Media release from the Office of Governor Brian Kemp: Governor Brian P. Kemp on Tuesday announced that Pirelli, a world leader in tire production, will create 1,000 new jobs as part of a multi-year, $1.2 billion expansion of its existing facility in Rome, Georgia. Governor and First Lady Kemp previously met with Pirell...

A pedestrian was killed in a traffic crash on Shorter Avenue in west Rome on Tuesday morning. According to the Rome Police Department - The pedestrian has been identified as Sandra Lee Fincher, 70, of Rome. The crash occurred just before 7:00 am on Tuesday in the 1900 block of Shorter Avenue and involved a white passen...

Media release from Berry College: U.S. News & World Report has ranked Berry College No. 1 for "best value" and for "best undergraduate teaching" among universities in the South. Berry ranked second overall in the South, which consists of 13 states and territories. More info: . The "best va...

Media release from the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency: The Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency (GEMA/HS) is pleased to announce the opening of the application period for the State of Georgia Gang Activity Prosecution (GAP) Grant. The State of Georgia set aside $1,250,000...

Media release from the Georgia Lottery Corporation: A Georgia Lottery player won a $4 million top prize playing the 200X The Money scratcher. The lucky ticket was purchased at Kwik Stop Food Mart, 1880 Highway 29 North in Athens. The player chose the lump sum cash option of $2,028,082 and claimed their winnings on Sept...

Week six of the 2026 regular season has arrived for area high school football teams! WLAQ 1410 AM and 96.9 FM will have coverage of Darlington football this Friday night as the Tigers travel to Mt. Zion to take on the Eagles. In other match-ups on tap for this week: Georgia Force Christian Blue Knights @ Unity Lions Pe...

The National League East-champion Atlanta Braves had a scheduled off-day on Monday and will begin their final homestand of the 2026 regular season tonight versus the Cincinnati Reds. JR Ritchie will be the starting pitcher for Atlanta in the series opener, and Brandon Williamson will head to the mound for Cincinnati. F...

The Atlanta Braves are the National League East champions for 2026! The team clinched their division for the seventh time over the past nine years on Sunday afternoon with a 4-2 victory over the Houston Astros in the finale of a three-game set in Houston, TX. They swept that weekend series and went 4-2 during their nex...

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 ...