Floyd County switches course, will resume in-person classes at all but 3 schools

In a Friday morning school board work session, Floyd County School District leaders said in-person classes would resume Monday at all but three of the district’s 17 schools.

Floyd County Schools switching to digital learning after multiple positive COVID-19 cases

All schools within the Floyd County Schools system will transition from in-person instruction to digital learning for at least two weeks, according to school officials. 

Controversial businesswoman snags GOP nod in U.S. House District 14 race

Businesswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene beat Dr. John Cowan in Tuesday’s Republican primary runoff to vie for the open U.S. House District 14 seat in northwest Georgia.

Police in Floyd County have new tool to fight the war on drugs

Floyd County Police have a new tool in their battle against the opiod crisis. Investigators say it's an efficient way to find drugs that are not in plain sight.

3 in custody in connection to death of sisters whose bodies were found under a Rome bridge

Three people are now behind bars in connection with the double homicide of two sisters in Rome, Georgia, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation announced. The GBI and Rome Police Department along with several other agencies held a press conference Thursday.

Police: Woman charged with sex trafficking teens in Alabama

A Georgia woman was arrested and accused of bringing two teenage girls to Alabama to sex traffic them, authorities said Tuesday. The teens were found and brought to an advocacy agency.

Rome debates future of Confederate monument honoring Nathan Bedford Forrest

The future of Rome’s confederate statue honoring the man who is believed to be the first grand wizard of the KKK is up in the air after thousands of people discussed what should come of it at a meeting Friday.

2 charged in connection to sisters found dead under bridge in Rome

Two suspects were arrested this week in connection with the double homicide of two sisters in Rome, Georgia, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation announced Wednesday.  

Gov. Kemp visiting medical pod at Floyd Medical Center

Governor Biran Kemp is getting a first-hand look at the way one Georgia community is preparing for more COVID-19 cases. 

Knife found in jail cell of accused white supremacist

Authorities said they found a knife in the jail cell of a Georgia man accused of being part of a violent white supremacist group known as The Base.

Rome mattress company makes masks for Floyd Medical Center

Heritage Sleep Concepts, a mattress production company in Rome, is now producing masks for staff at Floyd Medical Center.