Peachtree City man arrested for sending obscene material, threatening to shoot up school

A Peachtree City man was recently arrested in Floyd County for sending obscene material to a person he believed to be under the age of 16 and making terroristic threats.

Plummeting temps, possible freezing rain, black ice: Rome church offers shelter

Brutal cold is barreling into the metro area. The thermometer will plunge to dangerous temperatures Tuesday in the northern parts of our viewing area. Floyd County is keeping an eye out for possible freezing rain and black ice. 

Floyd County Jail inmate found dead in cell

An inmate was found dead in his cell at the Floyd County Jail Saturday afternoon. The Georgia Bureau of Investigations has been called to look into the incident.

Former Cherokee County schoolteacher, husband sentenced to prison for child porn

William Sandridge, a Calhoun man, and his wife, Allyn Sandridge, a former middle school special education teacher, have been sentenced to federal prison for their involvement in the distribution of child sex abuse images.