Category Archives: Local News

-David Crowder, WRGA News- Downtown Rome is ready for a weekend full of music, shopping, and community fun. KC and the Sunshine Band will perform on Friday at The Forum River Center. On Saturday, the ...

-Rome Police Department- The Rome Police Department is investigating a serious multi-vehicle traffic crash that claimed one life on Thursday afternoon. The wreck occurred just before 4:00 p.m. on High...

-Nolan Hiott, WRGA- The Rome-Floyd County Planning Commission met on Thursday and voted to recommend approval of an annexation request for a convenience store on Burnett Ferry Road, currently where A-...

-Staff reports- Rome is preparing for a visit from its sister city. A delegation from Kumamoto, Japan, is scheduled to visit during the first week in July. On Wednesday, the city's international commi...

-Staff reports- It's that time of the year again. The annual Ridge Ferry Park Farmer's Market opens this Saturday. It will be open from 7 a.m. until 11 a.m. every Wednesday and Saturday until Septembe...

-Berry College News Release- Faith Owens, a sophomore from Fairmount, Georgia, will attend a biology program in Costa Rica. Owens is a double major, studying biology and environmental science while pu...

-WBHF Radio- A manufacturing plant located in White has announced the layoff of more than half of its employees. According to a WARN notice from the Georgia Department of Labor. Constellium Automotive...

-Staff reports- Although there have been few black bear sightings in our immediate area this spring, there have been some bear sightings in metro-Atlanta. David Gregory with the Georgia Department of ...

-Rome City Schools- On Friday morning, a Rome City Schools bus transporting students to summer activities was involved in a minor accident near West End Elementary School. There were no injuries, and ...

-Georgia Department of Transportation- Another traffic note for today if you are going to be traveling in Bartow County...... Weather permitting, crews will shift traffic to a new configuration that w...