Category Archives: Local News
Atrium Health Floyd to offer virtual mental health services for area students
Sunday, December 21, 2025--1:43 p.m. -News Release- Atrium Health Floyd, with funding from the Atrium Health Floyd-Polk Foundation, is investing $430,000 to develop school-based mental health services...
Dec 21, 2025
City of Rome receives grant to help ensure citizen and employee safety
Friday, December 19, 2025--3:45 p.m. -City of Rome- The City of Rome was awarded a $20,000 Georgia Municipal Association Safety and Liability Grant to support projects that enhance citizen and employe...
Dec 19, 2025
Georgia PSC Commissioners approve agreement for new power infrastructure
Friday, December 19, 2025--3:35 p.m. -Georgia Public Service Commission- The Georgia Public Service Commission on Friday voted unanimously (5-0) to approve a stipulated agreement that will allow Georg...
Dec 19, 2025
Year-end holiday travel expected to set record
Friday, December 19, 2025--2:55 p.m. -AAA South- AAA projects 122.4 million Americans will travel at least 50 miles from home over the 13-day year-end holiday period beginning December 20 and ending J...
Dec 19, 2025
Christmas display in Cherokee County, Alabama causes stir
Friday, December 19, 2025--2:30 p.m. -WEIS Radio- An unconventional Christmas yard display along County Road 29 in Rock Run has drawn attention and stirred debate in the days leading up to the town's ...
Dec 19, 2025
Arrest reports for December 19
Friday, December 19, 2025--2:00 p.m. -Floyd County Jail records- Report: Man found with four ounces of fentanyl at jail A Rome Man is charged with trafficking fentanyl following his arrest during a tr...
Dec 19, 2025
Werner, Boatfield named FCPD Officers of the Year
Friday, December 19, 2025--10:30 a.m. -Floyd County Police Department- PFC Brittany Werner and PFC Mallory Boatfield have been honored as the Floyd County Police Department's Officers of the Year for ...
Dec 19, 2025
Atrium Health Floyd EMS now providing life-saving blood transfusions in the field
Thursday, December 18, 2025--10:55 a.m. -News Release- Atrium Health Floyd Emergency Medical Services (EMS) is advancing care for Floyd County residents with the ability to deploy life-saving blood pr...
Dec 18, 2025
GNTC Basic Law Enforcement Academy graduation held Dec. 16
Thursday, December 18, 2025--10:00 a.m. -News Release- Friends, family, and the community gathered in the Conference Center at Georgia Northwestern Technical College's (GNTC) Gordon County Campus in C...
Dec 18, 2025
Metro Rome unemployment rate falls in September
Thursday, December 18, 2025--9:45 a.m. -Georgia Department of Labor- The Georgia Department of Labor announced Thursday that the one-county Rome Metropolitan Statistical Area recorded an unemployment ...
Dec 18, 2025
