Bike Ride Across Georgia (BRAG) returns to Rome and Cave Spring May 31-June 1; roads impacted along cycling route
Rome's unemployment declines to 2.7 percent in April
Two injured in wreck that closed down Highway 140 on Tuesday
Floyd County Commission approves rubber asphalt resurfacing on Turner Road
Floyd County District Attorney Investigator Jamie White honored for life-saving efforts
LOCAL NEWS
Conceptual design for Garrard Park playground unveiled
-Staff reports- The Rome Community Redevelopment Committee got a look at a conceptual design for the Garrard Park project located at the former GE sit...
May 28, 2026
Arrest reports for May 28
-Floyd County jail records- Two men accused of entering outbuilding on Biddy Road Two Bartow County men have been charged in a burglary on Biddy Road,...
May 28, 2026
Search warrant leads to arrest of a man on a felony count of conducting a chop shop
-Floyd County Jail records- A Rome man is accused of running a chop shop operation at his Charleston Drive residence. According to Floyd County Jail r...
May 28, 2026
Bike Ride Across Georgia (BRAG) returns to Rome and Cave Spring May 31-June 1; roads impacted along cycling route
-News Release- Bike Ride Across Georgia (BRAG), one of the state's premier annual cycling events, will return to Floyd County on Sunday, May 31, bring...
May 28, 2026
Rome's unemployment declines to 2.7 percent in April
-Georgia Department of Labor- The Georgia Department of Labor announced Thursday that the one-county Rome Metropolitan Statistical Area recorded month...
May 28, 2026
Rome City Commission approves new wrecker towing fees
-David Crowder, WRGA News- The Rome City Commission has approved an increase in wrecker and towing fees. John Giles, with the Rome City Police Departm...
May 28, 2026
NATIONAL NEWS
Amtrak fire near Penn Station triggers major NYC commuter disruptions, NJ Transit and LIRR cancellations
An Amtrak track car fire near New York's Penn Station has snarled rail traffic, caused damage and resulted in several people being injured.
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'Ghosts' on Florida highways: Roadside sting snares 249 illegal immigrants, officers warn many more hiding
Florida Highway Patrol teams up with ICE and local agencies in Operation 9, arresting 249 illegal immigrants along South Florida highways in three day...
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US responds to reports that an American aircraft was shot down in Iran and more top headlines
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Skeleton unearthed near Nancy Guthrie search site believed to be up to 1,000 years old, expert says
A skeleton unearthed miles from where Nancy Guthrie was allegedly abducted is believed to be up to 1,000 years old, an Arizona anthropologist says.
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12-year-old boy dies after raft capsizes during school trip in Pennsylvania
A 12-year-old boy died from accidental drowning during a school rafting trip in Pennsylvania's Pocono Mountains after his raft capsized, officials sai...
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