-Staff reports- Several health screenings will be available this Saturday during the 24th annual Health Initiative for Men and Women. The event, sponsored by the 100 Black Men of Rome and Northwest Georgia, is from 8 a.m. until noon at the Floyd County Health Department. It is FREE to all men and women in Rome and surr...

-News Release- The Floyd County Democratic Party is proud to announce that Keisha Lance Bottoms, Democratic candidate for Governor of Georgia, will be the keynote speaker for the 2026 Georgia Giants Dinner on Friday, August 21, at the Rome Civic Center. Doors open at 6:00 p.m. In addition to keynote speaker Keisha Lanc...

-Staff reports- The Georgia Downtown Association is slated to hold its annual conference in Rome next week. The conference, which is Tuesday and Wednesday, attracts downtown professionals from across the state to network, learn, and grow through a variety of session topics and tours. "These are downtown associatio...

-Floyd County Jail records- A Summerville man is accused of showing a bit too much in the parking lot of the Movies at Berry Square. According to an arrest warrant: An employee of the theater was sitting in her car when she noticed a vehicle driven by 48-year-old Gary Lee Gilbert driving around the parking lot. She tho...

-Floyd County Jail records- Man accused of threatening police A Lindale man was arrested at his Mark Grove Road home on Wednesday and charged with terroristic threats and acts, simple assault and obstruction of law enforcement. According to Floyd County Jail records: 66-year-old Archie Leon Waits Jr. attempted to close...

News Release- Zhu Chen, the owner of Cartersville-based flooring manufacturer Wellmade Industries; his nephew, Jiayi Chen; and Jianjun Lu, a Chinese national, face federal charges of forced labor, conspiracy to commit forced labor, and alien harboring arising from alleged illegal operations at Wellmade Industries. &quo...

-News Release- Rome City Schools students continued to Move the Needle during the 2025-2026 school year, posting gains across multiple grade levels and subject areas on the Georgia Milestones End-of-Grade and End-of-Course assessments, including significant improvements in math, science, and social studies. Overall, th...

-Floyd County Jail records- Man arrested on drug trafficking charge A Rome man was arrested on a felony cocaine trafficking charge on Tuesday. According to Floyd County Jail records: 56-year-old Marvin Lee Barrett had 58 grams of cocaine, along with 820 grams of marijuana, packaging materials and scales during the exec...

-Staff reports- A man wanted for murder in Floyd County was taken into custody on Tuesday evening in Cherokee County, Georgia. Floyd County Sheriff's Office Corporal Towle, Deputy Bowerman, Deputy Dempsey, and Deputy Jolly, with crucial assistance from the Cherokee County Sheriff's Office, safely apprehended 34-year-ol...

-GBI News Release- The GBI has arrested and charged former Polk County Police Department Officer Tracey Royston, age 51, of Cedartown, Georgia, with four misdemeanor counts of Misuse of a License Plate Reader System. Royston was previously detached to the Northwest Georgia Drug Task Force, which is managed by the Georg...