Category Archives: Local News

-David Crowder, WRGA News- The Rome City Commission is set to take up an annexation request for a convenience store when it meets on Monday. The property at 203 Burnett Ferry Road is currently home to...

-Floyd County Jail records- Man accused of stealing a motor vehicle An Armuchee man has been charged with a felony count of theft by taking. According to Floyd County Jail records: 55-year-old James S...

-Nolan Hiott, WRGA News- The community came together to celebrate the end of slavery in the United States during the Juneteenth holiday. On June 19, 1865, more than two years after the Emancipation Pr...

-David Crowder, WRGA News- City of Rome offices will be closed on Friday in observance of the Juneteenth Federal Holiday. The Rome Transit Department and the Walker Mountain Landfill will also be clos...

-News Release- The Foundation at Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) awarded 48 scholarships totaling more than $37,000 to 47 graduating high school seniors in the northwest Georgia region. ...

-David Crowder, WRGA News- It's spring, and that means a popular fishing event returns to Cave Spring. Coosa Valley Trout Unlimited will host the 39th Annual Kids' Fishing Day on Saturday at Rolater P...

-Floyd County Jail records- Man charged with financial transaction card fraud A Rome man was arrested at his Parkwood Circle home on Wednesday on a felony warrant charging him with financial transacti...

-Staff reports- Parts of Georgia could see flooding due to heavy rain later this week as the National Hurricane Center issues its first tropical advisory of the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season. The sys...

-David Crowder, WRGA News- Friday is Juneteenth, a holiday that celebrates the end of slavery in the United States, and everyone is invited to a celebration this Saturday. The celebration is being hel...

-David Crowder, WRGA News- The Rome Alcohol Control Commission is recommending the approval of an ordinance amendment to expand the boundaries and days of public consumption of alcohol in Downtown Rom...