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Ocotober 3rd, 2024 – 3:00 PM Ethan Garrett – Digital News Editor & Video Reporter – For 75 years, the Coosa Valley Fair has signaled the start of fall for Northwest Georgia and Northeast Alabama residents. Known as “fall’s finest festival,” the fair has been proudly sponsored by the Exchange Club of Rome since its…… more »
Thursday, October 3, 2024–12:30 p.m. -Staff reports- We have this traffic alert for anyone who will be driving in the Lindale area on Friday. Vice-presidential nominee JD Vance will be at the Lindale Mill for a campaign event at 1 p.m. Motorists can expect heavy traffic and delays in Lindale and on surface roads leading…… more »
Thursday, October 3, 2024–12:15 p.m. -News Release- Floyd County Schools (FCS) is proud to announce that Stacy Thompson, a dedicated 7th Grade Science teacher at Pepperell Middle School, has been named the District Teacher of the Year (TOTY). Additionally, Tim Reynolds, a committed Special Education Paraprofessional at Model Middle School, has been honored as the…… more »
Thursday, October 3, 2024–12:15 p.m. -Staff reports- If you want to enter this year’s Rome Christmas Parade, you can register starting on October 15. The deadline to enter will be November 1. Late entries will not be accepted this year. Registration will take place online at www.romechristmasparade.com. The theme for this year’s parade, which will…… more »
Thursday, October 3, 2024–12:10 p.m. -Floyd County Jail records- Report: Man bit police officer A Cedar Bluff, Alabama man is accused of biting a Cave Spring Police Officer. According to Floyd County Jail records: 39-year-old John Edwin Terry Jr. was pounding on the side of a parked camper trailer on Gadsden Road. Terry got belligerent…… more »
Thursday, October 3, 2024–12:02 p.m. -David Crowder, WRGA News- The Rome Water and Sewer Committee got their first look at the 2025 capital budget requests on Thursday. The requests include equipment and projects, totaling just over $73 million. According to Rome City Manager Sammy Rich that sounds like a lot of money, but in the…… more »
October 2nd, 2024 – 3:25 PM Ethan Garrett – WRGA Digital News Editor & Video Reporter – A two-vehicle wreck on Shorter Avenue near Zaxby’s and Lowe’s temporarily shut down all lanes of traffic Wednesday afternoon. The accident resulted in a power pole being struck and broken with a line across the roadway. Floyd 911…… more »
Wednesday, October 2, 2024–11:45 a.m. -David Crowder, WRGA News- Rome City Manager Sammy Rich and Floyd County Manager Jamie McCord have been meeting to work on a facilities list for Rome-Floyd Parks and Recreation. On Tuesday, members of the Rome-Floyd Joint Services Committee got an update on those conversations which revolve around the facilities that…… more »
Wednesday, October 2, 2024–11:40 a.m. -David Crowder, WRGA News- In 2013, Rome and Floyd County switched to a new 800 MHz communications system, which includes ten towers and 98 percent coverage anywhere in the county—from the Pocket to Cave Spring. Floyd County Manager Jamie McCord told the Rome-Floyd Joint Services Committee on Tuesday, it is…… more »
Wednesday, October 2, 2024–11:10 a.m. -Floyd County Jail records- A Cave Spring teen was arrested Tuesday on charges of terroristic threats and reckless conduct following an incident at his residence on Gadsden Road. According to Floyd County Jail records: 19-year-old Dillan Cole Jones threatened to shoot the victim during a verbal altercation. He then walked…… more »
