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Category Archives: Floyd County

Rome police chief discusses school sucurity during board of education meeting

Rome police chief discusses school sucurity during board of education meeting

Wednesday, September 11, 2024–10:11 a.m. -David Crowder, WRGA News- The issue of school security was at the forefront during Tuesday’s Rome City School Board meeting. Following a shooting at Apalachee High School in Barrow County, authorities have been busy investigating threats locally. Rome Police Chief Denise Downer McKinney spoke during Tuesday’s school board meeting and…read more

AdventHealth receives Great Place ToWork® certification

AdventHealth receives Great Place ToWork® certification

Wednesday, September 11, 2024–9:33 a.m. -News Release- AdventHealth has received Great Place To Work® Certification from Great Place To Work®, an independent third-party organization regarded as the global authority on workplace culture. The recognition is based entirely on feedback from a random sampling of 5,000 team members across the organization who were invited to take…read more

FSCO “Most Wanted” list updated

FSCO “Most Wanted” list updated

Wednesday, September 11, 2024–8:52 a.m. -Floyd County Sheriff’s Office- With a couple of recent arrests, the Floyd County Sheriff’s Office has added another name to its “Most Wanted” list. 57-year-old Larry Jeffrey Pitts is being sought on charges of aggravated assault, exploitation and intimidation of a disabled adult or elderly person, and a parole violation…read more

Rome-Floyd 9/11 Commemorative Service to be held Wednesday morning

Rome-Floyd 9/11 Commemorative Service to be held Wednesday morning

Tuesday, September 10, 2024–11:22 a.m. -David Crowder, WRGA News- It was 23 years ago Wednesday that many were heading to work with the news that America had been attacked. On September 11, 2001, at 8:46 a.m., the first plane hijacked by al-Qaeda terrorists struck the north tower of the World Trade Center. A second plane…read more

Coosa High Student arrested for terroristic threats

Coosa High Student arrested for terroristic threats

September 9th, 1:45 PM Staff reports – The Floyd County Police Department released the following press release on September 9th: “On September 9, 2024, Coosa High Resource officers were made aware of threats against students at the High School. After an investigation by Resource Officers and Investigators from the Floyd County Police Department, a juvenile…read more

Rome High and Rome Middle Schools placed on lockdown Monday

Rome High and Rome Middle Schools placed on lockdown Monday

September 9th, 2024 – 12:15 PM Staff Reports – The following was shared by Rome City Schools and the Rome Police Department on September 9th: “In collaboration with the Rome Police Department, Rome City Schools is placing Rome Middle and Rome High School under a precautionary Code Yellow lockdown due to some information on social…read more

Arrest reports for September 9

Arrest reports for September 9

Monday, September 9, 2024–10:30 a.m. -Floyd County Jail records- Report: Man drove toward officer before crashing into occupied single-wide trailer A Rome man is facing multiple charges including aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer. According to Floyd County Jail records: 31-year-old Brandon Kyle Lee Isham was trespassing on Roberts Road. He went to the…read more

Rome City School Board meets Tuesday

Rome City School Board meets Tuesday

Monday, September 9, 2024–9:40 a.m. -David Crowder, WRGA News- The Rome Board of Education will get an attendance report, an update on special purpose, local option sales tax for education revenues, and vote on policy revisions regarding student conduct and procedures for student hearings when they meet on Tuesday. The school board will also discuss…read more

Georgia’s gas price averages falls eight cents

Georgia’s gas price averages falls eight cents

Monday, September 9, 2024–9:25 a.m. -AAA South- Georgia drivers get a little more relief at the pump. Georgia gas prices checked in at an average of $3.06 per gallon for regular unleaded gasoline on Monday. That is 8 cents 8 cents less than a week ago, 19 cents less than a month ago, and 51 cents less than…read more