Dress code changes await Rome High students. Sad but needed: Little River Canyon offering class on '13 Ways Not to Die' there. Healthcare updates. Back to school news; survey on what classes start. Heat index of 100-plus due again; storms Friday.

This morning's headlines -- always first, fast, factual and free online -- with updates continuing all day from Hometown Headlines

Rome High principal's dress code changes mandate knee-length shirts and shorts, covered shoulders. RHS

Grim summer at Little River Canyon leads to '13 Ways Not to Die' seminar on Saturday; two Northwest Georgians have died there since Memorial Day. Safety

Jobs. Latest employment data for July for Floyd, Bartow, Gordon, Polk and Chattooga counties. Plus: Who's hiring. Jobs

Back to school: What to know about Floyd County Schools' free lunch program. Floyd

Hometown debate: What should students return to class? Vote now

Georgia Health News: Senate rejects attempt to scuttle parts of the Affordable Care Act. Isakson, Perdue voted in favor of the repeal. Health

Business: Harbin Clinic CEO Kenna Stock named to United Community Bank's Northwest Georgia board.  UCBI

Buzz: Berry Student Enterprises host midday mini farmers' market at Harbin Clinic. Floyd School Board meets Tuesday. Buzz 

Ware Mechanical Weather Center: Another triple-digit heat index today (106 on Thursday); half inch of rain, some storms Friday. Weather

Remembering Dr. Ellen Merritt Brown French, Mildred Ramona Tobias Lindsey, Clyde Thomas O'Neal. Obituaries 

Public Health restaurant inspection scores. Dining

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

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Rome Braves were off Wednesday, begin trip to Asheville tonight.

 

High school football updates.

 

Shorter hires assistant football coach.

 

Honors for Berry men's, women's tennis teams.

 

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7:40 a.m. Leanne Cook, senior director of marketing at Harbin Clinic, on today's challenge of reaching audiences amid multiple media platforms.

 

8:40 a.m. Nick Kessler, a producer for Road Trip Masters, on the crew's coming to Rome next week to tape a segment for the 2018 season.