A real super Tuesday: 2,600 new jobs a whole lot closer thanks to Lowe's, sports complex. Profile: Lyons Heyman too busy to take it easy. Warmer days, nights return.

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2,600-plus jobs just a few years away?
-Tuesday's double barrel shots of huge development news could mean more than 2,600 jobs is possible within two years.
-Lowe's confirmed its desire to build a $125 million regional distribution center in Shannon and is now weighing Floyd's lucrative offer. Job potential: 600 not counting grading and construction positions.
-The billion-dollar LakePoint Sporting Community and Town Center is clearing another big hurdle -- land acquisition in Emerson -- with more news expected in a few days. Job prospects: Up to 2,000 with more likely at build out.

Lyons Heyman is too busy to slow down:
-Both an advocate and ambassador for Northwest Georgia, retired Rome businessman Lyons Heyman keeps a "full calendar" and has no plans of slowing down even at age 84. Michelle Picon reports.

   

Your latest forecast:
-Wednesday: High of 92, low of 65.
-Thursday: 20% rain chance, high of 92, low of 65.
-Friday: 20% rain chance, high of 93, low of 65.

 

Today's Hometown Headlines Radio Edition, 7-9 a.m., WRGA 1470 AM:
-7:10: The Buzz of Northwest Georgia.

-7:40 a.m.: Tommy Atha, head football coach, Darlington. (tentative).
-8:10 a.m.: Brett Kennedy, Berry College Director of Admissions.
-8:40 a.m.: Blaine Williams, assistant county manager, on Lowe's.

-Listen online: http://wrga.streamon.fm/      

 

Rome Braves: Sports

-Braves hold on for 3-2 win over Drive. 
-In Greenville tonight; in Asheville Thursday-Sunday.

 

John McClellan's high school football report.  

-Season opens Friday for some schools, including Darlington and Sonoraville.