The latest from NewsChannel 9, Chattanooga, and WAAY TV, Huntsville: Father loses wife, five children in marina inferno; fund started to assist the family. Eight confirmed killed in the blaze Seven hospitalized, most for hyperthermia from jumping into the water amid 43-degree temperatures to avoid the fire. 35 boats destroyed. Another 30 boats need to… Read more
In context: The Georgia Supreme Court has upheld Charles McCluskey’s murder conviction and life prison sentence for the 2017 shooting death of his wife, Lisa McCluskey, but it has reversed his convictions and sentences for two counts of cruelty to children in the third degree based on an insufficiency of evidence. Background, from the court: 1… Read more
Please be careful if on Turner McCall northbound into downtown Rome this Sunday afternoon. A truck and a car have collided, blocking traffic mostly in the lanes flowing north from East Seventh Street up to the Hicks Drive turn into the Home Depot/Burger King entrance. Police arrived on the scene around 2:10 p.m. as… Read more
Some Kiplinger-style updates on our nine key topics in Northwest Georgia: BUSINESS: This week should end on a plus note. A couple of things in the works are expected to gel before sunset. We’ll have the updates once final this afternoon or evening. We’re do for a little good news after a recent spike… Read more
From Rome Police: From 2018 to 2019, we saw an increase in total traffic collisions and injuries (collisions – 2018: 2,122/ 2019: 2,490). The most common cause of the collisions has been very consistent, following too close. The most common days for collisions to occur were found to be Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday with… Read more
Hometown Headlines’ Natalie Simms captured these images of an overturned log truck on the Bypass near Redmond Road/Mathis Drive near the old GE plant. Rome Police officers are on the scene at 12:20 p.m.; no ambulances are on the scene. Traffic is being blocked fromturning onto Redmond Circle from the Bypass. Please avoid the area… Read more
THE LATEST Floyd County Coroner Gene Proctor says he initiated the investigation into the death of 3-year-old Dajarius Hudson a year ago after he was summoned to Redmond Regional Medical Center following the child’s death. Proctor says he noted some “red flags” during his initial review and had the boy’s body sent to the GBI… Read more
A small car and a semi-tractor trailer collided on U.S. 27 in front of Berry College on Wednesday morning. Witnesses say both vehicles are off the side of the highway as the investigation continues. Floyd E-911 reports traffic is flowing at the intersection with the entrance to the college but vehicles in both direction are… Read more
NBC News report takes a look at ‘The Base‘, the neo-Nazi network with ties to three Georgia men arrested by Floyd County Police on Thursday. NBC Report The report highlights the FBI arrests of other alleged white supremacists and looks at the decentralized neo-Nazi movement. According to the report, ‘The Base’ has chapters across the U.S.… Read more
Here’s the latest on the three men arrested by Floyd County Police and the FBI. The 20-page document follows. THE LATEST Media release: A Floyd County man and two others from Georgia are currently in jail for charges that allege they were involved in a white supremacist group with plans to overthrow the government and murder a… Read more
The following is a copy of the document identified as Exhibit 1 in this case. We caution you that there are “f bombs” in parts of the 18-page document as well as some slurs. Likewise, there are references to plotting two murders and even mention of “future targets,” all being in the “television media.” There… Read more
A West Virginia jury has convicted a Cartersville man in connection with the death of 20-year-old Courtney Nicole DuBois whose remains were found at the Bartow County Landfill in August 2018. According to WVNews.com, Terrick Robinson, 35, of Cartersville, was found guilty of all eight drug and gun charges, including distribution of fentanyl resulting in… Read more
THE LATEST Law enforcement officials are asking for the public’s help in solving a Dec. 22 hit-and-run that took the life of a local woman. Officials have determined that the vehicle driven during the hit and run was a 2007 model or later white Buick Enclave. The incident happened on Prior Station Road around 6:30 p.m.… Read more
In context: The latest in an apparently unrelated string of armed robberies in Floyd and Polk counties took place in Cedartown on Tuesday morning. Thanks to a witness, police there arrested a suspect in the case. It was the second time in a week an armed robbery suspect was caught soon after the crime.… Read more
According to Gordon County Sheriff Mitch Ralston: On Monday morning, Jan. 13, Kayla Silvers, 29, was reported missing by a family member who told deputies she’d last been seen on Saturday. Jan. 11. Detectives immediately initiated a search for the missing woman. Detectives had also developed information that she had been the victim of an… Read more
Media release: The Floyd County Police Department received a generous donation of the opioid antidote naloxone from Floyd Against Drugs on Tuesday. This donation will equip officers to save lives and revive overdose victims who are unresponsive as a result of opioids. The gift from FAD is part of their work to fulfill a need in… Read more
9 a.m. update: Ga. 101 at Wax Road is beginning to clear following a series of accidents this morning. PREVIOUSLY PREVIOUSLY Watch your commute into Rome this morning. There’s a wreck in the 4300 block of Rockmart Highway that has traffic stalled in some areas, according to Floyd E-911. The backup starts… Read more