The Grammy Award-winning SteelDrivers will perform a benefit concert for the YMCA of Rome and Floyd County on the evening of Saturday, April 18th at the Forum River Center in downtown Rome. Doors will open at 6:30 pm, and the show will start at 7:30 pm. Jessica Brummett, Director of Development for the local Y, invites...

Media release from Rome, GA City Schools: Rome City Schools is pleased to announce that Lisa Strack has been named the principal at West End Elementary School, starting June 1, 2026. Mrs. Strack was approved as West End's new principal by the Rome City Schools Board of Education at the March board meeting on Tuesday ni...

Media release from the Exchange Club of Rome: Members of the Exchange Club of Rome presented 2315 pairs of socks to local homeless shelters and other organizations that work with the homeless and those in need. 2315 pairs of mens, womens, and childrens socks were donated by club members this year during the month of Fe...

Tuesday's Special Election for U.S. House of Representatives, District 14 is headed to a runoff between Clay Fuller and Shawn Harris. The runoff will take place on April 7th. That will determine the successor to Marjorie Taylor Greene, who resigned from Congress at the beginning of this year. For complete results from ...

Just over a month remains until the "Are You Smarter Than A 3rd Grader?" Awareness Fundraiser to benefit the Rome-Floyd County Commission on Children and Youth. It will take place on the evening of Tuesday, April 14th at 6 pm at the Rome City Auditorium. The event is patterned after the TV game show "Are...

The Darlington Tigers are state champions! Darlington's boys basketball team secured the title with a 53-50 victory over Holy Innocents Episcopal in the GHSA's Private School State Championship Game on Wednesday down in Macon, GA. This is the first state title in history for the Tigers and the first for a Floyd County ...

The Atlanta Braves defeated the Tampa Bay Rays by 5-3 in a Spring Training game at CoolToday Park down in North Port, FL on Wednesday. Matt Olson and Brett Wisely each homered in the win. The Braves will be in Bradenton to take on the Pittsburgh Pirates this evening at 6:05 pm. Braves fans may tune into coverage of wee...

WLAQ 1410 AM/96.9 FM will provide broadcast coverage of high school basketball today as the Darlington boys take on Holy Innocents Episcopal in the GHSA's Private School State Championship Game. Tip off is scheduled for 3 pm in Macon; airtime is 2:30 pm. WLAQ Sports' Matt Davis encourages community members to support t...

The Atlanta Braves were shut out by the Toronto Blue Jays by 7-0 in Spring Training action at Dunedin, FL on Tuesday afternoon. They will be back on their Grapefruit League home field in North Port to face the Tampa Bay Rays today at 1:05 pm. Braves fans may tune into coverage of weekend Spring Training games from the ...

The Atlanta Hawks picked up a 124-112 victory on their home court over the Dallas Mavericks on Tuesday night at State Farm Arena. Nickeil Alexander-Walker scored a game-high 29 points for the Hawks, who have won their last seven straight games and improved to 34-31 on the 2025-26 regular season. Klay Thompson had a tea...