Category Archives: Floyd County

2025 First Friday Concert Series kicks off this Friday

2025 First Friday Concert Series kicks off this Friday

Thursday, June 5, 2025–8:40 a.m. -Staff reports- It’s time again for the First Friday Concert Series. Guardians of the Jukebox will bring their electric 80s tribute performance to Town Green this Friday. Bring your friends and family, secure your spot on the green, and immerse yourself in the music The free concert, which begins at…Continue Reading

Rome-Floyd Planning Commission meets Thursday

Rome-Floyd Planning Commission meets Thursday

Wednesday, June 4, 2025–10:20 a.m. -Staff reports- The Rome–Floyd County Planning Commission will consider a number of agenda items when it meets on Thursday. On the county side, there is a rezoning for property at 3940 Morton Bend Road and 0 Morton Bend Road from Agricultural Residential to Heavy Industrial for the existing fire and…Continue Reading

NW GA Charter Academy now looking at two possible sites

NW GA Charter Academy now looking at two possible sites

Wednesday, June 4, 2025–10:05 a.m. -Staff reports- The Northwest Georgia Charter Academy board now has two possible sites for the future charter school in Cave Spring. According to academy founder Judy Taylor, the second site is located on the Georgia School for the Deaf Perry Farm Road campus. “The State Properties Committee has been authorized…Continue Reading

NOAA predicting above normal hurricane season

NOAA predicting above normal hurricane season

Wednesday, June 4, 2025–10:00 a.m. -Staff reports- Hurricane season began on June 1, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is predicting a 30 percent chance of a near-normal season and a 60 percent chance of an above-normal season. The agency is forecasting a total of 13 to 19 named storms. “The good news is,…Continue Reading

Man pleads guilty to August 2024 murder

Man pleads guilty to August 2024 murder

Tuesday, June 3, 2025–11:10 a.m. -Staff reports- A 22-year-old Rome man has been sentenced to life with the possibility of parole after pleading guilty to a murder that occurred in North Rome last year. Nigel Oliver Hall entered the plea on Monday in Floyd Superior Court. On August 27, 2024, Rome Police responded to the…Continue Reading

GNTV to host TCSG state board meeting

GNTV to host TCSG state board meeting

Tuesday, June 3, 2025–11:10 a.m. -News Release- Georgia Northwestern Technical College will host the Technical College System of Georgia’s State Board Meeting Wednesday through Thursday at the Floyd County Campus in Rome. State Board Members, TCSG Leadership, presidents from other TCSG colleges and special guests will take part in the meeting. On Wednesday, committee meetings…Continue Reading

Rome to partner with Land Bank Authority for new affordable housing program

Rome to partner with Land Bank Authority for new affordable housing program

Tuesday, June 3, 2025–11:00 a.m. -David Crowder, WRGA News- The City of Rome, in partnership with the State of Georgia and hopefully the Land Bank Authority, is looking to build affordable housing. Over the years, the city has accumulated around $850,000 in Community Home Investment Program (CHIP) funds, which must be used or sent back.…Continue Reading

Arrest reports for June 3

Arrest reports for June 3

Tuesday, June 3, 2025–11:00 a.m. -Floyd County Jail records- Woman charged with burglary An Adairsville woman has been arrested in a burglary on Jim Keaton Lane off Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in Rome back on May 5. According to an arrest warrant: 29-year-old Lashania Keeona Davis entered the residence, uninvited, and began damaging televisions.…Continue Reading

Warrant: Man deposited altered $18K check belonging to the Floyd County Commission

Warrant: Man deposited altered $18K check belonging to the Floyd County Commission

Tuesday, June 3, 2025–10:55 a.m. -Floyd County Jail records- A man from Decatur, Georgia, is accused of depositing a check belonging to the Floyd County Board of Commissioners into his own account. According to an arrest warrant: The check for $18,562.33 had been altered to look like it had been made out to 31-year-old Darrell…Continue Reading