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October 4th, 2024 – 4:50 PM City of Rome Press Release – The City of Rome’s pump station, which supplies water to the Mt. Alto tank, has experienced a critical failure in both its primary and secondary pumps. This failure is impacting the delivery of drinking water to approximately 170 households in the area, resulting…… read more
Friday, October 4, 2024–11:30 a.m. -News Release- The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) announced yesterday that Rome Sports has been selected to host the DIII Men’s & Women’s Tennis Championships for the 2027- 2028 season. The championship will take place at the Rome Tennis Center at Berry College, May 22-30, 2028. “Over the past decade,…… read more
Friday, October 4, 2024–11:19 a.m. -Floyd County Jail records- Two East Rome residents have been arrested on felony warrants charging them with identity fraud. According to the warrants: 27-year-old Avon Trey Grissom and 24-year-old Samantha Kayleen Dowdy used a woman’s EBT card at several locations in Floyd County between August 16 and August 20. The…… read more
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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…… read 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…… read 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…… read 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…… read 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…… read 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…… read 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…… read more