-News Release- Rome City Schools students continued to Move the Needle during the 2025-2026 school year, posting gains across multiple grade levels and subject areas on the Georgia Milestones End-of-Grade and End-of-Course assessments, including significant improvements in math, science, and social studies. Overall, th...

-Floyd County Jail records- Man arrested on drug trafficking charge A Rome man was arrested on a felony cocaine trafficking charge on Tuesday. According to Floyd County Jail records: 56-year-old Marvin Lee Barrett had 58 grams of cocaine, along with 820 grams of marijuana, packaging materials and scales during the exec...

-Staff reports- A man wanted for murder in Floyd County was taken into custody on Tuesday evening in Cherokee County, Georgia. Floyd County Sheriff's Office Corporal Towle, Deputy Bowerman, Deputy Dempsey, and Deputy Jolly, with crucial assistance from the Cherokee County Sheriff's Office, safely apprehended 34-year-ol...

-GBI News Release- The GBI has arrested and charged former Polk County Police Department Officer Tracey Royston, age 51, of Cedartown, Georgia, with four misdemeanor counts of Misuse of a License Plate Reader System. Royston was previously detached to the Northwest Georgia Drug Task Force, which is managed by the Georg...

-Staff reports- Residents will have an opportunity to comment before a possible vote on Aug. 25 Residents concerned about the potential effects of data center development, including continuous noise, heavy electricity demand, water consumption, and long-term environmental impact, will have an opportunity to review and ...