Category Archives: Local News
Two Cedartown men arrested after trespassing incident involving game camera
June 23rd, 2025 – 3:30 PMWRGA Staff Reports –66-year-old Donald Robert Hubbard (left) and 52-year-old Louie Dan Sherman (right)The Cherokee County Alabama Sheriff’s Office has confir...
Jun 23, 2025
Warrant: Man with a machete threatens to bleed victim like a deer
Friday, June 20, 2025–7:23 p.m.-Floyd County Jail records-A local man is being held without bond after reportedly attacking another man with a machete at a location on Teat Street in Lindale ear...
Jun 20, 2025
Variance granted for Rural King develppment at mall
Friday, June 20, 2025–1:55 p.m.-David Crowder, WRGA News-The Rome-Floyd County Board of Adjustments recently approved a variance request that will pave the way for a new business at Mt. Berry Ma...
Jun 20, 2025
Atrium Health Floyd-Polk Foundation Issues $1.3 Million in Grants
Friday, June 20, 2025–9:00 a.m.-News Release-Atrium Health Floyd-Polk Foundation has again awarded $1.3 million in grants to Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center and Atrium Health Floyd Polk Medic...
Jun 20, 2025
GBI makes two fentanyl-related arrests
Thursday, June 19, 2025–3:00 p.m.-Floyd County Jail records-The GBI has arrested two Rome men on multiple charges related to the sale of fentanyl.According to Floyd County Jail records:42-year-o...
Jun 19, 2025
Rome ACC approves pouring license for new restaraunt
Thursday, June 19, 2025–10:30 a.m.-David Crowder, WRGA News-The Rome Alcohol Control Commission has approved a beer and wine pouring license for a new restaurant in West Rome.The owner and manag...
Jun 19, 2025
Former Trion Police officer accused of hitting handcuffed arrestee
Thursday, June 19, 2025–9:55 a.m.-Georgia Bureau of Investigation-The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has arrested a former Trion Police Officer.52-year-old Joel "Chris" Wooten of Summerville is...
Jun 19, 2025
Georgia Highlands College launches nearly $12 Million renovation of Floyd Campus
Wednesday, June 18, 2025–6:20 p.m.-News Release-Georgia Highlands College (GHC) has officially launched one of the most significant renovation projects in the institution's history. This summer ...
Jun 18, 2025
Arrest reports for June 18
Wednesday, June 18, 2025–11:00 a.m.-Floyd County Jail records-Woman accused of manufacturing “spice”The execution of a search warrant at a home on Rolling Pines Road leads to the dis...
Jun 18, 2025
City of Rome reconizes Juneteenth with proclamation
Tuesday, June 17, 2025–9:00 a.m.-David Crowder, WRGA News-Thursday is Juneteenth, a holiday that commemorates the end of slavery in the United States.On Monday, the Rome City Commission read a p...
Jun 17, 2025
