Category Archives: Local News

-News Release- Since 1994, Kiki's Kids Camp has provided four full days of fun, camaraderie, and education for children and teens who have been diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. The camp is sponsored by...

-AAA South- Georgia gas prices are beginning to level off after recent declines slowed over the past week. As the summer travel season gets underway, demand remains steady despite higher prices and on...

-David Crowder, WRGA News- The Floyd County Commission will consider the purchase of vehicles and equipment for public works and the fire department when it meets on Tuesday. Commissioners will also v...

-Floyd County Jail records- Woman arrested for meth possession, public indecency An East Rome woman is facing charges of possession of methamphetamine, public indecency, littering, and loitering or pr...

-Staff reports- A rather light agenda for the Rome City Commissioners when they meet on Monday night. The commission will present a proclamation for Juneteenth and consider appointments to the Rome Re...

-Shorter University- A 19th-century square piano once believed to have graced the halls of Thornwood, the historic Rome estate of Shorter University's founding benefactors Alfred and Martha Baldwin Sh...

-Floyd County Jail records- Charges have been filed in a burglary that occurred in Cave Spring in August of last year. According to Floyd County Jail records: 42-year-old Jordan Wynn Bryant of Cave Sp...

-News Release- Forty years ago, Extra Special People (ESP) began with just eight families gathering together in Watkinsville, Georgia, after founder Martha Wyllie recognized a simple but profound need...

-News Release- Rome High School Athletic Director Chris Boden has been named the Region 5-5A Athletic Director of the Year by the Georgia High School Association. Boden was selected for the honor by h...

-Staff reports- Early voting for the General Primary runoff election begins Monday. There is just one week of early voting, and the election is on June 16. You can vote in advance at the Floyd County ...