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12/24/2025

Relive the joys of the Downtown Rome Christmas Parade today with your Family! 🎅☃ - From all of us at WRGA News, we want to wish our listeners a very Merry Christmas and a happy, safe holiday season! 🎁❄️ Thank you for being part of our WRGA family all year long ❤️📻

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12/24/2025

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From all of us at WRGA News, we want to wish our listeners a very Merry Christmas and a happy, safe holiday season! 🎁❄️ Thank you for being part of our WRGA family all year long ❤️📻

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12/24/2025

Our top local stories for Wednesday: General Electric plans demolition work at portions of its Rome facility beginning in early 2026. Cave Spring is preparing to welcome the New Year with its annual Polar Plunge at Rolater Park. The Rome-Floyd County Fire Department has graduated recruit class 55 following 12 weeks of training. Plus, the Rome City Auditorium will host an Elvis tribute concert on New Year’s Eve. These stories and more at wrganews.com.

12/23/2025

From Doug Walker on WRGA’s First News: General Electric officials say demolition work is planned for portions of the company’s Rome facility beginning in early 2026. According to a letter from GE Rome Facility Manager Cody C. Platt, P.E., Building 2 and parts of Building 3 at the site are considered obsolete and no longer practical to maintain.

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December 23rd, 2025 - 7:40 AM Doug Walker - WRGA's First News   General Electric officials say demolition...

12/23/2025

Our top local stories for Tuesday: The National Weather Service is warning of elevated fire danger across parts of North Georgia, including Gordon, Chattooga, Bartow, and Floyd counties. A 55-year-old Rome man was arrested on Sunday by the Floyd County Police Department at his residence on Ferry Crossing Road in Rome for charges related to assault. Dale Johnson has been named the Floyd County School System’s School Resource Officer of the Year. Georgia DOT will be pausing most construction-related lane closures on interstates and major state routes during peak Christmas travel times. These stories and more at

City of Rome receives grant to help ensure citizen and employee safety Werner, Boatfield named FCPD Officers of the Year Atrium Health Floyd EMS now providing life-saving blood transfusions in the field Metro Rome unemployment rate falls in September Committee determines city needs to stay out of re...

12/19/2025

Our top local stories for Friday….The Georgia Department of Labor announced Thursday that the one-county Rome Metropolitan Statistical Area recorded an unemployment rate of 3.3% in September, down four-tenths over the previous month; twoRome City Schools have met the required standards and will be removed from the state’s Targeted Support and Improvement list; Atrium Health Floyd Emergency Medical Services now has the ability to deploy life-saving blood products on site; two arrests have been made in connection with a shooting incident on Garden Avenue in Lindale back on November 19; and a Kingston man is accused of making threats against United States Postal Service workers. These stories and more at wrganews.com

12/18/2025

Our top local stories for Thursday……Authorities are still saying very little about a shooting incident in Aragon on Monday; if f you’ve had a craving for a Mushroom N Swiss burger, you may have already noticed that a number of Hardee’s locations have closed across the region, including both Rome operations; there will be at least one new member elected to the Floyd County Board of Education next year as Tony Daniel has announced that he will not seek a fourth term; and the Rome City Commission continues to discuss the future of recreation. These stories and more at wrganews.com

12/17/2025

Our top local stories for Wednesday…..Rome will have a new mayor come January as current Mayor Craig McDaniel announced on Monday that he will not seek another term; Monday was the last Rome City Commissioners Jamie Doss and Randy Quick; the Rome Alcohol Control Commission will conduct three license hearings when it meets this afternoon; AdventHealth Redmond and AdventHealth Murray have been recognized in Forbes' inaugural Top Hospitals in America 2026 list; and an 18-year-old from West Rome is facing multiple charges after he reportedly drove his vehicle off the road, and flipped it onto its side. These stories and more at wrganews.com

12/16/2025

Our top local stories for Tuesday…….The Rome City Commission has approved the fiscal year 2026 budget; after much discussion, the city commission approved a rezoning request for the construction of apartments and townhomes on Match Point Way near the Rome Tennis Center at Berry College, while extreme cold settles across Georgia, drivers are seeing a bit of relief where it matters, at the pump, as the state’s average gas price moved lower this week; an East Rome man is facing charges after he allegedly pointed a gun at another man at a location on Turner McCall Boulevard back on Friday; and a man is accused of stabbing a family member at his Darlington Way apartment over the weekend. These stories and more at wrganews.com

12/15/2025

Our top local stories for Monday…….A man charged in the brutal murder if a woman in East Rome last week has now also been charged with feticide; the Rome City Commission is expected to approve the fiscal year 2026 budgets when it meets tonight; Blood Assurance is facing an emergency need for donations after a sudden spike in trauma cases across the region; the Floyd County Board of Education will recognize exemplary students and employees when it meets tonight; and the names of the Heart of Community honorees have been announced. These stories and more at wrganews.com.

12/14/2025

Sunday, December 14, 2025--6:15 p.m. -National Weather Service- A Cold Weather Advisory is in effect until 8 A...