The Rome-Floyd Fire Department is ready to party like it's 1976. A special event, themed "Peace, Love, & Fire Safety", has been planned for Saturday, October 24th from 10 am until 6 pm at the Forum River Center in downtown Rome. It is intended to celebrate 50 years of the RFD's Fire Prevention and Fire Ed...

Media release from the Georgia's Rome Office of Tourism: Tickets are now available for the 23rd Annual Empty Bowls event, a cherished Rome community tradition that brings people together through food, art, and generosity. Hosted by the Georgia's Rome Welcome Center & Gift Shop, this year's event will take place Tue...

Media release from the Rome Symphony Orchestra: In celebration of the Rome Symphony Orchestra's (RSO) 105th anniversary season, "A Legacy in Sound," the RSO will host two special ticketed events featuring legendary film and television composer Lee Holdridge. On Thursday, Oct. 22, at 6:30 p.m., the community i...

Media release from Berry College, Written by Public Relations Student Associate Bella Brown: A SpaceX Astronaut and former USAF Thunderbird will speak at Berry College Oct. 29 for the Cecil B. Wright III Integrity in Leadership Lecture. The lecture featuring Scott "Kidd" Poteet, will be at 6 p.m. in the Krann...

Media release from Georgia Highlands College: Georgia Highlands College (GHC) is mourning the loss of Health Science student Cynthia Barron Moore, whose life was marked by compassion, faith, perseverance and a deep desire to care for others. In honor of Cynthia and the future she worked so diligently to build, Georgia...

Attention, Georgia Tech fans! Yellow Jackets football will hit the airwaves of WLAQ 1410 AM/96.9 FM on Saturday as the team travels to Blacksburg, VA to take on Virginia Tech in ACC action. Kick off is set for 3:30 pm. Airtime is 1:30 pm from the Georgia Tech Radio Network. The Jackets improved to 2-3 overall and 1-1 i...

Week nine of the 2026 regular season has arrived for area high school football teams! In this week's matchups - Trion Bulldogs @ Bowdon Red Devils Dade County Wolverines @ Chattooga Indians Gordon Central Warriors @ Gordon Lee Trojans Murray County Indians @ Rockmart Yellow Jackets Cedartown Bulldogs @ Cass Colonels Al...

The Atlanta Hawks beat the Oklahoma City Thunder by 113-110 in an NBA pre-season match on Monday evening at State Farm Arena. Jock Landale had a team-high 17 points for Atlanta, which improved to 3-1 on the pre-season. He was among six Hawks to score into the double digits. Brooks Barnhizer notched a game-high 20 point...

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. Finals from Friday, October 9th, 2026: Trion 50 Greenville 0 Coosa 13 Darlington 49 Pepperell 22 Mt.Zion 0 Rome 12 Woodstock 28 Pinecr...

It's time for area high school football teams to take the field for the eighth week of play in the 2026 regular season! WLAQ 1410 AM/96.9 FM will have coverage of Darlington football tonight as the Tigers host the Coosa Eagles. Darlington heads into the match up with a record of 3-3 overall and 1-2 in Region 6-AA on th...