Category Archives: Local News

November 21st, 2025 - 2:15 PM Ethan Garrett - WRGA Digital News Editor & Video Reporter - The City of Rome celebrated renovations to Banty Jones Park on Friday morning with a ribbon-cutting. The u...

November 17th, 2025 - 6:00 PM Ethan Garrett - WRGA Digital News Editor & Video Editor - The City of Rome held a ribbon-cutting on Monday for the newly renovated Clock Tower, drawing a large crowd ...

November 11, 2025 - 4:25 PM Ethan Garrett - WRGA Digital News Editor & Video Reporter - The community gathered Tuesday morning for Rome's Veterans Day Parade, which began on Broad Street and conti...

Ethan Garrett - WRGA Digital News Editor & Video Reporter - Downtown Rome got a head start on Halloween fun Friday afternoon as crowds of families packed Broad Street for some early trick-or-treat...

Ethan Garrett - Digital News Editor & Video Reporter -     Downtown Rome came alive Saturday afternoon as the 10th annual Fiddlin' Fest between the Rivers filled Broad Street with the si...

October 17th, 2025 - 4:55 PM Ethan Garrett - Digital News Editor & Video Reporter -     Friday afternoon, members of the community gathered to celebrate the opening of the new North STAR...

October 16th, 2025 - 12:15 PM Floyd County Sheriff's Chaplain David Thornton and WRGA's Digital News Editor & Video Reporter Ethan Garrett -     Thursday morning, members of the Rome and...

Thursday, October 9, 2025-11:20 a.m. -Staff reports- Earlier this week, it was announced that the Georgia Department of Public Health has begun administering COVID-19 vaccinations at health department...

Sunday, July 27, 2025–2:30 p.m.-Rome Police Department News Release-The Rome Police Department is actively investigating two separate overnight shootings that occurred at large gatherings on Sat...

Thursday, July 25, 2025–11-:10 a.m.-David Crowder, WRGA News-Friday is "Peach Day" at the Georgia's Rome Farmer's Market."This is one of our biggest markets of the year," said Kristi Kent with t...