Tuesday, October 29, 2024–11:40 a.m. -News Release- Rome High School Audio, Video, Tech, and Film students recently took third place in the Rome International Film Festival student film competition. Their film, “The Magic 8 Ball”, is about a vintage toy finding new life when an unsuspecting student picks it up and starts using it to…… Continue Reading
Tuesday, October 29, 2024–11:40 a.m. -Staff reports- All lanes are open and traffic is flowing again after a morning accident shut down Veterans Memorial Highway at Riverside Parkway. A truck hauling 53,000 pounds of cargo overturned at the intersection Tuesday morning. The cleanup process closed the road to all eastbound and westbound traffic for an…… Continue Reading
Monday, October 28, 2024–11:55 a.m. -David Crowder, WRGA News- As we get close to the November 5 General Election, 37 percent of Floyd County’s active voters have already cast their ballots. As of Monday morning, 22,533 have voted in advance. There are 60,891 active registered voters in Floyd County. 12,192 people have voted at the…… Continue Reading
Monday, October 28, 2024–10:40 a.m. -News Release- Work is now underway to add a right turn lane on US 278/Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard at the intersection with US 27 in Cedartown. The project is expected to take about three weeks, weather permitting. Once completed there will be three southbound lanes intersecting at US 27:…… Continue Reading
Monday, October 28, 2024–10:17 a.m. -Floyd County Jail records- Warrant: Man took Lindale woman to Rockmart against her will A 23-year-old Rockmart man was booked into the Floyd County Jail over the weekend on a felony warrant charging him with kidnapping. According to the warrant: On October 24, Anterrious Laukee Lester forcefully took a Lindale…… Continue Reading
Monday, October 28, 2024–9:45 a.m. -News Release- The Governor’s Office of Highway Safety has announced that the Floyd County Police Department is one of 26 law enforcement agencies in Georgia to receive a Highway Enforcement of Aggressive Traffic grant for the Federal 2025 Fiscal Year. Referred to as a H.E.A.T. grant, Floyd County Police Department’s…… Continue Reading
Monday, October 28, 2024–9:36 a.m. -AAA South- The Georgia gas price average decreased at the pumps compared to a week ago. Georgians pay an average of $2.92 per gallon for regular unleaded gasoline. Monday’s state average is a penny less than a week ago, 5 cents less than a month ago, and 6 cents less than last year. It…… Continue Reading
Sunday, October 27, 2024–7:30 p.m. -Staff reports- AdventHealth Redmond recently donated four automated external defibrillators to Floyd County Emergency Management. Dondra Crawford, Community Outreach Manager for AdventHealth Redmond presented the AEDs to EMA Director Tim Herrington during a recent county commission meeting. “AdventHealth is honored and proud to be a part of this community,” Crawford…… Continue Reading
Sunday, October 27, 2024–7:30 p.m. -News Release- Floyd County Commissioner Scotty Hancock has been recognized by the Association County Commissioners of Georgia for academic achievement in the Lifelong Learning Academy. Recipients were presented with their achievement certificates during the 2024 ACCG Legislative Leadership Conference at the Classic Center in Athens-Clarke County. Hancock was honored for…… Continue Reading
Sunday, October 27, 2024–7:25 p.m. -Gordon County Sheriff’s Office- At approximately 9 am on October 25, the Gordon County Sheriff’s Office received a report from the administration at Swain Elementary School of a physical incident involving a fourth-grade student and a substitute teacher. Deputies from the Sheriff’s School Resource Officers Unit immediately initiated an investigation…… Continue Reading