Category Archives: Local News

-Georgia Department of Public Safety- Thousands of Georgians are expected to travel this Labor Day weekend as summer comes to an unofficial close. The Georgia Department of Public Safety (DPS) reminds...

-Georgia State Patrol- An Alabama man died in a motorcycle crash in the area of Kelli Clark Court and Highway 293 in Bartow County on Saturday. According to the Georgia State Patrol: 33-year-old Josep...

-Cherokee County, Alabama Sheriff's Office- On Tuesday afternoon, deputies went to a campground in the Wildwood Cove area off County Road 182 to serve a warrant for the Floyd County Sheriff's Office i...

-News Release- Success in school starts with something remarkably simple. Students have to be there. As Rome City Schools recognizes September as Attendance Awareness Month, the district is continuing...

-Floyd County Jail records- Louisiana man accused of ripping off Rome resident A man from West Monroe, Louisiana, was booked into the Floyd County Jail on Tuesday on a felony warrant charging him with...

-Staff reports- A special use permit is being sought for 4 East 9th Street for an independent sober living home with peer support. Another applicant is seeking to rezone 20 Ford Street from Multi-Fami...

Tuesday, September 1, 2026 -Bill Crane- On July 31, 2025, I had what I still hope was my final day of chemotherapy treatment. The month of August last year brought many follow up tests. The most signi...

-Floyd County Jail records- Search warrant leads to arrest of North Rome man A North Rome man has been arrested on drug charges. According to an arrest warrant and Floyd County Jail records: During th...

-News Release- Georgia Highlands College (GHC) has unveiled a new Education Lab at the Cartersville site designed to give future teachers an immersive, hands-on experience in a classroom environment b...

-Staff reports- It's been nearly 25 years since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. On that day, nearly 3,000 people died at the World Trade Center in New York, the Pentagon in Washington D.C...