SAFETY TIPS: Track registered sex offenders in your community. Click Offender Watch Crime Mapping: See what crimes have been reported in your neighborhood. Crime Mapping Rome Police Department’s anonymous crime tip line. 706-236-5000. Click for details. Bartow County Sheriff’s Office partners with The Wanted Channel to provide an outlet to post wanted persons: Bartow’s most… Read more
That activity you saw at Phoenix Air on Thursday was part of a drill. The Bartow County Fire Department posted this update prior to Thursday’s practice: “BCFD, Cartersville Fire and Metro EMS will be conducting a drill with Phoenix Air at the Cartersville/Bartow County Airport this morning between 10am and 12pm simulating a plane crash… Read more
From WEIS 100.5 FM and AM 990: Two Rome area men are now in custody following a chase from western Floyd County into Cherokee County, Ala., on Wednesday. The pair – both of whom have felony warrants out for their arrest – fled after being spotted driving in downtown Rome. In custody and… Read more
From the Georgia State Patrol: On Oct. 8, at approximately 7:58 p.m., troopers were dispatched to a crash where a vehicle struck a pedestrian on U.S. 41 at Felton Road in Bartow County. A silver Toyota Tacoma was traveling south on 41 in the left lane. The Tacoma was traveling through the intersection on a… Read more
Georgia’s Supreme Court has upheld the.. The opinion opens with: In February 2014, a jury found Leonard Rodrigues guilty of malice murder and other crimes in connection with the stabbing death of Nathaniel Reynolds. The crimes occurred on January 8, 2013. On July 8, 2013, Rodrigues and his co-defendant, Ricardo Beltran Gonzalez, were indicted by a… Read more
THE LATEST FROM WSB: From Kennesaw State Police: The Cobb County Police Department has confirmed a shooting incident at the Stadium Villages Apartment Complex near Fifth Third Bank Stadium. KSUPD has no indication of an imminent threat to the Kennesaw State Campus. Details are limited at this time but we will update as… Read more
A small plane had to make an emergency landing on U.S. 27 Southbound near Sike Storey Road in Armuchee on Saturday morning. Sgt. Dustin Wade with Floyd County Police says the plane experienced an engine failure and wasn’t going to be able to make it safely back to Rome’s Russell Field, so he landed… Read more
From WVNews.Com: Clarksburg, W. Va.– A Georgian jailed in West Virginia on federal allegations that he distributed fentanyl resulting in death, and participated in a drug conspiracy, contends the charges against him must be dismissed. Terrick Robinson, 34, of Cartersville, Georgia, has been jailed since Sept. 5, 2018, with no trial being set, and that’s a violation… Read more
The latest from Cherokee EMA: “We have fire department crews heading back to Attalla this afternoon to continue assisting crews on the warehouse fire. Our office would like to say thank you to ALL the First Responders that are assisting with this scene!” An update from Cherokee County (Ala.) Emergency Management Director Shawn Rogers:… Read more
From Tony Brazier, Polk County Coroner THE LATEST The victim has been identified as Tammie Ann Smith , 60, of Rockmart. The cause of death has been ruled accidental because of smoking with an oxygen device. And this update from WGAA 1340 AM and 106.1 FM in Cedartown: Doctors at Grady continued working aggressively with… Read more
Andrew S. Lee shared these images from a truck fire at the entrance to the post office off Martha Berry on Friday afternoon. In the third photo, a Floyd County sheriff’s deputy provides a block to incoming traffic as first responders got to the scene. Floyd E-911 confirms the fire. We talked with an officer… Read more
Media release: On Wednesday, Sept. 25, James Arthur Graham, 22 of Lawrenceville was arrested in Gwinnett County for theft by receiving stolen property in connection with statewide burglaries of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Management Areas. On Monday, Sept. 23, Parker Lewis Dean, 20, of Braselton was arrested in Barrow County for… Read more
In context: Adairsville Police officers already have saved one life this year thanks to special training in helping those with mental illness. Last July, a man threatened to jump from the Ga. 140 bridge onto traffic below on I-75. “I’m going to jump because nobody cares, don’t come any closer, I don’t want to talk to… Read more
Media release: October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month and Hospitality House for Women is preparing to increase Rome-Floyd County’s awareness and knowledge of DV, as well as breaking down barriers for victims. Hospitality House has been offering services and advocacy to victims/survivors of DV in Floyd County for more than 40 years. “Hospitality House has been fortunate… Read more