Dodd Boulevard News Today

Friday, January 12, 2024--12:25 p.m. -Floyd County Jail records- Calhoun man accused of assaulting woman in Rome A 69-year-old Calhoun man was arrested Thursday at North Fifth Avenue and West Ninth Street in Rome on charges of aggravated assault and battery. According to Floyd County Jai

Wednesday, December 20, 2023--11:15 a.m. -Rome Police Department report; A woman reported to Rome Police Tuesday that someone shot her vehicle. According to the incident report: The woman told officers that she arrived at work and noticed that the rear window of her Honda Accord was

Tuesday, August 8, 2023--12:39 p.m. -David Crowder, WRGA News- Georgia Power is spending $680 million in Northwest Georgia to update the power grid, with the money being targeted at the utility’s worst-performing circuits. Rome and Floyd County projects include the rebuilding of the 12t

Rome police are warning the public of a man who they believe committed a murder last week. 

Te’Vian Markez Williams was shot and killed last week.

Thursday, July 6, 2023--1:31 p.m. -Rome Police Department- Floydell Quinchard Smith An arrest warrant has been issued for the suspect in a murder at the Callier Forest apartment complex on Dodd Boulevard back on June 27. 33-year-old Floydell Quinchard Smith is being sought for murder in

A 30-year-old man is dead after police said he was shot to death.

A spokesperson says the fire is at building 777 and advises people to avoid the ACC campus. People are also advised to use Dodd Boulevard instead of Sweeney Boulevard.

The fire is happening at the Building 777 and the Langley, Hampton and NASA fire departments are responding, officials said.

The wife of a man who was shot to death in 2021 asked that her husband’s killer never be let go during a sentencing hearing Thursday. Floyd County Superior Court Judge William “Billy” Sparks sentenced Jeffrey Alfred Shedrick to life in prison plus five years with the possibility of parole. Shedrick was convicted last week