Category Archives: Local News
Report: Man runs over abandoned gun with lawnmowver
Wednesday, May 29, 2024–8:00 p.m.-Rome Police repoert-A man called police after he found an abandoned firearm in his yard on Garden Lakes Boulevard Tuesday.According to a Rome Police Department ...
May 29, 2024
Arrest reports for May 29
Wednesday, May 29, 2024–7:56 p.m-Floyd County Jail records-Man accused of removing electronic monitoring deviceA 46-year-old West Rome man is accused of removing an electronic monitoring device....
May 29, 2024
Chattooga Sheriff requests GBI investigate allegations of excessive force
May 29th, 2024 – 12:00 PMWZQZ Radio –Chattooga County Sheriff Mark Schrader said on Monday that he is asking the Georgia Bureau of Investigation to investigate allegations that sheriff's d...
May 29, 2024
Rome’s unemployment rate held steady in April
Wednesday, May 29, 2024–10:00 a.m.-Georgia Department of Labor-Rome's April unemployment rate held steady at 3.0 percent, unchanged from the previous month, according to Georgia L...
May 29, 2024
City commission approves zoning change for residential development behind East Rome Walmart
Wednesday, May 29, 2024–9:45 a.m.-David Crowder, WRGA News-The Rome City Commission has approved a rezoning request related to a proposed new residential development on Callier Springs Road at H...
May 29, 2024
Floyd County Commission honors elections workers
Wednesday, May 29, 2024–9:34 a.m.-David Crowder, WRGA News-It wasn't that long ago that Floyd County was usually one of the last counties to report numbers of election night, but recently Floyd ...
May 29, 2024
Nine facing charges in two shootings in Cartersville
Wednesday, May 29, 2024–8:50 a.m.-Cartersville Police News Release-On April 23, Cartersville Police Officers initiated an investigation into a shooting that occurred in the area of Lee Street an...
May 29, 2024
Fatal wrecks reported in Calhoun, Cartersville, and Emerson lover holiday weekend
Tuesday, May 28, 2024–10:45 p.m.-David Crowder, WRGA News-It was a deadly holiday weekend on Northwest Georgia Roadways with fatal crashes reported by the Calhoun and Cartersville Posts of the G...
May 28, 2024
Man dies after being hit by train
Tuesday, May 28, 2024–10:42 p.m.-Staff reports-A Rome man died over the weekend from injuries he sustained after being struck by a train.According to a Rome Police Department report:Officers res...
May 28, 2024
City and county COAM ordinance set for votes Tuesday
Monday, May 27, 2024–9:00 p.m.-David Crowder, WRGA News-Both the Rome City and Floyd County Commissions are expected to vote on new coin-operated amusement machine ordinances when they meet Tues...
May 27, 2024
