![[VIDEO] Strings, songs, and small-town charm at Downtown Rome’s 2025 Fiddlin’ Fest](https://cdn.socast.io/9065/sites/9/2025/10/18182443/featured-fiddlinfest-2025.jpg)
October 18, 2025 – 6:30 PM Ethan Garrett – Digital News Editor & Video Reporter – Downtown Rome came alive Saturday afternoon as the 10th annual Fiddlin’ Fest between the Rivers filled Broad Street with the sights and sounds of celebration for 2025. The festival transformed the heart of downtown into a lively showcase of…
Saturday, October 18, 2025–1:50 p.m. -Floyd County Jail records- Man who crashed his motorcycle while fleeing from police arrested A Garden Lakes man accused of fleeing from police at 100 miles per hour on a motorcycle on September 4 was booked into the Floyd County Jail late last week. According to an arrest warrant: 30-year…
Friday, October 17, 2025–9:25 p.m. -Floyd County Jail records- An 18-year-old from Cedartown has been arrested in the death of an infant that occurred in March on Leafmore Road in West Rome. According to the arrest warrants: Trenton Daniel Rittenhouse violently shook the victim, causing internal hemorrhaging and a rib injury. The infant later succumbed…
![[VIDEO] North STARS Playground Opens on North Broad Street](https://cdn.socast.io/9065/sites/9/2025/10/17170403/featured-North-Stars-2025.jpg)
October 17th, 2025 – 4:55 PM Ethan Garrett – Digital News Editor & Video Reporter – Friday afternoon, members of the community gathered to celebrate the opening of the new North STARS Playground on North Broad Street. The project was funded through the 2017 SPLOST package, which supported playground and recreation improvements in the North…
![[VIDEO] Community celebrates law enforcement during Faith & Blue Day (2025)](https://cdn.socast.io/9065/sites/9/2025/10/16122526/featured-2025-fath-and-bklue.jpg)
October 16th, 2025 – 12:15 PM Floyd County Sheriff’s Chaplain David Thornton and WRGA’s Digital News Editor & Video Reporter Ethan Garrett – Thursday morning, members of the Rome and Floyd County community came together at AdventHealth Redmond to honor local law enforcement and public safety personnel during National Faith & Blue Day. The event…