-Staff reports- Several health screenings will be available this Saturday during the 24th annual Health Initiative for Men and Women. The event, sponsored by the 100 Black Men of Rome and Northwest Georgia, is from 8 a.m. until noon at the Floyd County Health Department. It is FREE to all men and women in Rome and surr...

-News Release- The Floyd County Democratic Party is proud to announce that Keisha Lance Bottoms, Democratic candidate for Governor of Georgia, will be the keynote speaker for the 2026 Georgia Giants Dinner on Friday, August 21, at the Rome Civic Center. Doors open at 6:00 p.m. In addition to keynote speaker Keisha Lanc...

-Staff reports- The Georgia Downtown Association is slated to hold its annual conference in Rome next week. The conference, which is Tuesday and Wednesday, attracts downtown professionals from across the state to network, learn, and grow through a variety of session topics and tours. "These are downtown associatio...

-Floyd County Jail records- A Summerville man is accused of showing a bit too much in the parking lot of the Movies at Berry Square. According to an arrest warrant: An employee of the theater was sitting in her car when she noticed a vehicle driven by 48-year-old Gary Lee Gilbert driving around the parking lot. She tho...

-Floyd County Jail records- Man accused of threatening police A Lindale man was arrested at his Mark Grove Road home on Wednesday and charged with terroristic threats and acts, simple assault and obstruction of law enforcement. According to Floyd County Jail records: 66-year-old Archie Leon Waits Jr. attempted to close...