OUTLOOK Enjoy the sunshine today, high near 79. Rain possible every day through Friday, highs in upper 70s to low 80s. FORECAST Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 79. Calm wind becoming southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 53. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm… Read more
Truett’s Chick-fil-A Sports Truett’s Chick-fli-A, 264 Shorter Ave., 6 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-Saturday, drive-through only. Mount Berry Mall, 11 a.m.-7:30 p.m. (curbside only). Monday-Saturday. Riverside Parkway, 6 a.m.-10 p.m. President Trump holds conference call with sports commissioners on Saturday, according to CBS Sports. He is hopeful the NFL season will begin on schedule and will have “fans… Read more
A memorial service for the Garcia children is set for noon Tuesday and will be carried on Facebook Live by Owen Funeral Home, Cartersville. The community is rallying to help the Garcia family who lost five children earlier this week. Thursday afternoon, 740 people had donated more than $22,000 for funeral and related expenses. As… Read more
Hometown’s top headlines: please click here Coronavirus updates: Local deaths up to 12 in Northwest Georgia. Statewide death toll rises to 208. Now 284 confirmed cases in five-county region. Preparing for surge: New mobile 20-bed unit going up in front of Floyd Medical Center, one of four GMEA units across state. Update on former Kindred Hospital rooms being… Read more
Now that the Floyd County Sheriff’s Office is working with the Georgia State Patrol and other agencies to enforce Gov. Brian Kemp’s statewide shelter-in-place executive order this week, Sheriff Tim Burkhalter is receiving multiple calls from general citizens wanting to help. “People thing I’m swearing in general citizens, wich I could actually do like our… Read more
The latest update from Rome Health and Rehabilitation Center “We currently have 15 residents that are COVID-19 positive at Rome Health and Rehabilitation Center. Eleven of those residents are being cared for at the center. Four of those residents are being treated at the hospital,” says Annaliese Impink, a spokeswoman for the center. On March… Read more
Rome’s Landmark Restaurant is using the ongoing shutdown as a time to remodel. For now, the restaurant at 2740 Martha Berry Highway is not doing call-in or carry out service. Instead, renovation work is under way, both inside and out. Friends say they’ve replaced the ceiling tile, lights and flooring is next.… Read more
The West Rome office of CSL Plasma opens April 14 at Shorter Avenue and 15 N. Division St. in the former Rite Aid building. The hours will be Tuesday through Saturday from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. For details about how it works, please click here. For more: 706-388-2091. Berry College Professor and Chair of… Read more
OUTLOOK There is slight chance for thunderstorms across north Georgia Sunday, then a chance across other portions of the area Monday through Thursday. There is too much uncertainty in the forecast this far out to determine possible intensity. FORECAST Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 76. North wind around 5 mph. Saturday Night: Partly cloudy,… Read more
Truett’s Chick-fil-A Sports Truett’s Chick-fli-A, 264 Shorter Ave., 6 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-Saturday, drive-through only. Mount Berry Mall, 11 a.m.-7:30 p.m. (curbside only). Monday-Saturday. Riverside Parkway, 6 a.m.-10 p.m. Calhoun Recreation Department cancels spring sports leagues: That includes youth baseball, softball and soccer. CHECKING IN ON LOCAL SPORTS INTERESTS: Latest updates from the Atlanta Falcons: Click Falcons… Read more
Hometown’s top headlines: please click here Coronavirus updates: Local deaths up to 11 in Northwest Georgia. Statewide death toll rises to 198. Now 280 confirmed cases in five-county region and rising. Statewide shelter-in-place now in effect for next 10 days through April 13. Floyd Sheriff’s Office to enforce order. 4-minute YouTube video outlines key parts. 15 residents… Read more
Pictured: Alexia Fowler and Hayden Robinson. Media release: Two Floyd County high school juniors have been selected to participate in the 2020 Governor’s Honors Program this summer. Floyd County Schools congratulate Alexia Fowler and Hayden Robinson; both students are juniors at Model High School and will concentrate on Communicative Arts. Pepperell High School junior Carter… Read more
In addition to daily tests of employees’ health, Walmart is taking other steps because of the pandemic. Among them: Limiting access to the store from the grocery side only. Walmart procautions. In context: From production work to restaurants, a growing number of Georgians including those in our five-county area are losing their… Read more
For nearly two decades, you’ve been able to get a pretty good look at a potential new home online. Digital access changed the way home sales and rentals have been marketed, growing from page after page of Realtor-placed ads appearing in black-and-white in Sunday newspapers to colorful real estate magazines to the most recent drone-and-camera… Read more
>Listen by clicking the above arrow. Coronavirus updates: As Bartow County records its fifth death, the state toll climbs to 176 with 5,444 people testing positive (23.7%). Floyd now has 78 positive cases; Bartow, 153; region, 270. Worldwide: 1 million plus. Prayer vigil, rally pack the Calhoun hospital where 26 remain under treatment there. Kemp’s… Read more
Media release: Patrick McElhaney, Director of Admissions, has been recognized as Shorter University’s 2020 Staff Member of the Year. The award, based on nominations from faculty and staff, is given to an employee who has displayed helpfulness and encouragement to students, loyalty to the university, and effectiveness in fulfillment of job responsibilities and cooperation in… Read more