Bartow resident among 5 statewide flu-related deaths. Updates from area hospitals, schools on flu cases. Black ice concerns this morning. Wind chill advisory until 10 a.m. for wind chills near zero or below. GBI identifies body found along I-75. Martin Luther King Jr. celebration weekend continues. Sports updates.

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Elderly Bartow resident among five statewide flu-related deaths. Updates from area hospitals and local schools as Flu cases reach 'widespread' level in Georgia. Flu

Ware Mechanical Weather Center: Black ice concerns this morning. Wind chill advisory in effect until 10 a.m. with wind chills between 5 and -5 degrees expected. Another snow chance late Monday into Tuesday.  Forecast

 

Buzz: Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration weekend continues. Floyd BOE meetings set. Updates from Cartersville Chamber. YMCA Coat distribution today. Buzz

 

Updated: GBI identifies body found on I-75 in Emerson as Mack Griggs of Forrest Park; investigation continues. GBI

 

Cartersville mass arrest update: District attorney drops charges against 64 of 65 arrested. Arrests

 

Cause of Jan. 7th fatal fire in Cedartown ruled accidental by state fire investigators. Fire

 

Obituaries: Samuel Everett Keener. Obituaries

 

Public Health restaurant inspection scores. Dining

 

Area arrest reports for Floyd, Bartow, Polk counties sponsored by Living Proof Recovery. Crimewatch

 

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Hardy Realty's open house gallery for Sunday: A 6-bedroom, 4.5-bath home in Rome priced at $450,000. Open House

Chick-fil-A Dwarf House Sports Report:

 Local high school basketball updates.

The weekend in local college basketball. Vikings home; Hawks and Chargers on the road.

 

Falcons vs. Eagles at 4:35 p.m. today on NBC.

 

Hometown Headlines Radio Edition, 7-9 a.m. weekdays, WRGA 98.7 FM, streaming.

Please join our guests Monday including:

7:40 a.m. Michelle Picon and Chris Kerr from the Heart of the Community Foundation on the Feb.17 "Affair of the Heart" honoring the 2018 award winners.

 

8:10 a.m. Pete McDonald, the incoming chair of the Rome Floyd Chamber of Commerce, talks about the group's 107th annual meeting set for Thursday evening at the Georgia Northwestern Technical College's aviation center at Richard B. Russell Regional Airport.

 

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State business headlines: Georgia Trend

Health headlines: Georgia Health News

Northwest Georgia jobs: Career Builder