Category Archives: Local News

Details released regarding fatal fire in Paulding
December 26th, 2023 – 11:20 AMPaulding County Fire and Rescue –Paulding County Fire and Rescue released more information regarding an investigation into a fatal fire that took place earlie...
Rome Radio Dec 26, 2023

Rome-Floyd firefighter killed in Paulding County wreck
Tuesday, December 26, 2023–11:05 a.m.-Staff reports-Cpl. Garrett Kent pictured with Rome-Floyd Fire Chief Troy BrockA corporal with the Rome Floyd County Fire Department died in a single-vehicle...
Rome Radio Dec 26, 2023

Man charged in Friday shooting
Tuesday, December 26, 2023–11:00 a.m.-Floyd County Jail records-Jamarcus Omarion Jaquez LackeyAn 18-year-old was arrested in the shooting of another man at the Bekaert Union Hall on Darlington D...
Rome Radio Dec 26, 2023

Resident of Renaissance Marquis turns 101
Monday, December 25, 2023–9:53 a.m.-News Release-Joe Cantrell, a World War II veteran, celebrated his 101st birthday on December 11 amongst friends and family at Renaissance Marquis Retirement V...
Rome Radio Dec 25, 2023

Robbery suspect in custody
Monday, December 25, 2023–9:30 a.m.-Rome Police Department-Edward Louis CrowderThe suspect in three recent armed robberies has been arrested, according to the Rome Police Department.Two of the r...
Rome Radio Dec 25, 2023

Officer-involved shooting in Summerville
Monday, December 26, 2023–1:00 p.m.-WZQZ Radio-Chattooga County Sheriff Mark Schrader and Summerville Police Chief Harold Tucker released the following statement regarding an officer-involved sh...
Rome Radio Dec 25, 2023

DPH COVID-19 test site in Rome closed Monday and Tuesday
Monday, December 25, 2023–9:13 a.m.-Georgia Department of Public Health-The Georgia Department of Public Health free COVID-19 test site at the Coosa Valley Fairgrounds is closed for Christmas Da...
Rome Radio Dec 25, 2023

Woman reports her vehicle was shot
Wednesday, December 20, 2023–11:15 a.m.-Rome Police Department report;A woman reported to Rome Police Tuesday that someone shot her vehicle.According to the incident report:The woman told office...
Rome Radio Dec 20, 2023

Arrest reports for December 20
Wednesday, December 20, 2023–11:12 a.m.-Floyd County Jail records-Man arrested on aggravated assault warrantAn arrest has been made in an assault on Avenue D in Lindale that occurred back on May...
Rome Radio Dec 20, 2023

City of Rome expected to revisit assembly permit ordinance in the New Year
Wednesday, December 20, 2023–9:33 a.m.-David Crowder, WRGA News-Rome's Public Safety Committee will revisit an assembly ordinance in 2024.A draft ordinance presented to the committee in Septembe...
Rome Radio Dec 20, 2023
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