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Category Archives: Local News

[VIDEO] 2025 Rome Veterans Day Parade and Myrtle Hill Program

[VIDEO] 2025 Rome Veterans Day Parade and Myrtle Hill Program

November 11, 2025 – 4:25 PM Ethan Garrett – WRGA Digital News Editor & Video Reporter – The community gathered Tuesday morning for Rome’s Veterans Day Parade, which began on Broad Street and continued to Myrtle Hill for the 2025 Veterans Day program (hosted by the Exchange Club of Rome). Master Sgt. Bill Sunrich served…read more

QCells announces furloughs at Cartersville, Dalton facilities

QCells announces furloughs at Cartersville, Dalton facilities

Tuesday, November 11, 2025–10:40 a.m. -Staff reports- QCells has announced the temporary furlough of 1,000 workers at its Cartersville and Dalton facilities. In addition, 300 employees hired through staffing agencies are being laid off. According to the solar company, imported components are being held up by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection under suspicion that…read more

Family at center of Forsyth Street rezoning finds temporary housing

Family at center of Forsyth Street rezoning finds temporary housing

Tuesday, November 11, 2025–9:45 a.m. -David Crowder, WRGA News- There appears to be a happy ending to a story we first brought you last month regarding an emotional plea for a rezoning request. The applicants, who were seeking a rezoning and special use permit for a manufactured home on Forsyth Street, told the commission that…read more

Thanksgiving Day Love Feast looking for donations, volunteers

Thanksgiving Day Love Feast looking for donations, volunteers

Tuesday, November 11, 2025–9:15 a.m. -David Crowder, WRGA News- Plans are underway for the annual Thanksgiving Day Love Feast. The first Love Feast, 28 years ago, fed around 900 people, and it has continued to grow since then, according to Rev. Terrell Shields, pastor of the Greater Mount Calvary Baptist Church and co-chair of the…read more

Nine Rome High School students receive AP Honors

Nine Rome High School students receive AP Honors

Tuesday, November 11, 2025–9:00 a.m. -News Release- Nine Rome High School students were recently honored by the College Board for earning AP Capstone Diplomas or AP Seminar and Research Certificates during the 2024-2025 year. The AP Capstone Diploma program helps students develop critical thinking, research, collaboration, and presentation skills that are essential to academic and…read more

Georgia gas prices increase two cents

Georgia gas prices increase two cents

Monday, November 10, 2025–9:40 p.m. -AAA South- Georgia gas prices rose last week. The average price is now $2.80 per gallon for regular unleaded, up 2 cents from last week. That’s 9 cents less than last month and 13 cents lower than a year ago.  Filling a 15-gallon tank now costs about $42, nearly $2 less than last year. “Even…read more

Veterans Day observances in Rome and Floyd County

Veterans Day observances in Rome and Floyd County

Monday, November 10, 2025–8:30 p.m. -Staff reports- The public is invited to come out and show their support for those who served in the United States military on Tuesday morning. A Veterans Day Parade will begin at 10 a.m. on Broad Street. “The parade will go down Broad Street to Myrtle Hill, in time for…read more

Widespread freeze on Tuesday

Widespread freeze on Tuesday

Monday, November 10, 2025–10:45 a.m. -National Weather Service- The first widespread hard freeze of the season is expected on Tuesday morning. Temperatures of 20 to 28 degrees are possible (even colder in the higher elevations in North Georgia. With the wind chill, temperatures will feel like they are in the teens, so make sure kids…read more

Arrest reports for November 10

Arrest reports for November 10

Monday, November 10, 2025–10:30 a.m. -Floyd County Jail records- Hawaii man accused of assaulting an officer at Floyd County Jail A man from Hawaii has been arrested on charges of aggravated battery on a law enforcement officer and unlawful acts of violence in a penal institution. According to Floyd County Jail records: 32-year-old Timothy James…read more