 | | | Saturday, November 04 | | Silver Creek man charged with manufacturing meth A Silver Creek man was in jail on Friday following his Thursday arrest by the Rome-Floyd Metro Task Force on charges of manufacturing methamphetamine, reports stated. According to Floyd County Jail records: Clifford Wayne Powell, 50, of 6B Woodbury Drive, was charged with manufacturing methamp... [Read full story] | | Assault A Rome man was in the Floyd County Jail on Friday, following his arrest on warrants accusing him of beating up a man at a local hospital last April, reports stated. According to Floyd County Jail records: Carlos Laron Stallings, 28, of 515 E. 13th St., was charged with aggravated assault. A... [Read full story] | | Drug, traffic charges A Calhoun man was in jail Friday after his arrest Thursday night on drug and traffic charges, reports stated. According to Floyd County Jail records: Clayton Edward Wheat, 31, of 239 Fifth St., was charged with possession of methamphetamines and driving on a suspended license. Police found... [Read full story] | | Robbery A Rome woman told police that she was robbed at a Shorter Avenue cash machine on Friday, reports stated. According to Rome Police reports: Minnie Louise Lewis, 60, said she was withdrawing money from her account at Wachovia Bank, 2219 Shorter Ave., about 1:30 p.m. A man walked up to the machin... [Read full story] | | Traffic Local law enforcement agencies got together Friday night to conduct a pair of routine roadblocks in Floyd County, authorities said. According to Lt. Roy Willingham of the Rome Police Department: The roadblocks, which ran from 7 p.m. to around 11 p.m., were set up at U.S. 411 at the East Rome ... [Read full story] | | | More Headlines | Battery | |