Local News
Arrest reports for September 15
-Floyd County Jail records- Two charged with child cruelty Two Rome residents were arrested on Monday on three counts of 1st-degree cruelty to children. According to Floyd County Jail records: 37-year-old Clayton Dewayne Morgan and 28-year-old Leeali Cheyenne Morgan allowed three juveniles, ages 4, 6, and 9, to live in...
16h ago
Former Emerson officer accused of misusing Flock camera system
-GBI News Release- The GBI has arrested and charged former Emerson Police Department Officer Anthony Trapani, age 32, of Rockmart, GA, with two counts of Misuse of a License Plate Reader System and Violation of Oath of Office. The Acworth Police Department (APD) requested the GBI to investigate allegations of misuse of...
17h ago
Rome High School's Isha Garg Named National Merit Scholarship Semifinalist
-News Release- Rome High School senior Isha Garg has been named a National Merit Scholarship Semifinalist. Garg is one of more than 16,000 semifinalists from across the country selected for the 72nd National Merit Scholarship Program. "Isha's selection as a National Merit Scholarship Semifinalist is an outstanding...
17h ago
2026 AGC Georgia Skills Challenge Series returns to Rome in October
-News Release- The Associated General Contractors of Georgia (AGC Georgia) is proud to announce the dates for the 2026 Skills Challenge Series, a premier workforce development event designed to showcase the skills and talents of construction students from high schools across Georgia. Taking place in eight regions throu...
17h ago
[VIDEO] Discussion of racially charged incident 84 years ago gets heated at Monday's city commission meeting
-David Crowdert, WRGA News- An incident involving a world-renowned opera singer that occurred in Rome in 1942 is still evoking raw emotions 84 years later. That incident involved Roland Hayes and his wife and a confrontation that started in a local shoe store in what was then the Jim Crow-era South. The Hayeses were ar...
18h ago
