Downtown Rome adding Saturday 'street festivals;' retires First Friday. Business: C-c-c-c-changes for chamber, Forum, City Commission. Berry students old pros when it comes to taking your income taxes. Mid 60s for midweek then cooler. Details a click away> http://wp.me/p2TrVL-tE5

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HEADLINES:

Downtown Rome 'street festivals' on the first Saturday of each month due this summer, replacing First Friday. Street festivals

Business: Rome Floyd Chamber's 37-second video makes message clear -- 'where opportunity awaits.' It joins rebranded Forum, new city committees as signs of big change in 2017. Business

Win-Win: Berry students gain valuable experience while providing an estimated $65,000 benefit to community in free tax preparation. Berry

Ware Mechanical Weather Center: Mid 60s Tuesday and Wednesday and then back to the 50s for the weekend. Weather

Remembering Mr. Charles Lynn Bragg, Jean Jones Cochran, Mr. Jeff Copeland 'Sam' Mathis Sr. Obituaries

Public Health restaurant inspection scores return Tuesday. Dining

Area arrest reports brought to you by Dr. Miniyar's Pediatrics. Crimewatch

Also today:

Traffic: Georgia DOT, Google Maps or Waze.

State business headlines: Georgia Trend

Northwest Georgia jobs: Career Builder

SPORTS: Chick-fil-A Dwarf House Sports Report 

  Super Bowl countdown is on; where will you watch?

 

High school updates:

-Darlington's McKoy likes Furman.

-Hurricanes no. 6 in 4A bsrketball rankings.

 

Local college basketball results, previews.

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Please join our guests Monday including:

7:40 a.m.: State Sen. Chuck Hufstetler with key updates from the General Assembly.

8:10 a.m.: Carey Smith of Rome Symphony Orchestra on what's ahead for one of the south's oldest orchestras.

8:40 a.m.: David Dundee of Tellus Science Museum on the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 1 fire and what it meant going forward for America's space program.