Monday, January 6, 2025–11:25 a.m. -Floyd County Jail records- Report: Man fled from police A convicted felon is facing multiple charges after he allegedly fled from police Friday in the East Rome area. According to Floyd County Jail records: Police attempted to stop a vehicle driven by 20-year-old Judakiss Jailer Waddell for an obscured license…… Continue Reading
Monday, January 6, 2025–11:15 a.m. -Floyd County Jail records- A man has been arrested on a felony warrant charging him with a robbery in North Rome more than a year ago. According to an arrest warrant and a previous Rome Police Department report: Security camera footage showed 25-year-old Jaylon D’Amonte Jester of Rome robbing two…… Continue Reading
Monday, January 6, 2025–10:20 a.m. -Mo Burge, Rome News-Tribune- This story is possible because of a news-sharing agreement with the Rome News-Tribune. More information can be found at northwestgeorgianews.com Since 2020, the Rome-Floyd County Planning Commission has seen a steady increase of applications, mainly for changes of zoning and new construction. From less than 40 in…… Continue Reading
Monday, January 6, 2025–10:11 a.m. -Staff reports- Georgia Power intends to use the retired Plant Hammond facility in Floyd County as one of the locations for a new “grid-connected” battery energy storage system The battery systems were approved during the 2023 Integrated Resource Plan update. Other sites include a solar facility near Robins Air Force…… Continue Reading
Monday, January 6, 2025–8:33 a.m. -AAA South- Georgia gas prices reversed their downward trend with Monday’s state average a penny more than a week ago. Georgia drivers are now paying an average of $2.90 per gallon for regular unleaded, which is still a penny less than a month ago and seven cents less than this time last year.…… Continue Reading
Sunday, January 5, 2025–4:35 p.m. -News Release- Civil rights icon Ruby Bridges, one of the first Black students to integrate an all-white elementary school in 1960, will speak at Berry College on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Though Bridges’ experience in school was harrowing due to blatant racism and the targeting of her family, she never…… Continue Reading
January 4th, 2025 – 2:00 PM The Georgia Department of Transportation – The Georgia Department of Transportation has announced, weather permitting, that crews will periodically close lanes on 2nd Avenue nightly beginning Monday, January 6 through Friday, January 10. The lane closures are part of the 2nd Avenue improvement project that stretches from the Oostanaula…… Continue Reading
Friday, January 3, 2025–11:40 a.m. -News Release- The Rome-Floyd Sports Hall of Fame is proud to announce its annual induction ceremony and banquet, set for Thursday, March 6, 2025, at the Forum River Center in Rome. Doors will open at 5:00 PM, with the ceremony beginning at 5:45 PM. Tickets and tables of eight are…… Continue Reading
Friday, January 3, 2025–11:35 a.m. -Floyd County Jail records- Man charged with items prohibited for possession by an inmate A Covington, Georgia man is accused of attempting to bring contraband into the Floyd County Prison in January of 2023. According to an arrest warrant: 43-year-old Kenneth Marshall Gibbs concealed two vape canisters, four syringes, one…… Continue Reading
Friday, January 3, 2025–11:30 a.m. -Berry College News Release- Civil rights icon Ruby Bridges, one of the first Black students to integrate an all-white elementary school in 1960, will speak at Berry College on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Though Bridges’ experience in school was harrowing due to blatant racism and the targeting of her family,…… Continue Reading