The Family Resource Center will benefit from the Strike Out Child Abuse Bowling Tournament, slated for Thursday, November 12th at 6 pm at Classic Bowling Center on Huffaker Road. Tina Bartleson, FRC Executive Director, anticipates a lot of fun and a full house at this 12th annual tournament. Proceeds from the tournamen...

Media release from Rome, GA City Schools: Rome High School students raised the bar on the ACT this year, outperforming both state and national averages in every subject while boosting their composite score for the third consecutive year. The latest ACT results show Rome High students earned an average composite score o...

Media release from the Floyd County, GA Health Department: ROME, GA: The Floyd County Health Department will host a Think Pink Floyd breast-cancer awareness event featuring free clinical breast exams Tuesday, October 20, from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., at the Floyd County Health Department, 16 E 12th St, Rome. Breast cancer inf...

Media release from American Red Cross Georgia Region: Sunday morning, local American Red Cross volunteers from the Northwest Georgia Chapter responded to a home fire on Rowlls Road 1 in Lyerly. Red Cross volunteers, part of the Disaster Action Team, were on the scene to help coordinate emergency aid to those affected. ...

Media release from Georgia Northwestern Technical College: Rabbit Valley Farmers Market has awarded scholarships to two Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) students for the fall 2026 semester. "We are excited to continue our support of GNTC's Culinary Arts and Horticulture programs and look forward to co...

The Atlanta Falcons lost to the Chicago Bears by 31-23 on Sunday afternoon at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. That marked the second consecutive loss for the Falcons, who are now 2-4 on the 2026 regular season. They will play host to the San Francisco 49ers next Sunday at 1 pm.

Media release from Darlington School, Written by Maddie Chastain - Faculty: The Southern Soccer Academy (SSA Swarm) Residential Program at Darlington, more commonly known as Darlington School Soccer Academy, has held the number one ranking in the nation in the U19 MLS NEXT Academy Division for three consecutive weeks f...

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...