Category Archives: Local News

-Staff reports- AdventHealth Redmond is receiving $934,000 in federal funds that will be used to launch the Northwest Georgia Rural Initiative for Transportation. The initiative aims to provide non-em...

-Staff reports- One of the suspects in a shooting near Banty Jones Park on April 8 is now lodged in the Floyd County Jail. 17-year-old Tydarius Arthur McClure was transferred from the Department of Ju...

-David Crowder, WRGA News- Also on Tuesday, a proclamation for Animal Control Officers Week was presented to Public Animal Welfare Services Director Katy Walters. "The gentleman and ladies that we hav...

-David Crowder, WRGA News- The Floyd County Commission has recognized Floyd County Sheriff's Office Corporal Jordan Taylor for his exemplary actions during a shooting call in East Rome, near Banty Jon...

-David Crowder, WRGA News- The Floyd County Commission has voted to expand the reach of a joint development authority with neighboring counties by passing a resolution to add Paulding County to the Jo...

-Nolan Hiott, WRGA- https://youtu.be/OQKRw5pI3l0 The ribbon has been cut on a new campus for Rome Middle School, just across the road from Rome High School and the old campus. With ground being broken...

-Floyd County jail records- A traffic stop ended in the arrest of a Rome man on a felony count of being a habitual violator. According to Floyd County Jail records: 32-year-old Oscar Jovany Martinez w...

-News Release- The 2026 Rome Area Prayer Breakfast will be held on Thursday, May 7, on the National Day of Prayer, at the Forum River Center in downtown Rome. Doors will open at 6:30 AM for seating. T...

-News Release- The Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities (DBHDD), in partnership with the Northwest Georgia Regional Education Service Agency (RESA), began distributin...

-News Release- AdventHealth Redmond has earned the prestigious Pathway to Excellence designation from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), a national honor that recognizes health care orga...