Category Archives: Local News

Monday, January 5, 2026--11:10 a.m. -Floyd County Jail records- A Rome man is accused of raping a woman on New Year's Day. According to Floyd County Jail records: 39-year-old Joshua Gilbert Bishop als...

Monday, January 5, 2026--10:45 a.m. -David Crowder, WRGA News- The Georgia Department of Public Safety reports that seven people lost their lives in Automobile crashes during the 102-hour New Year's h...

Monday, January 5, 2026--10:40 a.m. -David Crowder, WRGA News- The Rome-Floyd County Planning Commission will consider a new convenience store ordinance when it meets later this week. Both the City of...

Monday, January 5, 2026--8:55 a.m. -AAA South- Georgia drivers are paying less at the pump, yet global market volatility could shift prices again. Recent events in Venezuela have made headlines, but o...

Sunday, January 4, 2026--5:51 p.m. -Staff reports- 14th District Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene and Georgia U.S. Senator Raphael Warnock have both released statements regarding the Trump Adminis...

Friday, January 2, 2026--11:30 p.m. -WEIS Radio- Two people were killed in a head-on collision on New Year's Day in Cherokee County, Alabama. 26-year-old Jasmine D. Agan of Cedar Bluff was fatally inj...

Friday, January 2, 2026--11:20 p.m. -Floyd County Jail records- Man arrested following pursuit A West Rome man was arrested on New Year's Eve at Billy Pyle Road and Brown Fox Drive on multiple charges...

Friday, January 2, 2026--11:15 p.m. -Floyd County Jail records- More charges have been filed against a man accused of robbing the former State Line Tavern near the Alabama State Line last Friday. Acco...

Friday, January 2, 2026--11:00 p.m. -News Release- Every New Year's Day brings hope, joy, and new beginnings. At Atrium Health Floyd, that joy is multiplied as its expert labor and delivery teams welc...

Thursday, January 1, 2026--7:00 p.m. -Photos by Billy Abernathy- It started out as a chilly New Year's morning, perfect weather for the annual Cave Spring Polar Plunge. The event has been going on for...