-Staff reports- One person was killed and another seriously injured in a wreck on Blacks Bluff Road near the Alabama State Line on Wednesday. According to Floyd County Police, the single-vehicle crash occurred around lunchtime. Authorities are looking into the possibility that it may have resulted from a medical emerge...

-Georgia Department of Public Safety- Thousands of Georgians are expected to travel this Labor Day weekend as summer comes to an unofficial close. The Georgia Department of Public Safety (DPS) reminds motorists that Georgia State Patrol (GSP) Troopers and Commercial Vehicle Enforcement (CVE) Officers will conduct high-...

-Georgia State Patrol- An Alabama man died in a motorcycle crash in the area of Kelli Clark Court and Highway 293 in Bartow County on Saturday. According to the Georgia State Patrol: 33-year-old Joseph Willingham of Moody, Alabama, attempted to negotiate a left-hand curve and lost control of his Harley-Davidson. The mo...

-Cherokee County, Alabama Sheriff's Office- On Tuesday afternoon, deputies went to a campground in the Wildwood Cove area off County Road 182 to serve a warrant for the Floyd County Sheriff's Office in Georgia. Deputies located 33-year-old Eric Carl Virta of Cartersville, Georgia. When they attempted to take him into c...

-News Release- Success in school starts with something remarkably simple. Students have to be there. As Rome City Schools recognizes September as Attendance Awareness Month, the district is continuing its focus on improving student attendance and reducing chronic absenteeism. The effort is about much more than counting...