Category Archives: Local News
Budweiser Clydesdales set to visit Rome on July 18
Thursday, July 10, 2025–11:45 a.m.-Staff reports-The world-famous Budweiser Clydesdales are coming to Downtown Rome on Friday, July 18.The appearance is part of a tour by Anheuser-Busch to honor...
Jul 10, 2025
Arrest reports for July 10
Thursday, July 10, 2025–11:20 a.m.-Floyd County Jail records-Man accused of molesting childA man who lives in the Beech Creek subdivision has been arrested on felony warrants charging him with a...
Jul 10, 2025
Warrant: Woman took $105K from company
Thursday, July 10, 2025–10:15 a.m.-Floyd County Jail records-A Lindale woman is accused of stealing $105,000 from a business by using the company's financial transaction card.According to an arr...
Jul 10, 2025
Rome City Schools adding Opengate detection system to all elementary schools
Thursday, July 10, 2025–10:00 a.m.-News Release-A new high-tech weapons detection system will go into effect at all Rome City Schools elementary schools this fall.The Opengate Weapons Detection ...
Jul 10, 2025
Woman facing meth possession charge
Wednesday, July 9, 2025–11:00 a.m.-Floyd County Jail records-A Garden Lakes woman was arrested on drug charges during a traffic stop on Redmond Circle Tuesday.According to Floyd County Jail reco...
Jul 09, 2025
Team effort and K9 Waylon help capture fleeing suspects in Floyd County
Tuesday, July 8, 2025–7:45 a.m.-Floyd County Sheriff’s Office News Release-On the morning of July 2, 2025, Floyd County officers responded to a BOLO (Be On the Lookout) alert for a stolen ...
Jul 08, 2025
Local woman featured on reality show charged in overdose death
Monday, July 7, 2025–7:45 p.m.-Staff reports-A woman who was featured on the MTV reality show "16 and Pregnant" is accused of supplying drugs to a man who overdosed in February.33-year-old Whitn...
Jul 07, 2025
One Man’s Opinion, “Divided We Stand,”
Monday, July 7, 2025-Bill Crane-Dropping in and out of family and friend celebrations of our nation’s birth over the long holiday weekend, and as we enter the 250th year of this ‘great exp...
Jul 07, 2025
New Floyd County Police headquarters opens to the public on Tuesday
Monday, July 7, 2025–11:00 a.m.-David Crowder, WRGA News-Starting this Tuesday morning, the Floyd County Police Department will be in its new home in the former Glenwood Primary School off Old D...
Jul 07, 2025
Fire reported at Hanwha facility in Cartersville
Monday, July 7, 2025–10:50 a.m.-Cartersville Fire Department News Release-The Cartersville Fire Department responded to a fire alarm with sprinkler activation at the Hanwha facility located at 2...
Jul 07, 2025
