Category Archives: Local News
GNTC Basic Law Enforcement Academy graduation held Dec. 16
Thursday, December 18, 2025--10:00 a.m. -News Release- Friends, family, and the community gathered in the Conference Center at Georgia Northwestern Technical College's (GNTC) Gordon County Campus in C...
Dec 18, 2025
Metro Rome unemployment rate falls in September
Thursday, December 18, 2025--9:45 a.m. -Georgia Department of Labor- The Georgia Department of Labor announced Thursday that the one-county Rome Metropolitan Statistical Area recorded an unemployment ...
Dec 18, 2025
Arrest reports for December 18
Thursday, December 18, 2025--9:45 a.m. -Floyd County Jail records- Two charged with aggravated assault Two arrests have been made in connection with a shooting incident on Garden Avenue in Lindale bac...
Dec 18, 2025
Main, Rome Middle Removed from TSI List, Two Other Schools Show Progress on CSI List
Thursday, December 18, 2025--9:45 a.m. -News Release- Two Rome City Schools have met the required standards and will be removed from the state's Targeted Support and Improvement (TSI) list. Main Eleme...
Dec 18, 2025
Tony Daniel will not seek a fourth term on the Floyd County Board of Education
Thursday, December 18, 2025--9:40 a.m. -Staff reports- There will be at least one new member elected to the Floyd County Board of Education next year. Tony Daniel has announced that he will not seek a...
Dec 18, 2025
Police confirm shooting in Aragon, release no further details
Thursday, December 18, 2025--7:45 a.m. -Staff reports- Authorities are still saying very little about a shooting incident in Aragon on Monday. According to a news release from the Aragon Police Depart...
Dec 18, 2025
Arrest reports for December 17
Wednesday, December 17, 2025--11:30 a.m. -Floyd County Jail records- Man charged with aggravated assault An 18-year-old South Rome man was arrested on Monday in connection with an alleged assault at t...
Dec 17, 2025
Committee determines city needs to stay out of recreation programming business, focus more on parks
Wednesday, December 17, 2025--10:40 a.m. -David Crowder, WRGA News- It's an issue that has been discussed for a few years now-whether the City of Rome should split with Floyd County to some degree on ...
Dec 17, 2025
Hardee's locations in Rome, Calhoun, and Adairsville shuttered
Wednesday, December 17, 2025--10:00 a.m. -Staff reports- If you've had a craving for a Mushroom N Swiss burger, you may have already noticed that several Hardee's locations have closed across the regi...
Dec 17, 2025
"Mayor of Lindale" back at the helm of Christmas festivities after recovering from wreck Injuries
Wednesday, December 17, 2025--8:30 a.m. -Atrium Health Floyd News Release- Christmas in Lindale, Ga., is a little extra special this year, and no one is more thankful than Tim Reynolds. Reynolds, the ...
Dec 17, 2025
