Floyd County News

Significant weather advisory for dime sized hail and 40 mph winds in Murray, Bartow, Floyd and Gordon counties until 5:15 p.m. At 4:18 p.m. the National Weather Service Doppler Radar indicated strong thunderstorms from Everett Springs to Rome moving northeast at 20 mph.

Floyd County public works crews will be contracted to do a significant amount of work on a couple of federally funded projects at Richard B. Russell Regional Airport .

Rome and Floyd County schools all recorded graduation rates for 2012 above the state average, and most saw an increase from 2011, according to figures provided Tuesday by the Georgia Department of Education .

A Cave Spring man remained in jail Tuesday morning after he allegedly injured a man by hitting him with a metal pogo stick, according to Floyd County Jail reports.

The task of forming a list of possible projects to be funded by a 1-cent special purpose, local option sales tax begins this week.

A woman was taken to a Rome hospital Tuesday afternoon after the car she was driving struck a utility pole head-on, according to Floyd County police.

While there was no formal discussion of issues surrounding the extension of a new sewer line to the proposed Polk Medical Center during the Hospital Authority of Floyd County meeting Monday night, FMC Vice President Dan Sweitzer said he hopes the issue will be resolved by the end of the week.

Police said a Rome teenager took a television from a Graham Street residence and was in possession of another stolen television set, according to Floyd County Jail reports.

A window of sunshine and no rain allowed the celebration of a Floyd County landmark to go on as planned.

The sounds of banjos, guitars and accompanying voices will once again stake their claim in Floyd County this week.

One of the Floyd County Sheriff's Office's most wanted was arrested Saturday night by Georgia State Patrol after she was stopped during a road block, according to Floyd County Jail Reports.

A good deluge of rain can lead to more than just the possibility of minor flooding along the rivers of Rome and Floyd County.

Update: Nearly 2.5 inches of rain has fallen on Floyd County today, according to the National Weather Service, and more is expected tonight.

The stronger storms have moved through the area, leaving wet roads and swollen creeks in their wake.

Everyone has a comfort zone or two. I think I have two. I love to talk sports and coach and I also really enjoy the animal science or animal husbandry side of my job.

A Rome man was arrested Saturday and charged with felony burglary, according to Floyd County Jail reports.

An inmate in the Floyd County Jail allegedly broke a fire alarm off the wall inside the facility, according to jail reports.

A Rome woman is facing charges of felony cruelty to children after she left a 7-year-old home alone Thursday, according to Floyd County Jail reports.

Police say a Rome man stole 2,500 hydrocodone tablets from a pharmacy where he worked, according to a Floyd County Jail report.

The 13th annual Calhoun H.E.R.D. program sale is scheduled for May 29 at 12:30 p.m. at the Northwest Georgia Research and Education Center livestock pavilion in Calhoun.