Category Archives: Local News

Monday, May 12, 2025-Bill CraneIt has been a few years since my last trip to the Florida panhandle, where our family had a vacation home on St. George Island, which offered many incredible charms incl...

Monday, May 12, 2025–6:30 a.m.-News Release-Rush Chapel Road will be closed during the day this week while crews make repairs ahead of a paving project that is soon to be announced.  Floyd ...

Sunday, May 11, 2025–7:50 p.m.-News Release-Rome Area History Center Debuts WWII Commemorative Exhibit: “Over Here and Over There”The Rome Area History Center has a new traveling exh...

Sunday, May 11, 2025–7:15 p.m.-David Crowder, WRGA News-A new hazardous materials ordinance is set for a second reading a vote during Monday's Rome City Commission meeting.The ordinance comes wi...

Thursday, May 8, 2025–10:30 a.m.-Floyd County Jail records-Man facing child molestation charges dating back to 2021A Cedartown man has been arrested in an alleged sex crime involving a child dat...

Thursday, May 8, 2025–10:00 a.m.-WZQZ Radio-Following a three-hour probable cause hearing in the Chattooga County Courthouse Annex, Magistrate Court Judge Griffin (of Whitfield County) issued an...

Thursday, May 8, 2025–8:20 a.m.-News Release-Rome-Floyd Metro Task Force officers seized 40 grams of psilocybin mushrooms, 15.8 pounds of marijuana, and various other narcotics during the execut...

May 7th, 2025 – 6:45 PMEthan Garrett – Digital News Editor & Video Reporter –International trade representatives visited Rome on Wednesday as part of an economic development tour...

Wednesday, May 7, 2025–10:55 a.m.-Floyd County Jail records-Report: Man drove his vehicle toward womanA Rome man is facing a felony aggravated assault charge and a misdemeanor count of reckless ...

Wednesday, May 7, 2025–9:30 a.m.-Staff reports-The Georgia Department of Transportation has awarded a contract for a bridge replacement on I-75 in Bartow County.The bridge over Cedar Creek Road ...