The Rome-Floyd County Commission on Children and Youth will team up with its community partners to present the 2026 Floyd County Teen Maze to local high school freshmen this Wednesday and Thursday, September 2nd and 3rd at Georgia Highlands College. Teen Maze provides an opportunity for youth to experience real life ev...

Media release from the American Red Cross Georgia Region: Major disasters are happening more often now, about once every two weeks. Add on the smaller emergencies that happen every day ─ like a fire in someone's home ─ and it's more important than ever for everyone to get their households prepared. At the same time...

Media release from the Georgia Lottery Corporation: A Georgia Lottery player won $1 million in the Aug. 29 Powerball drawing by matching all five white-ball numbers. That ticket was purchased at Marathon Mart, 402 N. Westover Blvd. in Albany. Another ticket matched four of the five white-ball numbers and the Powerball ...

Media release from Georgia Northwestern Technical College: Lauretta Hannon, executive director of Institutional Advancement at Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC), has announced a book launch celebration for her spiritual memoir, "A Priest Walks into a Waffle House: Stories from a Gritty, Grace-Filled Li...

Media release from Georgia Highlands College: Georgia Highlands College (GHC) has unveiled a new Education Lab at the Cartersville site designed to give future teachers an immersive, hands-on experience in a classroom environment before they enter the workforce. The new lab was developed to resemble a real K-5 classro...

The Atlanta Braves finished a seven-game homestand on Monday evening with a loss to the San Francisco Giants by a final score of 7-3 at Truist Park in an outing that was intended to make up a rain-out earlier in the season. It brought Atlanta's latest winning streak to an end at seven in a row. Michael Harris II hit a ...

The Rome Emperors had a scheduled off-day on Monday and will wrap up the 2026 regular season in front of their home fans this week with a six-game set versus the Winston-Salem Dash. The first pitch of tonight's series opener is slated for 6:45 pm at AdventHealth Stadium. This has been a great season, enthuses Gavin Boo...

The Atlanta Braves beat the Colorado Rockies by 3-2 on Sunday afternoon in the finale of a three-game set at Truist Park. Atlanta swept that series and has won seven straight games. The Braves scored two in the bottom of the third inning on a home run from Sean Murphy and an RBI single by Ronald Acuna Jr. The Rockies g...

The Rome Emperors lost to the Greenville Drive by 12-11 on Sunday in the finale of a six-game set in Greenville, SC. It allowed Greenville to take the series by 4-2. Dixon Williams, Mason Guerra, and Tanner Smith all homered for Rome in the effort. The Emperors have a scheduled off-day today. They will wrap up the 2026...

It's Friday night in Northwest Georgia, and we're keeping up with the scores from around the area throughout the night. Check back here for the latest high school football scores as games are underway, and we'll continue updating this page as finals come in. Thursday - Final Scores Walker 20 Armuchee 18 Friday - Final...