All Entries in the "Public Safety" Category
Local Arrests Made After Recent Investigations Into Illegal Gambling
Floyd County Police have made arrests as a result of the recent illegal gambling investigations. The charges against those arrested are gambling, commercial gambling, possession of a gambling device, keeping a gambling place, and unlawful use of coin operated games. They are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
Fire Destroys Abandoned Car in East Rome
A black Nissan Altima was totally gutted by fire after it was left abandoned on a side street in East Rome Friday evening, leaving the owners and authorities puzzled as to how it got there. Rome Fire Quint 3 was initially dispatched to the area of Sunset Drive between Dean Avenue and Dodd Boulevard around [...]
NWGASWT Special Report: Tornado Victims Begin Cleanup, Question Warning System
Just a little under 48 hours after a tornado struck North Rome and Kingston without warning, the RNW affiliated Northwest Georgia Severe Weather Team returned to the scene Friday for a damage assessment, a task that they seem to be having to do way too much lately. Kingston Road Resident Darlene Chatman was standing in [...]
Possible Tornado Devastates Kingston Highway Area, Leaves 1 Dead
For the second time in recent months, Floyd County has been hit with what is believed to be a tornado that struck the Kingston Highway area Wednesday night, leaving one person dead and many residents preparing to clean up. The storm system Wednesday was being tracked by RNW Affiliate Northwest Georgia Severe Weather Team as [...]
Vacant House Fire In East Rome Under Investigation
Fire Officials are investigating after a fire damaged a vacant house in East Rome Sunday Evening, which sits next door to a home that has had several suspicious fires in the past 2 years. Rome Fire Engines 3, 2, and 1 along with Rescue 1 and Car 25 were initally dispatched to a structure fire [...]
Driver Injured After Truck Rolls in East Rome
A male driver was transported to Floyd Medical Center Saturday Morning after his pickup truck left the roadway and rolled down an embankment on Rockmart Highway. Rome Fire Quint 3 and Rescue 1 along with Floyd EMS and Floyd County Police were dispatched around 8:20 am to reports of a motor vehicle accident with a [...]
Truck Found Overturned and Abandoned in East Rome Saturday Morning
A pickup truck was left overturned and damaged early Saturday morning in East Rome following a wreck which left authorities searching for the driver, who apparentlyu had fled the scene before their arrival. Rome Fire Quint 3 and Rescue 1 along with Floyd County Police and Floyd EMS were initially dispatched around 2:30 am to [...]
Double Shooting Reported in Coosa; Reports of One Victim Deceased
Floyd County Police along with Cave Springs Fire and Police and Rome Fire Department responded to a home in Coosa Tuesday Evening following a reported murder-suicide. Emergency personnel originally were dispatched just before 8:00 pm to a home on Livingston Road to reports of a male and female down with gun shot wounds. According to [...]
Mobile Home Destroyed in SE Floyd County Blaze
A single wide mobile home in Southeastern Floyd County was gutted and for the most part leveled late Tuesday Afternoon afternoon after it caught fire. Rome Fire Engine 10, Quint 3, Engine 2, and Car 25 were initially dispatched to reports of smoke coming from the mobile home at the end of Miami Drive around [...]
Firefighters Find Nothing After Loud Boom Heard in Silver Creek
Rome Firefighters from Engine 10 responded to Silver Creek early Saturday evening after several residents in the area reported hearing a loud boom that shook houses in the area, but officials found nothing upon their search of the area. Several residents first reported to both Floyd County 911 and to RNW that a sound of [...]
West Rome Begins Cleanup After Confirmed EF-2 Tornado (Photo Gallery)
Just 24 hours after the storm struck, residents across West Rome had begun to clean up following a storm that struck the area Thursday Afternoon, dropping a tornado that was rated an EF-2 on the Enhanced Fujita scale. Officials with the National Weather Service’s Atlanta area office confirmed Thursday afternoon following both a ground that [...]
Heavy Damage, Fires Reported After Line of Storms Passes Through Rome
Rome Firefighters along with members of Floyd County EMA and Local Law Enforcement and EMS were out in force around Floyd County Thursday Night after a line of severe thunderstorms hit Rome shortly after 4:00 pm. The line of storms hit West Rome first with little warning. Though the National Weather Service Office in Peachtree [...]
Driver Seriously Injured After Lindale Accident
An unidentified male driver has been seriously injured in a violent accident on Old Rockmart Road near Lindale Monday Afternoon that left the road closed down both ways for about 45 minutes. Rome Fire Engine 10 and Rescue 1 along with Floyd EMS and Floyd County Police were initially dispatched to the accident on Old [...]
5 Injured Following Collision on US 411 at Georgia Loop 1
5 people were injured Tuesday night after two vehicles side-swiped each other, causing heavy damage to both vehicles and partially blocking the busy the intersection. The wreck happened at around 9:30 pm on Cartersville Highway at Georgia Loop 1. Rome Fire Quint 3 and Rescue 2 along with Rome Police and Floyd EMS were initially [...]
Man Dies In East Rome House Fire
An unidentified male resident of a home in East Rome was killed after his residence at 704 East 17th Street was destroyed by fire Friday Evening. Rome Fire Quint 3, Engines 2 and 1 along with Ladder 1, Rescue 1, and Car 25 first responded to reports of a structure fire on the section of [...]
