Category Archives: Local News
[VIDEO] Downtown Rome draws large crowds for Trick-or-Treating (2024)
October 31st, 5:30 PMEthan Garrett – WRGA Digital News Editor & Video Reporter – On Thursday afternoon, children in the Rome/Floyd area celebrated Halloween with the 2024 Downtown Rome...
Oct 31, 2024
Arrest reports for October 31
Thursday, October 31, 2024–11:23 a.m.-Floyd County Jail records-Two arrested in a drug bust in Southeast RomeRome-Floyd Metro Task Force officers executed a search warrant at a residence on East...
Oct 31, 2024
Former Floyd County teacher charged with child cruelty
Thursday, October 31, 2024–9:53 a.m.-Floyd County Jail records-A former teacher with the Floyd County School System has been arrested and charged with three counts of felony 1st-degree cruelty t...
Oct 31, 2024
Rome on national stage: Fox & Friends to broadcast live from “Eggs Up Grill”
October 30th, 2024 – 4:40 PMWRGA Staff Reports –(Photo contributed by event)In an exciting lead-up to Election Day, the popular "Breakfast with Friends" segment from Fox & Friends will...
Oct 30, 2024
Overturned tractor-trailer shuts down Veterans Memorial Highway
Tuesday, October 29, 2024–11:40 a.m.-Staff reports-All lanes are open and traffic is flowing again after a morning accident shut down Veterans Memorial Highway at Riverside Parkway.A truck hauli...
Oct 29, 2024
Nearly 23,000 have voted early in Floyd County
Monday, October 28, 2024–11:55 a.m.-David Crowder, WRGA News-As we get close to the November 5 General Election, 37 percent of Floyd County's active voters have already cast their ballots.As of ...
Oct 28, 2024
Polk County road project underway
Monday, October 28, 2024–10:40 a.m.-News Release-Work is now underway to add a right turn lane on US 278/Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard at the intersection with US 27 in Cedartown.The project ...
Oct 28, 2024
Arrest reports for October 28
Monday, October 28, 2024–10:17 a.m.-Floyd County Jail records-Warrant: Man took Lindale woman to Rockmart against her willA 23-year-old Rockmart man was booked into the Floyd County Jail over th...
Oct 28, 2024
Floyd County Police Department recieves H.E.A.T. grant
Monday, October 28, 2024–9:45 a.m.-News Release-The Governor's Office of Highway Safety has announced that the Floyd County Police Department is one of 26 law enforcement agencies in Georgia to ...
Oct 28, 2024
AdventHealth Redmond donates AEDs
Sunday, October 27, 2024–7:30 p.m.-Staff reports-AdventHealth Redmond recently donated four automated external defibrillators to Floyd County Emergency Management.Dondra Crawford, Community Outr...
Oct 27, 2024
