Category Archives: Local News
Community leaders celebrate Polk Medical Center’s Heart Failure Clinic
Sunday, January 14, 2024–12:05 p.m.-News Release-Polk County community leaders gathered Friday to celebrate a ribbon-cutting for the new Congestive Heart Failure Clinic at Atrium Health Floyd Po...
Jan 14, 2024
ACC to discuss Sunday sales Tuesday
Sunday, January 14, 2024–11:55 a.m.-David Crowder, WRGA News-The Rome Alcohol Control Commission is expected to discuss a state regarding Sunday sales when they meet on Tuesday.It has recently c...
Jan 14, 2024
Arrest reports for January 12
Friday, January 12, 2024–12:25 p.m.-Floyd County Jail records-Calhoun man accused of assaulting woman in RomeA 69-year-old Calhoun man was arrested Thursday at North Fifth Avenue and West Ninth ...
Jan 12, 2024
Updated: Man dies in skydiving accident in Polk County
Thursday, January 11, 2024-Polk Standard Journal--Polk Standard Journal-A man was killed in a skydiving accident in Polk County Thursday.The Polk Standard Journal reports the incident occurred in a fi...
Jan 11, 2024
Bartow County school bus involved in an accident during Tuesday morning storms
Wednesday, January 10, 2024–11:50 a.m.-WBHF Radio-File photoNo injuries were reported when a Bartow County School bus overturned during the storms that rolled through the area Tuesday morning.Th...
Jan 10, 2024
Pepperell Middle School student is county’s top speller
Wednesday, January 10, 2024–11:47 a.m.-News Release-Pepperell Middle School fifth-grader Ella Craver correctly spelled "Sumerian" to win the Floyd County Schools' Spelling Bee Wednesday morning ...
Jan 10, 2024
Arrest reports for January 10
Wednesday, January 10, 2024–11:37 a.m.-Floyd County Jail records-Man charged in prison assaultA 21-year-old Griffin man has been charged in connection with an alleged assault at the Floyd County...
Jan 10, 2024
Fouche Gap closed until further notice
January 9th, 2024 – 12:35 PMFloyd County Emergency Management – Fouche Gap has been immediately closed by Floyd County Public Works. The affected area is between Lavender Trail and Sand Sp...
Jan 09, 2024
Mayor: Rome City Commission to revisit ethics code in 2024
Tuesday, January 9, 2024–12:12 p.m.-David Crowder, WRGA News-Craig McDanielRome City Commission Craig McDaniel was elected Rome mayor by his fellow commissioners Monday night, and one of his fir...
Jan 09, 2024
Rome’s sixth TAD established
Tuesday, January 9, 2024–12:02 p.m.-David Crowder, WRGA News-The Rome City Commission has approved the North Broad redevelopment plan and the first Tax Allocation District in that area.The ...
Jan 09, 2024
