Tuesday, June 17, 2025–9:00 a.m. -David Crowder, WRGA News- Thursday is Juneteenth, a holiday that commemorates the end of slavery in the United States. On Monday, the Rome City Commission read a proclamation for Juneteenth. On June 19, 1865, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation, federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, to inform…… Continue Reading
Monday, June 16, 2025 -Bill Crane- It was the morning of September 4, 2024, Georgia’s deadliest school shooting was underway in Winder, Georgia at Apalachee High School. Thanks to a recently upgraded school security system, a fast-acting school resource officer and local law enforcement, the mass murder was halted at four fatalities, with serious injuries to…… Continue Reading
Tuesday, June 17, 2025–10:30 a.m. -Floyd County Jail records- A man arrested Sunday after allegedly assaulting a woman and pointing a gun at the victim’s two young children is facing additional charges. According to Floyd County Jail records: 24-year-old Joahan Segura Caldera was found with methamphetamine, marijuana, glass pipes, and a fraudulent driver’s license. Caldera…… Continue Reading
Monday, June 16, 2025–10:50 a.m. -David Crowder, WRGA News- The investigation continues into the tragic shooting deaths of a Minnesota State Representative and her husband, as well as the wounding of a Minnesota State Senator and his wife by a man representing himself as a police officer. The suspect, who is now in custody, was…… Continue Reading
Monday, June 16, 2025–10:35 a.m. -David Crowder, WRGA News- The Rome Alcohol Control Commission will consider applications for beer package licenses at four stores when it meets Tuesday. The applicants include Fastlane Fuel and Market at 1928 Shorter Avenue and at a business at 1439 North Broad Street. Beer package licenses for the Food Mart…… Continue Reading
Monday, June 16, 2025–10:25 a.m. -Floyd County Jail records- Man charged with felony obstruction of law enforcement A Cedartown man was booked into the Floyd County Jail over the weekend after allegedly resisting arrest during a traffic stop on East Third Avenue. According to Floyd County Jail records: 23-year-old Elias Felipe Perez-Rivera was stopped for…… Continue Reading
Monday, June 16, 2025–7:50 a.m. -AAA South- Georgia gas prices were parked in neutral at the pumps compared to a week ago. Georgians are now paying an average price of $2.86 per gallon for regular unleaded gasoline, which is the same as a week ago, 7 cents lower than it was a month ago, and…… Continue Reading
Monday, June 16, 2025–7:30 a.m. -Staff reports- The 80th Annual Miss Georgia Scholarship and the Miss Georgia’s Teen Competitions were recently held in the Bill Heard Theatre of the RiverCenter for the Performing Arts in Columbus, and Rome and Floyd County were well represented. Ninety-three contestants competed for the titles of Miss Georgia 2025 (53…… Continue Reading
Sunday, June 15, 2025–4:20 p.m. -David Crowder, WRGA News- A relatively light agenda awaits Rome City Commissioners when they meet Monday. The meeting is being held a week earlier because commissioners will be attending the Georgia Municipal Association’s annual conference in Savannah later this week and early next week. During the caucus, which begins…… Continue Reading
Sunday, June 15, 2025–4:15 p.m. -Floyd County Jail records- Woman charged with felony shoplifting A Rome woman is accused of shoplifting from the same store four times. According to the arrest warrants: 57-year-old Sally Mae Ferguson stole $78 from Ulta Beauty on Turner McCall Boulevard in January. She then stole $148 in merchandise in February…… Continue Reading