![[VIDEO] Arbor Day 2023 Celebrated at GE Trails](https://cdn.socast.io/9065/sites/4/2023/02/17165110/featured-arbor-day-GE-Trails-2023.jpg#aqua_resizer_image_not_local)
February 17th, 2023 – 4:45 PM Ethan Garrett – WRGA Digital News Editor & Video Reporter – Friday afternoon the community was invited to GE Trails on Redmond Circle for an Arbor Day Celebration. Tree Saplings were handed out to interested citizens. Local joint government officials and environmental groups spoke publically about the importance of…… Continue Reading
![[VIDEO] Arbor Day celebration hosted at Alto Park](https://cdn.socast.io/9065/sites/4/2023/02/13151432/featured-arbor-day-feb-13th-alto-park.jpg#aqua_resizer_image_not_local)
Febraury 13th, 2023 – 2:45 PM Ethan Garrett – WRGA Digital News Editor & Video Reporter – Monday afternoon the Rome Floyd Parks and Recreation Department and the International Paper Company gathered at Alto Park to celebrate Arbor Day. International Paper recently purchased and donated 5 maple trees that have been planted near the Alto…… Continue Reading
![[VIDEO] House Fire extinguished on Crosscreek Drive](https://cdn.socast.io/9065/sites/4/2023/02/01133631/featured-fire-crosscreek-drive-feb-1st.jpg#aqua_resizer_image_not_local)
February 1st, 2023 – 1:30 PM Ethan Garrett – WRGA Digital News Editor & Video Reporter On Wednesday morning a structure fire was reported to 911 in the Garden Lakes area. First responders arriving in the area noted a large column of smoke. Upon arrival at the scene, the Rome Floyd Fire Department confirmed a…… Continue Reading
![[VIDEO] RTD dedicates new fleet of buses with ribbon cutting ceremony](https://cdn.socast.io/9065/sites/4/2023/01/31162840/featured-RTD-new-buses.jpg#aqua_resizer_image_not_local)
January 31st, 2023 – 4:20 PM Ethan Garrett – WRGA Digital News Editor & Video Reporter – The public was invited to attend a ribbon-cutting ceremony hosted by the Rome Transit Department on Tuesday afternoon to dedicate five new buses during a ceremony at the Midtown Transit Station. The five new Gillig buses include many…… Continue Reading
![[VIDEO] Conference Carolinas unveils addition of Shorter University](https://cdn.socast.io/9065/sites/4/2023/01/26163300/featured-Shorter-joins-CC.jpg#aqua_resizer_image_not_local)
January 26th, 2023 – 4:15 PM Ethan Garrett – WRGA Digital News Editor & Video Reporter – “We are extremely excited about this historic announcement for Conference Carolinas,” Commissioner Chris Colvin said. “The addition of Shorter University allows us the opportunity to add another institution that aligns tremendously with our conference beliefs and values, while…… Continue Reading
![[VIDEO] Vehicle strikes pedestrian on Second Avenue Bridge](https://cdn.socast.io/9065/sites/4/2023/01/19161354/featured-Vehicle-vs-pedsestrian-jan-19-23.jpg#aqua_resizer_image_not_local)
January 19th, 2023 – 4:00 PM Ethan Garrett – WRGA Digital News Editor & Video Reporter – This preliminary report is subject to change as more information becomes available: On Thursday afternoon Floyd 911 dispatch reported that a vehicle versus pedestrian accident occurred on Second Avenue in the area near the levee. When first responders…… Continue Reading
![[VIDEO] Turner McCall bridge replacement could begin as early as next year](https://cdn.socast.io/9065/sites/4/2023/01/19144234/featured-bridge-replacement.jpg#aqua_resizer_image_not_local)
Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023–2:22 p.m. -David Crowder, WRGA News (Video by Ethan Garrett – WRGA) Work on the replacement of the Turner McCall Boulevard bridge over the Etowah River and Norfolk Southern Railroad is set to get underway next year, but it’s still unclear if that work will coincide with the widening of Second Avenue.…… Continue Reading
![[VIDEO] Ribbon-Cutting Event held for Parks Hoke Park Improvements](https://cdn.socast.io/9065/sites/4/2023/01/18154018/featured-Parks-Hoke-Park-2023-Ribbon-Cut.jpg#aqua_resizer_image_not_local)
January 18th, 2023 – 3:30 PM Ethan Garrett – WRGA Digital News Editor & Video Reporter – Wednesday afternoon the community was invited to a ribbon-cutting ceremony at Parks Hoke Park on Hardy Avenue to celebrate recent improvements to the park. The new improvements to the park include a new basketball pavilion with a restroom…… Continue Reading
![[VIDEO] 2023 Downtown Rome Freedom March & MLK Day Event](https://cdn.socast.io/9065/sites/4/2023/01/16160644/featured-MLK-day-2023.jpg#aqua_resizer_image_not_local)
January 16th, 2023 – 3:30 PM Ethan Garrett – WRGA Digital News Editor & Video Reporter – Rome’s Martin Luther King Commission hosted its annual community Freedom March in downtown Rome on Monday in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Participants met at the corner of First Avenue and marched down Broad Street together…… Continue Reading
Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023–12:08 p.m. -John Bailey, Rome News-Tribune A former local bank president was arrested and charged with preventing or disrupting a lawful meeting or gathering when he refused to leave the podium after his time expired at a Floyd County Commission meeting. Mark Kenneth Swanson, 56, of Rome requested additional time to speak…… Continue Reading