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Category Archives: Local News

Freeze Watch issued for Northwest Georgia

Freeze Watch issued for Northwest Georgia

March 19th, 2025 – 3:40 PM WRGA Staff Reports – The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a Freeze Watch for Northwest that will be in effect from late Thursday night through Friday morning. This includes the following counties: Gordon, Floyd, Bartow, Polk, and Paulding. Expected Conditions: How to Prepare:read more

Man charged with theft by conversion

Man charged with theft by conversion

Wednesday, March 19, 2025–10:45 a.m. -Floyd County Jail records- A Cave Spring man is facing multiple counts of theft by conversion and theft by taking following his arrest on Wednesday. According to an arrest warrant: 46-year-old Lindsey David Evans collected and kept multiple payments for fuel between November 1 and December 31, 2023. The victim…read more

Armuchee High senior named GNTC’s Dual Enrollment Student of the Year

Armuchee High senior named GNTC’s Dual Enrollment Student of the Year

Wednesday, March 19, 2025–10:30 a.m. -News Release- Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) has named Ansley Rogers, a student at Armuchee High School, as its 2025 Dual Enrollment Student of the Year. The award recognizes an outstanding high school senior who has participated in GNTC’s Dual Enrollment program. Rogers received the award and a $1,000 scholarship…read more

Atrium Health Floyd holding Career Fair Thursday at Rome Civic Center

Atrium Health Floyd holding Career Fair Thursday at Rome Civic Center

Wednesday, March 18, 2025–9:55 p.m. -News Release- Atrium Health Floyd will hold a Career Fair this Thursday, March 20, from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Rome Civic Center, 400 Civic Center Drive. Both clinical and non-clinical opportunities are available at multiple locations. Drop-ins are welcome; applicants can also pre-register here: https://bit.ly/4gU4v9H While people…read more

Shots fired in West Rome Monday

Shots fired in West Rome Monday

Tuesday, March 18, 2025–9:55 p.m. -Rome Police Department report- Rome Police responded to a ‘shots fired’ call in West Rome Monday evening. According to the incident report: Officers were dispatched to the apartments on Lyons Drive where some witnesses said they heard gunshots and a car leaving the area, but did they not see anyone.…read more

Arrest reports for March 18

Arrest reports for March 18

Tuesday, March 18, 2025–9:50 p.m. -Floyd County Jail records- Man charged with identity theft An arrest has been made in an identity theft case dating back to May of 2021. According to an arrest warrant: 36-year-old Hershell Kyle Pirkle passed himself off as a Florida woman when he used her personal information to hack her…read more

Thornton, Hood headed to runoff in Floyd County Commission contest

Thornton, Hood headed to runoff in Floyd County Commission contest

Tuesday, March 18, 2025–9:11 p.m. -David Crowder, WRGA News- The election to fill the vacant Post Four seat on the Floyd County Commission is headed to a runoff. David Thornton (R) was the top vote-getter with 1,985 votes while Chip Hood (R) finished second with 1,359 votes. Thornton and Hood will now head to a…read more

Rome-Floyd Development Authority gets update on Battey Business Center

Rome-Floyd Development Authority gets update on Battey Business Center

Tuesday, March 18, 2025–9:00 p.m. -David Crowder, WRGA News- The Rome-Floyd County Development Authority has closed on the sale of just over 20 acres in the Battey Business Center, which is the former Northwest Georgia Regional Hospital site in West Rome. RTLA, which is owned by the shareholders of VT Industries, paid $1.6 million for…read more

March 18 Special Election Results

March 18 Special Election Results

Tuesday, March 18, 2025–8:45 p.m. -Staff reports- The election to fill the vacant Post Four seat on the Floyd County Commission appears to be headed to a runoff. David Thornton (R) leads with 1,881 votes while Chip Hood (R) is second with 1,272 votes. Shonna Bailey (D) is third with 1,151 votes, followed by Corey…read more