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Welfare check at a grocery store leads to two arrests. Two people were arrested on drug charges Monday in the parking lot of a grocery store on Turner McCall Boulevard. According to Floyd County Jail records and a Rome Police Department report:. Officers were dispatched to the store for a...

Approximately $2 million in state public safety grants will be used to fund replacements of body cameras and other devices as well as to establish an intelligence network to fight crime with other state and federal agencies. Rome and Floyd County police departments were informed by Gov. Brian Kemp's office Thursday that they were each awarded public safety grants of over $1 million. The Rome Police Department received approximately $1.2...

A Rome man and woman were jailed Wednesday on felony warrants charging them with theft by conversion. 44-year-old Michael Wayne Dykes and 37-year-old Haley Laray Dykes sold a GMC Envoy belonging to someone else. The vehicle was on their East Drive property and police had instructed the pair to have...

The Rome Police Department has released the accident report regarding a fatal crash that occurred late last month. A 2004 Honda Accord driven by 43-year-old Jason S. Johnson of Rome ran the red light on Kingston Highway at the connector while going 110 miles per hour. While negotiating a curve...

Officials from the Polk County Jail provide arrest reports on weekday mornings. Find the Thursday, June 8, 2023 report below. The post Polk Jail report – Thursday, June 8, 2023 appeared first on Polk Today.

A Rome woman was arrested at her Olmstead Street home Tuesday after she allegedly shoved a Floyd County Sheriff’s Deputy. Deputies were at the home of 26-year-old Rejiya Jackson to serve an arrest warrant on another person when the incident occurred. Jackson was holding a child at the time...

The Gordon County Sheriff’s Office has announced that former Sheriff, 89-year-old Pat Baker, has passed away. Current Gordon Sheriff Mitch Ralston issued the following statement:. “I regret to report that former Sheriff Pat Baker, who served as Sheriff of Gordon County from 1973 through 1988, passed away yesterday at...

Construction crews were at the site of The Varsity’s newest location, on Spider Webb Drive, on Wednesday morning, laying out the concrete slab that should be poured next week. “We’re fully into the construction process now,” Project Builders Supervisor Joshua Montague said. “Assuming no problems arise, we should be ready to open by the end of the year.” The Spider Webb Drive location was sold in the winter of 2021...

A 29-year-old Armuchee man was being held without bond after he fled from Floyd County Police last Sunday. According to reports, Bill Franklin Douglas III fled – and he was driving 20 mph OVER the speed limit at the time of his arrest. He was charged with – DUI,...

Be aware that traveling on the Highway 27 bypass is going to be impossible for a little while today as a tractor trailer has overturned and landed on it’s side near a turnoff. Cedartown Police, Cedartown Fire and Rescue and other emergency personnel have been called out to handle the wreck at the intersection near […] The post Tractor trailer overturned on Hwy. 27 bypass this afternoon appeared first on Polk Today.

If you frequent Broad Street, you may have noticed plaques on certain buildings, commemorating the history of the structure. The Historic Plaque Program began a number of years ago, as a nod to all of the historic preservation work downtown. On Thursday, the Rome Downtown Development Authority celebrated the 45th and final plaque. The Rome Area Heritage Foundation approached the DDA about forming a partnership, according to DDA Director Aundi Lesley. ...

Ice skating could be returning to downtown Rome for the holiday season. Rome-Floyd Parks and Recreation Director Todd Wofford told members of the Rome Downtown Development Authority Thursday about plans for an outdoor skating rink at Bridgepoint Plaza that will be open from Black Friday until Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The 60-foot by 100-foot rink will be housed under a giant aluminum tent. A similar skating rink has been a huge attraction in Canton over the last five years.

City officials are still looking at options for a new headquarters for the Rome City Police Department. When the City of Rome and Floyd County reached an agreement regarding the distribution of local sales tax revenue, part of the deal stipulated that city police would move out of the joint law enforcement center so the building could be converted into another courthouse.

Caleb Wells, known to friends and family as “Corey” hasn’t been in contact with his family since July 2021. Wells was last seen on July 2, 2021 at the Atlanta Airport. Wells is originally from Cedartown, Georgia but his last known address was in Summerville, Georgia. Please...

Mark the calendar for a Juneteenth Block Party that will cause a partial closure of Gibson Street in Cedartown next weekend. The Juneteenth celebration being organized by Roderick Turner got permission from the Cedartown Commission back in May to shutdown a portion of Gibson Street from Jones Street to Pace Street for the block party […] The post Juneteenth Block Party celebration coming up on Gibson Street appeared first on Polk Today.

A 27-year-old woman was sentenced to three years probation and ordered to go through a drug treatment program after appearing in Chattooga County Superior Court. Haley Nichole Nichols had been charged with theft by receiving stolen property, financial transaction card theft and possession of methamphetamine. Nichols has been arrested several...

The sticker shock that accompanied last month’s property assessments — caused by a substantial increase in home values from last year — remained a topic during a Tuesday meeting of Rome and Floyd County officials. Although an increase in value may not necessarily translate into a property tax increase, members of the Rome-Floyd County Joint Services Committee broached the subject of simplifying the taxing process. The committee heard from Floyd...

Rome Police are investigating two incidents of gunfire in East Rome early Monday morning. According to Rome Police Department reports: A house on East 19th Street was shot multiple times while a family was asleep inside. Several holes were located in the walls of the residence, with one bullet being located inside a dresser drawer in the bedroom. 12 shell casings from a rifle were found up the street.

Two Rome men were arrested Friday on charges of aggravated assault, criminal damage to property, and unlawful possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime after gunshots were fired in the area of Park Homes on Reservoir Street. According to the jail records, 21-year-old Alonzo Tyrone Law Jr....

Northwest Georgia has gone 21 days without recording a death from covid or from probable causes related to the virus. That's the longest stretch since the pandemic was discovered here in March 2020. The latest state Department of Public Health reports show the last death/probable death from Floyd, Bartow, Gordon, Polk and Chattooga counties was reported in the May 17 summary from the state. The statewide summary also has continued...