Tuesday, April 15, 2025–8:55 p.m. -News Release- Baseball Hall of Famer and FOX MLB lead analyst John Smoltz will serve as the keynote speaker for the 2025 President’s Gala. The event will take place on Thursday, December 4, and will benefit student scholarships at Shorter University. The announcement was made during Shorter University’s #SUForward Night at…… Continue Reading
Tuesday, April 15, 2025–7:40 p.m. -News Release- Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) announces the appointments of Eddie Elsberry, Melissa Free, Kristine Godfrey, and Matt Sawhill to its Board of Directors. Elsberry, Free, Godfrey, and Sawhill were sworn in at the March Board of Directors meeting. Since 2000, Elsberry has worked at Berry College, where he…… Continue Reading
Tuesday, April 15, 2025–1:00 p.m. -Floyd County Jail records- Two accused of burglarizing deceased man’s outbuilding Two arrests have been made in a burglary on Old Cedartown Road on April 10. According to an arrest warrant: 49-year-old Kevin Leon Hulsey of Lindale and 40-year-old Brittany Nicole Waits of Rome entered an outbuilding, and items were…… Continue Reading
Tuesday, April 15, 2025–12:10 p.m. -Rome Police Department News Release- The Rome Police Department completed the investigation of a fatal traffic collision that occurred on April 4, 2025, at the intersection of Shorter Avenue and Dellwood Drive. At 8:49 p.m., officers were dispatched to the scene of a serious injury accident involving a motorcycle. Upon…… Continue Reading
Tuesday, April 15, 2025–12:00 p.m. -David Crowder, WRGA News- The majority of Monday’s Rome City Commission meeting involved a debate regarding appointments to the Rome Housing Authority, with a series of motions, countermotions, and amendments to motions being offered. It began when Lee Hight was presented a certificate of appreciation for her years of dedication…… Continue Reading
Tuesday, April 15, 2025–10:15 a.m. -Staff repports- Voters are deciding a runoff between Chip Hood and David Thornton for the Post 4 seat on the Floyd County Commission. The polls are open from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. and we will have the results this evening at wrganews.com.… Continue Reading
Monday, April 14, 2025–4:10 p.m. -Staff reports- A number of agenda items await the Rome City School Board when they meet Tuesday. The caucus will be held at 4:00 p.m. followed by the regular meeting at 5:45 p.m. at the Rome City Schools College and Career Academy on Veterans Memorial Highway. The board is expected…… Continue Reading
Monday, April 14, 2025–3:40 p.m. -Staff reports- Two arrests have been made in connection with the death of a Kingston man more than 24 years ago. Marion Travis Silvers, who was 51 at the time, was shot and killed on March 10, 2001. His body was discovered in the cab of his pickup truck in…… Continue Reading
Monday, April 14, 2025–11:40 a.m. -Floyd County Jail record- Purported gang member charged in battery at the jail An inmate is facing charges following an incident Friday at the Floyd County Jail. According to jail records: 21-year old Demarius Tyrese Hodges hit another inmate repeatedly about the head and torso, causing bruising and swelling. Hodges…… Continue Reading
Monday, April 14, 2025–11:33 a.m. -Staff reports- Authorities are seeking a man who is wanted in connection with a high-speed chase that left two Polk County Police Officers with critical injuries Saturday evening. The suspect is identified as Albert Ladell Ware, and he is wanted on charges of fleeing or attempting to elude and six…… Continue Reading