Heritage First Headlines: The Hometown Newsletter: -Something’s up at Armuchee restaurant vacant for 4 years. -Developers behind 1,018-home subdivision meeting with neighbors tonight. -Extreme makeover for Martha Berry. -Peaks & Valleys: 5 storylines to consider (and maybe reconsider). Dining: Hiring under way for Buffalo Wild Wings due in Rome. Chipotle opens in Cartersville; Texas Roadhouse… Read more
Today’s jump start: As we begin to think about all the residential development proposed — at least 1,400 homes and apartments in Greater Rome alone with another 500-plus near Calhoun, these items on a Monday morning: What’s brewing at 3989 Martha Berry Highway? Four years ago, La Conquista Mexican Grill moved from 3989 Martha Berry… Read more
Hiring under way for Buffalo Wild Wings in Rome: Crews have been inside the former O’Charley’s off Turner McCall in recent days, likely prepping for the conversion to Northwest Georgia’s first Buffalo Wild Wings. We’re still digging for projected opening dates. For now, we’re seeing “help wanted” jobs pop up for the… Read more
From the League: “Please join us for this virtual panel where we will discuss fair redistricting in Georgia. Questions may be submitted in advance to Terri Morgan at terrilmorgan1036@gmail.com. Speakers include: Lee Cagle, Professor, West Georgia University Jack Genberg, Senior Staff Attorney, Southern Poverty Law Center Karen Davenport, Board Member, Fair Districts GA Register in… Read more
Welcome to the latest edition of Harbin Clinic Headlines. As Harbin Clinic celebrates 150 years of caring for Northwest Georgians, the state’s largest privately owned, physician-led healthcare organization continues to grow with the community it serves. This summer, 10 new physicians are joining Harbin Clinic, representing the specialties of Cardiology, Family Medicine, General Surgery, Rheumatology, Pediatrics, and… Read more
OUTLOOK Summer makes a quick return by midweek with highs in the upper 80s. We’re normally right at 80 for this time of year. FORECAST Monday: Sunny, with a high near 83. Calm wind becoming west around 5 mph in the afternoon. Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 57. Calm wind. Tuesday: Sunny, with a… Read more
Truett’s Chick-fil-A Sports Truett’s Chick-fli-A, 264 Shorter Ave., 6 a.m.-10 p.m. Self-serve, drive-through, curbside, Door Dash. Mount Berry Mall, 7 a.m. curbside breakfast; 9 a.m. inside; open until 8:30 p.m. Shipping Container, 6 a.m.-10 p.m. All Monday-Saturday. And then there were three. Cedartown, with its loss to Calhoun, and Trion, with its defeat by Bowdon, fell from… Read more
Truett’s Chick-fli-A, 264 Shorter Ave., 6 a.m.-10 p.m. Self-serve, drive-through, curbside, Door Dash. Mount Berry Mall, 7 a.m. curbside breakfast; 9 a.m. inside; open until 8:30 p.m. Shipping Container, 6 a.m.-10 p.m. All Monday-Saturday. WE ARE YOUR 2021 DOUBLE-A SOUTH CHAMPIONS🥳🥳 pic.twitter.com/QwZZUB6Stm — Mississippi Braves (@mbraves) September 27, 2021 Congratulations to the Mississippi Braves, AA South champions… Read more
Mrs. Johnnie Dale Ledbetter, age 70, of Rome transitioned September 24, 2021. Complete arrangements are forthcoming. F. K. Jones Funeral Home. Mr. Davey Joe Roberson, age 64, of Rockmart, GA, passed away on Saturday, September 25, 2021, at his residence. Mr. Roberson was born on October 16, 1956, in Floyd County, GA, son of… Read more
About this page: Updates from the Floyd County Jail three times a day: 4 and 8 a.m., and 8 p.m The latest each day from the Bartow County Jail. Reports from the Polk County Jail (weekdays). Updates from Cartersville Police. Plus: Safety, crime-fighting tips. Floyd County Jail: 4 a.m. 8 a.m. 8 p.m. Cartersville Police reports… Read more
The Claremont House is the star of the recently released trailer for season four of Netflix’s ‘Stranger Things.’ It opens with a family pulling up to move in, set in the1950s. That Hallmark Channel feeling doesn’t last long before things start going south — a dead animal first and then apparently people. Flash forward decades… Read more
Northwest Georgia’s health departments will begin offering booster shots to eligible people who previously had Pfizer vaccine on Monday. The recommendations for COVID vaccine booster shots are: People 65 years and older, and residents in long-term care settings should receive a booster shot of Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine at least six months after their Pfizer-BioNTech… Read more
THE LATEST From Public Health: “The free COVID-19 test site at the Coosa Valley Fairgrounds will be open Sunday, Sept. 26 from Sunday 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.” FRIDAY 5 more die in Northwest Georgia: 3 in Floyd, 1 each in Gordon and Polk. 1,003 now dead from COVID in NW Georgia, either as virus victims… Read more
MONDAY: Rome City Schools closed today; vaccinations available at college and career academy. Change of venue: “All Floyd County Board of Equalization appeals hearings have been forced to be moved to the second floor of the Historic Courthouse, located at 4 Government Plaza, Room 203, beginning on Monday, Sept. 27. Parking will be available in… Read more
OUTLOOK Warmer days return, mid 80s into midweek. FORECAST Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 81. Calm wind becoming north around 5 mph in the afternoon. Sunday Night: Clear, with a low around 54. North wind around 5 mph becoming calm. Monday: Sunny, with a high near 84. Calm wind becoming west around 5 mph. Monday Night: Mostly… Read more
