 p.m.-News Release-Polk County will be receiving a fire safety grant.Georgia Senators Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock secured the funding through the Federal Emergency...

Monday, August 19, 2024–4:47 p.m.-Floyd County Jail records-Man charged with aggravated assaultA Rome man was arrested over the weekend at his Wilson Avenue home on a felony aggravated assault c...