Tuesday's Special Election for U.S. House of Representatives, District 14 is headed to a runoff between Clay Fuller and Shawn Harris. The runoff will take place on April 7th. That will determine the successor to Marjorie Taylor Greene, who resigned from Congress at the beginning of this year. For complete results from ...

Just over a month remains until the "Are You Smarter Than A 3rd Grader?" Awareness Fundraiser to benefit the Rome-Floyd County Commission on Children and Youth. It will take place on the evening of Tuesday, April 14th at 6 pm at the Rome City Auditorium. The event is patterned after the TV game show "Are...

Media release from Floyd County Schools: Bonnie Rampley has been named Floyd County Schools' (FCS) Library Media Specialist of the Year for 2026. Mrs. Rampley has served as the Library Media Specialist at Pepperell Elementary School (PES) for 4 years and is in her 18th year in education. During her career at PES, Mrs....

Media release from Atrium Health Floyd: When Dale Clements suddenly struggled to breathe after fishing with his grandkids, he had no idea that moment would change the future of his entire family. What started as shortness of breath quickly led to a discovery. After an echocardiogram and an urgent referral to Atrium H...

Media release from Georgia Northwestern Technical College: Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) has named Jason Gamel, director of Recruitment at GNTC, as its 2026 Staff Member of the Year Award winner. The award recognizes GNTC staff who make significant contributions to the college and to technical education...

WLAQ 1410 AM/96.9 FM will provide broadcast coverage of high school basketball today as the Darlington boys take on Holy Innocents Episcopal in the GHSA's Private School State Championship Game. Tip off is scheduled for 3 pm in Macon; airtime is 2:30 pm. WLAQ Sports' Matt Davis encourages community members to support t...

The Atlanta Braves were shut out by the Toronto Blue Jays by 7-0 in Spring Training action at Dunedin, FL on Tuesday afternoon. They will be back on their Grapefruit League home field in North Port to face the Tampa Bay Rays today at 1:05 pm. Braves fans may tune into coverage of weekend Spring Training games from the ...

The Atlanta Hawks picked up a 124-112 victory on their home court over the Dallas Mavericks on Tuesday night at State Farm Arena. Nickeil Alexander-Walker scored a game-high 29 points for the Hawks, who have won their last seven straight games and improved to 34-31 on the 2025-26 regular season. Klay Thompson had a tea...

The Atlanta Braves picked up a 9-8 win on their Spring Training home field in North Port, FL over the Minnesota Twins on Monday. They will travel to Dunedin for an outing versus the Toronto Blue Jays today at 1:07 pm. Braves fans may tune into coverage of weekend Spring Training games from the Atlanta Braves Radio Netw...

The Atlanta Braves netted one tie and one loss in Spring Training action this past weekend in Florida. They played to a 2-2 tie on their Grapefruit League home field in North Port versus a split squad Baltimore Orioles on Saturday, then lost to the Tampa Bay Rays by 9-8 in Port Charlotte on Sunday. The Braves will be b...