THE LATEST Both drivers in a head-on collision are undergoing treatment at Rome hospitals following an afternoon collision on the Bypass near Rome High School. Rome Police report the driver of a red SUV was travelling east on the Bypass when he suddenly crossed the median and struck a black SUV driven by a woman.… Read more
Jimmy Cruz Renoj, age 20, of Rome passed away Friday 2, 2019 in a Calhoun hospital. Jimmy was born May 6, 1999, in Rome, Ga. Survivors include his parents, Eduardo Viceute Velasquez, and Elizabeth Renoj Viceute; and brothers, Alex Eduardo Vincute Renoj, Brando Hilario Viceute Renoj. A funeral Mass will be held at 2… Read more
PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS AN OLD FILE;THE NEW JAIL REPORT FILE IS AT THIS ADDRESS: https://wp.me/p9XDgJ-NC2 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… Read more
As the nation continues to react to three mass shootings in a week’s time — Gilroy, Calif.; El Paso; and Dayton, Ohio — that left 36 dead and 63 wounded, Northwest Georgia is being identified as home to one of the first such cases in 2019. Too close to home: It was a story that chilled… Read more
President Trump’s address to the nation on the El Paso and Dayton massacres. Per Breaking News: “In one voice, our nation must condemn racism, bigotry, and white supremacy. These sinister ideologies must be defeated. Hate has no place in America.” Read more
By Natalie Simms nsimmshh@att.net Today marks 15 months since a fire gutted the second story of Callier Springs Country Club, a fixture in the Rome and Floyd County community for some 84 years. Founded by the Miller family in 1935 at the corner of Callier Springs Road and Dodd Boulevard, the club building stands in… Read more
Yet another mass shooting overnight, this one in Dayton, Ohio, with the death count set at nine and another 16 injured. According to the NBC News update from 5:30 Sunday morning: Dayton, Ohio, police said the suspected shooter, who is believed to have acted alone, is dead. The attack took place around 1 a.m.… Read more
Updated: At least 20 dead and 26 injured in today’s shooting in El Paso, Texas, according to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. ABC News From CNN: Multiple people were killed Saturday in a shooting at a shopping center in El Paso, Texas, according to local officials. El Paso Mayor Dee Margo and police Sgt. Enrique… Read more
A horrible story out of Tennessee today as 73-year-old Barry Willard Wallace of Cedartown died from his injuries sustained when a tree slid into his vehicle while traveling on the Spur between Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge, according to WBIR and other news sources. Read more
Media release: A Cartersville woman has been charged with meeting prison inmates at a Floyd County School during the night hours and providing contraband and alcohol to the work crew. The Floyd County Prison is now investigating the incident. Angela Machel Chastain, 43, was arrested shortly after midnight Tuesday and charged with criminal trespass… Read more
The body of a woman found at the Creekside Inn Motel in Cave Spring on Saturday morning appears to have died of natural causes, according to Floyd Deputy Coroner Brent Whatley. The woman has been identified as 58-year-old Rhonda Evans who resided at the motel. Her body was found around 11:30 a.m. on Saturday.… Read more
From WBHF radio: One suspect has been arrested in connection to a robbery by sudden snatching incident that occurred at Chevron at 1401 West Avenue in Cartersville on Tuesday afternoon. 28-year-old Cody Sean Erickson of Cartersville was arrested on Thursday afternoon in connection to the crime. He was released on a $5,000 property bond on… Read more
The man whose body was found on the banks of the Etowah River on Sunday evening has been identified as Mark Keller from the Central Florida area, says Floyd County Coroner Gene Proctor. Keller, believe to have been in his 50s, was in an “advance state of decomposition” and had a noticeable head wound,… Read more
Tuesday update from WBHF 1450AM, 100.3 FM: “Twenty-two-year old Bryeshia Hall of Chattanooga died in a one-vehicle crash on U.S. 411. Hall was a passenger in a 2005 Jeep.” From the Georgia State Patrol: Vehicle 1, a 2005 black Jeep Cherokee, was traveling east on U.S. 411 in the right lane, approaching Alford Road.… Read more
Two Rome men, both 24, remained in the Floyd County Jail Tuesday morning following their arrest on armed robbery and other counts, jail reports show. Jaylin L. Daniel and Justin L. Dodson were arrested near Shorter Avenue and Horseleg by Rome Police on multiple charges. Witnesses reported an armed robbery earlier Monday at Rick’s Little… Read more
Sheriff Mitch Ralston reports that at 8 a.m. Sunday, deputy sheriffs were dispatched to a private residence on Thor Avenue near Calhoun in response to a 911 call about a armed woman outside her home threatening suicide. Deputies arrived within minutes and observed the 59-year-old woman on her front porch armed with a large-caliber… Read more