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Media updates/Big names taking AJC buyout packages? There's a list of AJC writers expected to accept buyout packages as the newspaper reduces the size of its newsroom. Some of the more familar names are on the unofficial list circulated among current and past staffers. Biggest hits could be in sports, business.
>Cox Radio (buying Athens/Southern stations) loses $75 million> Radio
Campus Headlines premieres today: Enhanced coverage begins today of the colleges serving Northwest Georgia--Berry, Shorter, Coosa Valley Technical and Georgia Highlands College. We begin coverage with an extended look at changes coming to all four colleges and what it means on campus--and off campus. Natalie Simms reports. Click Campus Headlines
Discovery of getaway van means on-the-job learning for Berry students:
Classes don't begin at Berry College until Aug. 25 but some communication students already are on campus preparing for the new year. Their training went live Wednesday with the on-campus discovery of a U-Haul believed to have been the getaway vehicle in the armed robbery of the Shorter Avenue branch of Citizens First Bank earlier that morning. Check the student-produced video report on the VikingVision1 channel on YouTube. Click VikingVision
Closer look at problems with Olive Garden, concerns about McCrobie' sales The minutes from Monday's Alcohol Control Commission meeting are posted and, in great detail, outline why the board is seeking a six-day alcohol sales suspension against the year-old Olive Garden>Click Dining
>McCrobie's owners questioned, praised by ACC> Downtown Headlines
Arts
Rebecca Koontz named RACA's new executive director: Koontz, a native of Chattanooga, starts with the Rome Area Council for the Arts on Aug. 14> Arts>Darlington has been named a recipient of the Picturing America Award, an initiative of the National Endowment for the Humanities, conducted in cooperation with the American Library Association> Darlington
Health
>Cartersville Medical going smoke, tobacco free as of Sept. 1 Cartersville Medical Center has announced plans to adopt a tobacco-free policy for all of its campus property effective Sept. 1> Health
>Reminder/Redmond goes tobacco free starting Friday> Health.
Reminders
>Primary runoff continues through Friday: The only item on the ballot is the U.S. Senate race between Democrats Vernon Jones and Jim Martin. Voting continues at civic center, Fourth Avenue office until 7 p.m. Friday.
>The 'back to school' sales tax holiday is under way through midnight Sunday. During the annual "back to school" sales tax holiday, Georgia shoppers will be able to purchase certain clothing items, computers and computer accessories tax-free. For more, click Buzz
Sports
>Norman Arey's Sports: Time to go for Joe Pa? Records (arrest variety) say so> Arey
>Rome Braves win 3-2 vs. Greenville; play again tonight> Sports
>Plus: Game photos from Mills Fitzner> Photos
Yet another close call for a Rome Braves catcher
Less than a day after two Rome Braves' catchers were knocked out of the same game, catcher Mathew Kennelly (center) was examined after being hit with a pitch while batting in the bottom of the sixth. Kennelly stayed in the game, and the Braves went on to beat the Drive, 3-2. Photo by Mills Fitzner
WeatherCenter
>70% chance of thunderstorms, high of 89. Heat index: 97 > WeatherCenter
Downtown Headlines
>ACC minutes list concerns, changes at McCrobie's> Downtown Headlines
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