Announcement from Floyd County, GA: The Floyd County Board of Commissioners will meet Tuesday at the county's Administration Building on East 4th Avenue in downtown Rome. Caucus will be held at 4 pm in the Caucus Room (Suite 204); that will be followed by the meeting at 6 pm in the Community Room (Suite 206). Their age...

Media release from Georgia Northwestern Technical College: The Foundation at Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) announces the fall 2026 recipients of a scholarship rewarding high-achieving first-generation students that was created in honor of a beloved leader at GNTC. Selena's Scholarship honors the late Se...

Media release from Georgia Highlands College: Georgia Highlands College (GHC) is proud to announce the launch of a new Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program at its Cartersville site, expanding access to high-quality nursing education and addressing Georgia's growing need for highly trained registered nurses. The...

Media release from Shorter University: Nineteen nursing students crossed a threshold Thursday night in Brooks Chapel, trading classroom seats for the white coats that mark the start of their clinical education. The Ben and Ollie Brady School of Nursing's annual White Coat Ceremony has become one of the school's most me...

A new slate of classes in the SAFE Emergency Preparedness Academy is underway for the Floyd County Emergency Management Agency. Upcoming sessions include Crisis Intervention Response on September 28th, CPR and AED on October 13th and again on November 17th, Active Shooter on November 10th, and Kids on Games and Apps on...

Follow along with WLAQ throughout the night for final scores from high school football games across Northwest Georgia and the surrounding area. We'll update this page as games go final. Sonoraville 7 Murray County 14 Mt. Zion 0 Bremen 44 Coosa 7 Model 59 Cass 31 Villa Rica 21 LFO 0 Trion 49 Sequoyah 42 Rome 7 Unity 49...

It's time for area high school football teams to take the field for the fifth week of play in the 2026 regular season! WLAQ 1410 AM/96.9 FM will have coverage of Darlington football tonight as the Tigers head to Lindale to take on the Pepperell Dragons. Darlington head football coach Wayne Groves told WLAQ Sports that ...

The Atlanta Braves had a scheduled off-day on Thursday and will return to action tonight with the first of three games in Houston, TX versus the Astros. First pitch of tonight's series opener is slated for 8:10 pm Eastern. The outing will not be broadcast on WLAQ 1410 AM/96.9 FM due to our high school football coverage...

Media release from Rome-Floyd Parks and Recreation: Rome-Floyd Parks and Recreation has completed installing structures to create shade at the Upper Alto Park ballfields through a partnership with Coca-Cola. The shades were installed over the last few weeks and provide much-needed shade and comfort for players, coaches...

The Atlanta Braves lost to the Chicago Cubs by 8-4 on Wednesday night in the finale of a three-game set at Wrigley Field in Chicago, IL. Chicago took the series by two games to one. Pete Crow-Armstrong had a pair of solo home runs and contributed a total of three RBIs towards the Cubs' victory. Alex Bregman tallied fou...