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![[VIDEO] Smokestacks at Plant Hammond demolished](https://cdn.socast.io/9065/sites/10/2023/09/23104917/featured-Plant-Hammond-Smokestack-Demoed-150x103.jpg)
September 23rd, 2023 – 9:30 AM Ethan Garrett – WRGA Digital News Editor & Video Reporter – Saturday morning Georgia Power’s Plant Hammond smokestacks, considered by many as a Coosa landmark, stood for one last time before its scheduled demolition. Located off of Alabama Highway, Plant Hammond began commercial operation in 1954 and was retired…… read more
![[VIDEO] 9/11 Remembrance Service held Monday (2023)](https://cdn.socast.io/9065/sites/10/2023/09/11142550/featured-911-ceremony-23-150x103.jpg)
September 11th, 2023 – 2:15 PM Ethan Garrett – WRGA Digital News Editor & Video Reporter – Monday morning the annual 9-11 Remembrance Service was held at the Rome-Floyd County Firefighters Memorial in downtown Rome. The Community gathered together with first responders to remember the terrorist attacks that occurred 22 years ago.… read more
![[VIDEO] “Sleep in Heavenly Peace” volunteers build beds for underprivileged children](https://cdn.socast.io/9065/sites/10/2023/09/09125130/featured-SHP-bunks-across-america-sept-9th-23-150x103.jpg)
September 9th, 2023 – 12:40 PM Ethan Garrett – WRGA Digital News Editor & Video Reporter – Saturday morning the local “Sleep in Heavenly Peace” (SHP) branch gathered outside the Lowes parking lot in West Rome with multiple volunteers to build beds for underprivileged children in the community. WRGA News spoke with the co-president of…… read more
![[VIDEO] Overturned Street Sweeper shuts down portion of Old Dalton Road](https://cdn.socast.io/9065/sites/10/2023/09/08141436/featured-overturned-street-sweeper-old-dalton-road-150x103.jpg)
September 8th, 2023 – 1:45 PM Ethan Garrett – WRGA Digital News Editor & Video Reporter – A portion of Old Dalton Road in the area near Horton Bend Road was shut down Friday afternoon due to an accident involving an overturned street sweeper. Floyd 911 dispatch received reports from witnesses of the accident that…… read more
![[VIDEO] Rome Police seek public help identifying armed robbery suspect](https://cdn.socast.io/9065/sites/10/2023/08/21134808/featured-armed-robbery-suspect-aug-21-23-video-150x103.png)
August 21st, 2023 – 1:45 PM Staff Reports – The Rome Police Department is seeking the public’s help in identifying a suspect in an armed robbery that occurred on July 31, 2023, at the Redmond Food Mart on Redmond Circle in Rome. On July 31, 2023, around 2:00 a.m., deputies responded to the Redmond Food…… read more
![[VIDEO] Rome-Floyd firefighters respond to house fire near Shorter Avenue](https://cdn.socast.io/9065/sites/10/2023/08/09154413/featured-fire-aug8th-23-150x103.jpg)
August 9th, 2023 – 3:15 PM Ethan Garrett – WRGA Digital News Editor & Video Reporter – Wednesday afternoon Floyd County 911 received a call reporting that smoke could be seen coming from a two story-residence on Sherwood Road Southwest just off of Shorter Avenue. The Rome-Floyd Fire Department was dispatched to the area to…… read more
![[VIDEO] Rome-Floyd Community Kitchen celebrates volunteers and donors with Luncheon](https://cdn.socast.io/9065/sites/10/2023/07/28143123/featured-community-kitchen-july-28th-150x103.jpg)
July 28th, 2023 – 2:30 PM Ethan Garrett – WRGA Digital News Editor & Video Reporter – Friday afternoon the Community Kitchen located on Calhoun Avenue ended its “Christmas in July Canned Food Drive” with a thank you luncheon to celebrate and thank the kitchen’s volunteers and donors. LaTonya Burrell, the Executive Director of the…… read more
![[VIDEO] Truck overturns multiple times in wreck on Hwy 53](https://cdn.socast.io/9065/sites/10/2023/07/24170953/featured-wreck-shannon-july-24th-23-150x103.jpg)
Jul 24th, 2023 – 4:50 PM Ethan Garrett – WRGA Digital News Editor & Video Reporter – Monday afternoon Floyd County 911 dispatch received reports involving a vehicle that had overturned multiple times in the roadway in an accident on Highway 53 in the Shannon area. First responders arrived quickly to the crash that occurred…… read more
![[VIDEO] Floyd Sheriff’s Office hosts “Supplies 4 Success” (2023)](https://cdn.socast.io/9065/sites/10/2023/07/22135223/featured-supplies-for-success-150x103.jpg)
July 22nd, 2023 – 1:50 PM Ethan Garrett – WRGA Digital News Editor & Video Reporter – Saturday morning the Floyd County Sheriff’s Office held the “Supplies 4 Success” event alongside Crosspoint City Church with the BLESS Coalition to provide children in need with free bookbags and school supplies they will need for the upcoming school year. Ethan Garrett spoke with Sheriff’s Office Staff…… read more
![[VIDEO] NWGA Center for Independent Living holds open house event](https://cdn.socast.io/9065/sites/10/2023/07/13114954/featured-NWGA-Center-for-Independent-Living-150x103.jpg)
July 13th, 2023 – 11:40 AM Ethan Garrett – WRGA Digital News Editor & Video Reporter – Wednesday morning the Northwest Georgia Center for Independent Living held an open house event at located at 527 Broadstreet. According to Executive Director, Christina Holtzclaw, the non-profit’s open house mirrors the 33rd anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities…… read more