Listen by clicking the above arrow or the SoundCloud post below. Today’s top headlines: Rome’s JC Penney among stores being closed in Georgia. Mall owner talks about new direction, what’s next. Community — in person and through social media — hears words of peace, healing as Trinity United Methodist Church hosted an all-faiths ecumenical service.… Continue Reading
Listen by clicking the above arrow or the SoundCloud post below. Today’s top headlines: Prayer service tonight at Trinity (on FB Live). Also: Rome Police say protests require permit first. Weekend protests set. Polk authorities investigating threats for this Sunday. Funeral services are set for 16-year-old killed in Monday’s shooting. Police: Teen wanted for questioning… Continue Reading
Listen by clicking the above arrow or the SoundCloud post below. Today’s top headlines: A ‘young male’ dead following a shooting on Grady Avenue off Calhoun Avenue Monday evening, Rome Police report. Business: Twin pieces of East Sixth Avenue across from federal courthouse on the market. Greater Community Bank opens two lobbies; updates hours. Georgia… Continue Reading
>Listen by clicking the above arrow or the SoundCloud post below. Today’s top headlines: River rescues on the rise in Floyd, Bartow as more people take to the water during pandemic. What to know about staying safe. Floyd County Judicial Center closed today after employee tests positive for coronavirus. State deaths in May up… Continue Reading
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Listen by clicking the above arrow or the SoundCloud post below. Today’s top headlines: Kemp: Emergency declaration in effect until July 12. Summer school, overnight camps, pro sports practices OK’d; bars open Monday. Groups of 25 or more allowed. Positive cases in Northwest Georgia hits 1,006, up 62% since April 30. State death toll… Continue Reading
Listen by clicking the above arrow or the SoundCloud post below. Today’s top headlines: Jobs: Ugly April updates on the local unemployment. County-by-county comparisons to the previous month as well as April 2019. State death count at 1,933, up by 236 over 7 days; third largest gain to date. Floyd sees highest increase in… Continue Reading
Listen by clicking the above arrow or the SoundCloud post below. Today’s top headlines: Polk records first virus death; 2 more in Bartow; 1 more in Floyd. Regional total at 71; statewide, 1,895. Numbers up at local long-term care facilities. New Rome test spot. Business: Elysium on Broad Street closing after 14 years. Cartersville’s Discount… Continue Reading
>Listen by clicking the above arrow or the SoundCloud post below. Today’s top headlines: LakePoint Sports open for baseball practices; tournaments resume in June. Rentals on other sports venues begin today. Hotel construction pushed back because of pandemic. Business: Development Authority’s website premieres. Gondola moving to former Tang’s restaurant on Shorter. Steeplechase set for June… Continue Reading
Listen by clicking the above arrow or the SoundCloud post below. Hometown’s top headlines: please click here One of the GBI suspects arrested on additional drug possession, distribution charges. Among the deadliest days in Georgia: 78 new deaths in 24 hours (1,775). Positive cases climb to 40,663. Locally, 884 test ‘positive’ with 66 deaths. Gov. Brian Kemp’s… Continue Reading
Listen by clicking the above arrow or the SoundCloud post below. Hometown’s top headlines: please click here 2 Rome men arrested as the investigation continues into murders of Richardson, Campbell. Watts faces theft, gun possession charges; Brown, obstruction of a law officer. Bartow sheriff: Grandmother, Cartersville man held in child’s shooting death now charged with murder. April… Continue Reading
Listen by clicking the above arrow or the SoundCloud post below. Hometown’s top headlines: please click here A week later, two flower arrangements mark the spot above where two Rome women were found murdered. Ga. death toll at 1,675 with 38,855 confirmed cases; 834 in our area with 65 deaths including 36 at long-term healthcare facilities in… Continue Reading
Listen by clicking the above arrow or the SoundCloud post below. Hometown’s top headlines: please click here Politics: Some still think today is election day — only if voting in advance or returning absentees. Primary vote is three weeks off, June 9. 21 days later (7 on a vent), coronavirus patient heads home from Cartersville Medical Center.… Continue Reading
Listen by clicking the above arrow or the SoundCloud post below. Hometown’s top headlines: please click here Couple now faces involuntary manslaughter charges in 5-year-old’s shooting death. Politics: Q&A with state House District candidates Katie Dempsey (incumbent) and Brad Barnes. Topics: Pandemic aftermath and Georgia’s initial response. Statewide death toll at 1,606 with 37,642 confirmed cases in… Continue Reading
Listen by clicking the above arrow or the SoundCloud post below. Hometown’s top headlines: please click here Armuchee High mourns graduating senior Vanita Richardson. GBI: Autopsies show both women were murdered; tips sought from Bypass motorists. Cartersville man faces murder, 12 other charges following the beating death of an 86-year-old man last week. Memorial services for Calvin… Continue Reading