A new slate of classes in the SAFE Emergency Preparedness Academy is underway for the Floyd County Emergency Management Agency. Upcoming sessions include Crisis Intervention Response on September 28th, CPR and AED on October 13th and again on November 17th, Active Shooter on November 10th, and Kids on Games and Apps on...

Announcement from the Floyd County Emergency Management Agency: Hemlock Street will close Monday for three days as part of infrastructure improvements that are ongoing at Georgia Northwestern Technical College. The closure will begin at 7 a.m. on Monday September 21, 2026 at address #109. A private contractor will be r...

Media release from Darlington School: Darlington School officially kicked off its Ever Forward Campaign Thursday evening at Coosa Country Club, inviting alumni, parents, grandparents, friends and supporters to help shape the next chapter of the school's future. The $75 million comprehensive campaign focuses on five pri...

Media release from the Governor's Office of Highway Safety: (ATLANTA) - The Governor's Office of Highway Safety (GOHS) reminds all parents and caregivers to have their child's car safety seat checked on a regular basis to make sure it is properly installed. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has...

Media release from the Georgia Department of Natural Resources: Make Being BearWise part of your outdoor plans! As the weather starts to cool, you might want to make plans to enjoy Georgia's outdoors. Remember to make BearWise® practices part of your plans, encourages the Georgia Department of Natural Resources' Wi...

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. Sonoraville 7 Murray County 14 Mt. Zion 0 Bremen 44 Coosa 7 Model 59 Cass 31 Villa Rica 21 LFO 0 Trion 49 Sequoyah 42 Rome 7 Unity 49...

It's time for area high school football teams to take the field for the fifth week of play in the 2026 regular season! WLAQ 1410 AM/96.9 FM will have coverage of Darlington football tonight as the Tigers head to Lindale to take on the Pepperell Dragons. Darlington head football coach Wayne Groves told WLAQ Sports that ...

The Atlanta Braves had a scheduled off-day on Thursday and will return to action tonight with the first of three games in Houston, TX versus the Astros. First pitch of tonight's series opener is slated for 8:10 pm Eastern. The outing will not be broadcast on WLAQ 1410 AM/96.9 FM due to our high school football coverage...

Media release from Rome-Floyd Parks and Recreation: Rome-Floyd Parks and Recreation has completed installing structures to create shade at the Upper Alto Park ballfields through a partnership with Coca-Cola. The shades were installed over the last few weeks and provide much-needed shade and comfort for players, coaches...

The Atlanta Braves lost to the Chicago Cubs by 8-4 on Wednesday night in the finale of a three-game set at Wrigley Field in Chicago, IL. Chicago took the series by two games to one. Pete Crow-Armstrong had a pair of solo home runs and contributed a total of three RBIs towards the Cubs' victory. Alex Bregman tallied fou...