Sunday, February 22, 2026--1:10 p.m. -Georgia Power News Release- In accordance with state and federal rules, Georgia Power is holding a public meeting on March 24th, from 5:30 P.M to 7:30 P.M., at the Rome-Floyd E.C.O. Center, 393 Riverside Parkway, on the groundwater remediation plan for Plant Hammond ash pond 1 (AP-...

Sunday, February 22, 2026--12:50 p.m. -David Crowder, WRGA News- A slightly different format for Monday's Rome City Commission meeting. The pre-meeting caucus, which starts at 5 p.m., will only be 30 minutes long as the commission will recognize honorees for Black History Month. The ceremony will start at 5:30 in the c...

Sunday, February 22, 2026--12:40 p.m. -David Crowder, WRGA News- We are moving closer to having an updated Unified Land Development Code. The ULDC regulates the use of land, the location and use of buildings and other site improvements, and the construction of public facilities and private improvements related to land ...

Sunday, February 22, 2026--12:30 p.m. -News Release- Native son Eric Gordon, a U.S. Air Force master sergeant, returns to Rome in April for the Wings Over North Georgia Air Show. Gordon is the maintenance production superintendent for the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds demonstration squadron, which will perform at the Ric...

Saturday, February 21, 2026--2:30 p.m. -Floyd County Jail records- Two arrested on drug charges Two Rome residents were recently arrested at a location on Shorter Avenue on drug charges. According to Floyd County Jail records: 28-year-old Richard David Whittington Jr. was found with individually packaged marijuana with...