Fiddlin' Fest 2026 will be held in downtown Rome on Saturday, October 3rd. Hours for the bluegrass street festival are 10 am to 4 pm. Attendees will enjoy live music from bluegrass bands and the opportunity to purchase handmade crafts from a wide variety of vendors, enthuses Jennifer DeBord, Parking Director for the Ro...

Media release from Georgia Northwestern Technical College: Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) has announced the fall 2026 recipients of the Roper Corporation Scholarship are Michael Doane and Andres "Chuey" Hernandez. Doane lives in Chickamauga and is a student in the Supply Chain Management and Lo...

Media release from Berry College, written by Public Relations Student Associate Bella Brown: A Soul Food Scholar and author of "The President's Kitchen Cabinet: The Story of the African Americans Who Have Fed Our First Families from the Washingtons to the Obamas," will speak at Berry College on Oct. 5. Author...

Media release from the Office of Governor Brian Kemp: Governor Brian P. Kemp, in conjunction with the Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG), the University System of Georgia (USG), the Georgia Student Finance Commission (GSFC), and the Governor's Office of Education and Workforce Strategy (GOEWS), held the fourth ...

Media release from the Georgia Secretary of State Press Office: Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announced that his office is debuting a new "I Voted" sticker available to Georgia voters during the 2026 General Election. Renowned Georgia artist Steve Penley of Penley Art Co. created the exclusive design....

The Atlanta Braves opened up their MLB Postseason run victoriously as they defeated the Philadelphia Phillies by 5-3 on Tuesday in Game One of a best-of-three National League Wild Card Series. The Phillies scored the first run of the day on an RBI double by Alec Bohm in the top of the first inning. The Braves tied it a...

Week seven of the 2026 regular season has arrived for area high school football teams! WLAQ 1410 AM and 96.9 FM will have coverage of Darlington football this Friday night as the Tigers host the Heard County Braves. In other match-ups on tap for this week: Unity Lions @ Harvester Christian Academy Hawks Armuchee Indian...

The National League East champion Atlanta Braves will begin their run in the 2026 MLB Postseason today with Game One in a best-of-three NL Wild Card Series versus the Philadelphia Phillies. Chris Sale will serve as starting pitcher for Atlanta, and Jesus Luzardo will be on the mound for Philadelphia. First pitch is sch...

The National League East-champion Atlanta Braves wrapped up their 2026 regular season with a loss to the Miami Marlins by 5-3 on Sunday in the last meeting of a three-game division set at Miami, FL. It allowed the Marlins to take the weekend series by 2-1. The Braves opened the scoring with a solo home run by Mauricio ...

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. Lafayette 21 Murray County 7 Darlington 28 Mt. Zion 7 Pepperell 48 Armuchee 7 Rockmart 49 Union County 7 Coosa 7 Heard County 50 Geor...