Category Archives: Local News
Shorter University holds spring commencement ceremonies
Friday, May 9, 2025–9:51 p.m.-News Release-Shorter University honored the Class of 2025 with two Spring Commencement Ceremonies held on Thursday May 8, in the Winthrop-King Centre. The Universit...
May 09, 2025
Emergency Services Expo this Saturday
Thursday, May 8, 2025–11:15 a.m.-Staff reports-There will be plenty to see and do this weekend during the Emergency Services Expo.The event is Saturday from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. at the East Rome...
May 08, 2025
Arrest reports for May 8
Thursday, May 8, 2025–10:30 a.m.-Floyd County Jail records-Man facing child molestation charges dating back to 2021A Cedartown man has been arrested in an alleged sex crime involving a child dat...
May 08, 2025
Warrant for simple battery issued for Chattooga County Commissioner
Thursday, May 8, 2025–10:00 a.m.-WZQZ Radio-Following a three-hour probable cause hearing in the Chattooga County Courthouse Annex, Magistrate Court Judge Griffin (of Whitfield County) issued an...
May 08, 2025
Two arrested during drug bust on Lawton Street
Thursday, May 8, 2025–8:20 a.m.-News Release-Rome-Floyd Metro Task Force officers seized 40 grams of psilocybin mushrooms, 15.8 pounds of marijuana, and various other narcotics during the execut...
May 08, 2025
[VIDEO] International trade delegation tours Rome’s industry and Eco Center
May 7th, 2025 – 6:45 PMEthan Garrett – Digital News Editor & Video Reporter –International trade representatives visited Rome on Wednesday as part of an economic development tour...
May 07, 2025
One Man’s Opinion, “Room with a View,”
Monday, May 5, 2025-Bill CraneFor the Graduates of 2025, Aim High –In 1887, Gustave Eiffel and his team began construction of what was then intended to be a temporary monument, to be comple...
May 05, 2025
Emergency Services Expo this coming weekend
Monday, May 5, 2025–11:35 a.m.-David Crowder, WRGA News-This coming weekend, area residents can learn more about the agencies that keep us safe during an Emergency Services Expo.The event is sch...
May 05, 2025
One killed, one critically injured in single vehicle wreck in Chattooga County
Monday, May 5, 2025–10:40 a.m.-WZQZ Radio-A 19-year-old male is facing homicide by vehicle charges following a fatal single-vehicle crash in Lyerly, Georgia, on Sunday evening. According to Geor...
May 05, 2025
Retiring Berry president to deliver graduation keynote
Monday, May 5, 2025–10:25 a.m.-Berry College News Release-Berry College will celebrate two milestones at commencement May 10: the retirement of President Steve Briggs after nearly two decades of...
May 05, 2025
