Category Archives: Local News
[VIDEO] Donations sought for RomeGaCares hurricane relief efforts
October 8th, 2024 – 4:30 PMEthan Garrett – WRGA Digital News Editor & Video Reporter –For the next two weeks, RomeGaCares is partnering with the Floyd County Sheriff's Office and...
Oct 08, 2024
Rome High sees 95.3 percent graduation rate
Tuesday, October 8, 2024–10:33 a.m.-Rome City Schools-Rome High School once again ranks above state averages when it comes to graduation rates. Fresh off the largest graduation class to walk the...
Oct 08, 2024
Former Atlanta Brave Mark Wolhlers to attend GHC baseball and softball field naming ceremony
Tuesday, October 8, 2024–10:00 a.m.-News Release-Meet your local Chargers athletes, the new Georgia Highlands College Director of Athletics Nicole Leverling, and a former Atlanta Brave during th...
Oct 08, 2024
GDOT award contracts for bridge rehabs
Tuesday, October 8, 2024–9:56 a.m.-Georgia Department of Transportation-The Georgia Department of Transportation has awarded a contract for bridge rehabilitation at various locations in Floyd, W...
Oct 08, 2024
Ambulance involved in wreck on Martha Berry Boulevard Monday
Tuesday, October 8, 2024–8:46 a.m.-Georgia State Patrol-The Georgia State Patrol has released the preliminary findings regarding a two-vehicle wreck involving an SUV and an Atrium Ambulance on M...
Oct 08, 2024
Police seeking suspects in shooting at Tamassee Lane apartments
Tuesday, October 8, 2024–8:42 a.m.-Adam Carey, Rome News-Tribune-This story is possible because of a news-sharing agreement with the Rome News-Tribune. More information can be found at nort...
Oct 08, 2024
Arrest reports for October 7
Monday, October 7, 2024–10:45 a.m.-Floyd County Jail records-Man accused of renting equipment from Home Depot and then selling itA Lithonia man was booked into the Floyd County Jail over the wee...
Oct 07, 2024
Boyd: No lead service found in Rome’s water lines
Sunday, October 6, 2024–7:47 p.m.-David Crowder, WRGA News-Water systems across the county have until October 16 to comply with lead and copper rule revisions as outlined by the United States En...
Oct 06, 2024
[VIDEO] Vice Presidential Nominee, Senator JD Vance, visits Lindale for campaign event
October 4th, 2024 – 6:00 PMEthan Garrett – WRGA Digital News Editor & Video Reporter –Friday afternoon a large crowd gathered at the Mill in Lindale to hear Vice Presidential nom...
Oct 04, 2024
Rome water pump station failure impacts Mt. Alto residents; mitigation efforts underway
October 4th, 2024 – 4:50 PMCity of Rome Press Release –The City of Rome’s pump station, which supplies water to the Mt. Alto tank, has experienced a critical failure in both its prim...
Oct 04, 2024
