Wednesday, December 17, 2014

New name (kind of) for the mall. A year without the NAIA football championship. Downtown blood drive today. Weather: Low 50s, sunny; rain back late Friday. Health updates.

Where Rome's news day starts – and ends. Continuing coverage at www.hometownheadlines.com
 

Ware Mechanical forecast:

  •   Low 50s, mostly sunny today; rain back Friday night, Saturday.

Headlines:

  • Low-key rebranding for what is now known as Mount Berry Mall. Business
  • Rome seeks bids for bulk of Northwest Georgia Regional; packages due Jan. 22
  • NAIA football championship game prepares to tee it up outside Rome for the first time since 2008. Impact
  • Reminder: 'Holiday Hero' blood drive today in downtown Rome. Donate
  • Georgia Health News: Some hospitals cutting staff amid hard times. New rules for tattoo artists? Health
  • Public Health restaurant inspection scores for Northwest Georgia. Dining
  • Floyd County Jail reports. CrimeWatch

Regular features:

Chick-fil-A Dwarf House Sports Report  (click)

  • Ingle returns for third stint managing the Rome Braves. Braves
  • Seven Hills Rotary-Rome News Holiday Basketball Tournament: Brackets for boys, girls teams; partial scores.
  • Bowl season: Georgia going to Belk Bowl vs. Louisville; Georgia Tech vs.  Mississippi State in Orange Bowl. SEC has 12 teams bowl-bound.
  • Links to latest local college results.

Hometown Headlines Radio Edition on WRGA 98.7 FM & 1470 AM

  • 7-9 a.m. Click to listen live online
  • Please join our guests including:
  • At 7:20 a.m.: Joe McCutcheon of Ellijay on a new push to promote tax cuts in Washington.
  • At 7:40 a.m.: Brittni Dulaney, Shorter women's head lacrosse coach, on the team's recent mission trip to Mexico.
  • At 8:40 a.m.:  Logan Boss of Public Health on local flu reports.

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