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Weather update
-Freeze warning until 10 a.m.: We came close to a record-low temperature, 28 degrees vs. 25 recorded on Oct. 29, 1976. Today's high: 60. More below.
Business Buzz
'For sale' sign on proposed home for Integrity Heights of Riverside:
A year ago, signs quickly went up announcing the new professional office development at Riverside Drive and the Bypass across from Fuddrucker's and State Mutual Stadium. Today, the "coming soon" signs are gone, replaced by "for sale" signs. The project was planned by Integrity Development Group out of Smyrna. This is separate from the development planned nearby by Josh Tullis and Garden Lakes Development> Integrity
-Unity site gets OK from county commission: The proposed new home of Unity Christian School off the Bypass at Wilbanks Road won a special use vote from Floyd County commissioners Tuesday afternoon. Immediate development is not planned. The school currently has two Rome campuses> County agenda
-Forestar Real Estate Group Inc., which is planning the massive Town West development near Adairsville, is scheduled to release third-quarter results on Wednesday morning, Nov. 5. Forestar is a spinoff of Temple-Inland.
-Temple-Inland's earnings drop by 90 percent: Temple-Inland Inc. reported third quarter net income of $3 million vs. $36 million for the same quarter last year. The company recently announced plans to close the box plant in Coosa, idling as many as 91 employees> TI
-Young Professionals of Rome to meet at Citizens First Nov. 12: The next meeting of the Young Professionals of Rome organization, a branch of the chamber, is set for noon Wednesday, Nov. 12, in the main office of Citizens First Bank, 701 Broad St. The bank is the sponsor. Tickets are $10 per person.
-Track today's markets: Dow was up almost 890 at closing> Google Finance
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Campaign Watch
-Early voter success stories continue: This latest update is from Gordon County where more than 6,000 have voted early. As of Tuesday night, 6,041 registered voters had cast ballots in the Nov. 4 general election, or nearly a quarter of all registered votes in Gordon County. Some 4,920 did so during early or absentee voting between Sept. 22 and Oct. 24. Another 624 voted in advance Tuesday and 497 did so Monday. High turnout is being reported across Northwest Georgia.
-The next three days: The elections office urges voters to visit the Civic Center today-Friday between 8 a.m.-7 p.m. The other option: The County Administrative Building, 12 E. Fourth Ave., second floor, commissioner's caucus room> Floyd
-Election day: Precincts will be open from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. Anyone in line at 7 p.m. will be allowed to vote Nov. 4.
-Sample ballots online: You can preview the ballot for your community online at the Floyd County Web site. The ballots are broken into state House districts:
11th District | 13th District/City | 13th District/County | 14th District | 16th District
>Candidate Q & As: State House, county commission, school board> Politics
>Latest campaign finance reports (through Oct. 25)> Financials
>Loudermilk gets endorsements; business group backs Dempsey> Politics
Health
-Public health district office to be named in Corpe's honor today> Health
-Floyd ranks 27th in list of best healthcare places to work> Health
Wednesday's Buzz
-RLT's 'The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe' set for Dec. 5-14> Arts
Downtown Headlines
-AM/PM Halloween spirit on Broad Street this Friday: In addition to Trick or Treat on Broad Street, look for Friday's coffee break from the Downtown Development Authority to be a costume-friendly affair. This month's host is Advance Rehab> Downtown Headlines
Weather Center/brought to you by Katie Dempsey for State House :
-After another cold one with lows of 27, look for highs today of 60 under sunny skies. Tonight, a low of 33.
-Halloween looks warmer: High Friday of 66, low of 35, clear skies.
-For the extended forecast, click WeatherCenter
Norman Arey's Sports Roundtable / brought to you by Riverside Toyota
- Is Viagra next on the list of illegal drugs in sports? Will O'Leary be moving again?>Arey
High School and Shorter football / Brought to you by Printworks
-New sponsor joins NAIA championship game set for Rome
-Shorter now no. 22 in the NAIA football poll
-Pepperell No. 2, Rome No. 5 in latest AJC football polls
-John McClellan's picks for this Friday night's games> McClellan
-After some key wins Friday night, a look at what's up during the final week of the regular season. For more, click The Football Report
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