![[VIDEO] Downtown Rome celebrates completion of Unity Point Plaza (2025)](https://cdn.socast.io/9065/sites/4/2025/11/04172916/featured-unity-point-ribbon-cut.jpg#aqua_resizer_image_not_local)
October 4th, 2025 – 5:25 PM Ethan Garrett – WRGA Digital News Editor & Video Reporter – The City of Rome celebrated the completion of the Unity Point Plaza project on Tuesday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony that drew a crowd. The project, funded through a 2013 SPLOST package, focused on rehabilitating the site, which was…… Continue Reading
![[VIDEO] Families Celebrate Halloween Early in Downtown Rome (2025)](https://cdn.socast.io/9065/sites/4/2025/10/31162932/featured-halloween-2025.jpg#aqua_resizer_image_not_local)
October 31st, 2025 – 4:30 PM 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-treating. Local businesses handed out candy to costumed kids, while the Desoto Theatre offered a free screening…… Continue Reading
![[VIDEO] Strings, songs, and small-town charm at Downtown Rome’s 2025 Fiddlin’ Fest](https://cdn.socast.io/9065/sites/4/2025/10/18182441/featured-fiddlinfest-2025.jpg#aqua_resizer_image_not_local)
October 18, 2025 – 6:30 PM 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 sights and sounds of celebration for 2025. The festival transformed the heart of downtown into a lively showcase of…… Continue Reading
![[VIDEO] North STARS Playground Opens on North Broad Street](https://cdn.socast.io/9065/sites/4/2025/10/17170401/featured-North-Stars-2025.jpg#aqua_resizer_image_not_local)
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 STARS Playground on North Broad Street. The project was funded through the 2017 SPLOST package, which supported playground and recreation improvements in the North…… Continue Reading
![[VIDEO] Community celebrates law enforcement during Faith & Blue Day (2025)](https://cdn.socast.io/9065/sites/4/2025/10/16122523/featured-2025-fath-and-bklue.jpg#aqua_resizer_image_not_local)
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 Floyd County community came together at AdventHealth Redmond to honor local law enforcement and public safety personnel during National Faith & Blue Day. The event…… Continue Reading
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 departments throughout Georgia based on the current vaccine supply. Those interested in getting the vaccine should call their local health department to be sure they have the vaccine…… Continue Reading
![[Video] Rome City School Board Candidate Forum](https://cdn.socast.io/9065/sites/4/2025/10/02203321/imageedit_3_5214334301.jpg#aqua_resizer_image_not_local)
Thursday, October 2, 2025–8:15 p.m. -Staff reports- Five of the nine candidates running for the Rome City School Board answered questions on a wide variety of topics during a candidate forum on Thursday at the Rome Area History Center. The forum was presented by One Community United, the People’s Agenda, the League of Women Voters,…… Continue Reading
![[VIDEO] Coosa Valley Fair kicks off fall season in Northwest Georgia (2025)](https://cdn.socast.io/9065/sites/4/2025/10/01163916/featured-CVF-2025.jpg#aqua_resizer_image_not_local)
October 1st, 2025 – 3:45 PM Ethan Garrett – Digital News Editor & Video Reporter – For 76 years, the Coosa Valley Fair has signaled the start of fall for Northwest Georgia residents. Known as “fall’s finest festival,” the fair has been proudly sponsored by the Exchange Club of Rome since its inception in 1949.…… Continue Reading
![[Interview] Blake Tillery, Candidate for Georgia Lt. Governor](https://cdn.socast.io/9065/sites/4/2025/10/01101719/BLAKE-TILLERY-SMALL.jpg#aqua_resizer_image_not_local)
Wednesday, October 1, 2025–10:15 a.m. -Staff reports- The race for Lt. Governor is already heating up, although we are more than 7 months away from the May Primary. Georgia State Senator Blake Tillery is seeking the Republican nomination for Lt. Governor in a crowded field that also includes Georgia Senate President Pro Tem John Kennedy,…… Continue Reading
![[VIDEO] GHC reveals new sculpture that honors past & present students](https://cdn.socast.io/9065/sites/4/2025/09/18144259/featured-sculpture-ghc-sept-18-25.jpg#aqua_resizer_image_not_local)
September 18th, 2025 – 2:35 PM Ethan Garrett – WRGA Digital News Editor & Video Reporter – Georgia Highlands College unveiled a new landmark on its Floyd County Campus Thursday morning. Students, faculty, and community members gathered for the reveal of a seven-foot wooden sculpture depicting a student raising a diploma, surrounded by charger horses…… Continue Reading