Thursday, May 12, 2011

New life for onetime Cabela's site in Adairsville? State revenue up in April but still down 28% from 4/08. Best local tweets. Weather: High of 90, storms this weekend.

 

New life at the one-time site of Cabela's in Adairsville?

-Fireball Properties is asking Adairsville to annex 180 acres that would have been part of the massive outdoor store's campus and surrounding retail, reports WBHF AM 1450.

-Cabela's withdrew its plans in November 2007, taking with it 400 potential jobs and perhaps as many as two million customers a year.

 

State monthly revenues up in April vs. 2010 but...

-Hold off on that happy dance. Last month's revenue report is still 28% lower, of $385 million less,  than in April 2008.

 

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Your latest forecast:

-Thursday: Sunny, high of 90, low of 62. 20% rain chance.
-Friday: 50% rain chance; high of 86, low of 62.
-Saturday: 70% chance of storms, high of 81, low of 58.  

-Your extended forecast: Click // Latest local radar: Click  

 

On today's Hometown Headlines Radio Edition, 7-9 a.m. on WRGA 1470:

-Dr. Glenn White, principal at Model High who served on the high school realignment team, talks about the changes it will bring. Also, Stan and Sharon Foxworthy of Foxworthy Studio on launching their business a year ago in the middle of the recession. 

Norman Arey's Sports Roundtable. Arey

-Fulmer back to UT? Gamecocks may have recruited an animal.

 

Rome Braves:

-Braves bounce back, win 5-2 vs. Augusta.

-Tonight: In Augusta.  

 

 

 

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