'Desire and need' for more downtown residential cited as zoning change OK'd; other options on the way. Rome Police now investigating two shooting deaths. Cartersville man drowns at Panama City Beach. May home sales jump; inventory slips. Heat index of 99 due again today.

Downtown's residential revival? Citing a 'desire and need' for more housing, owner gets OK from City Commission for 'Clocktower Corners' conversion. It's the latest off-Broad living concept. Residential

Latest updates as Rome Police investigate two shooting deaths. RPD

Cartersville man drowns near pier at Panama City Beach. Updates

Buzz: Home sales up 21.3% in May vs. same month last year; 'inventory' down 19%. League of Women Voters meet Thursday. Buzz

Georgia Supreme Court upholds murder conviction of suspect in downtown Rome shooting death in May 2015. Read the opinion

Tyson Foods awards $25,000 to the YMCA of Rome & Floyd County'sYear Round Outreach Feeding Program 'Learn, Grow & Thrive with the Y.' YMCA

Ware Mechanical Weather Center: No break from the bake; heat index of 99 due again today; high of 93. Weather

Obituaries: Mr. Harvey Dennis Daniel, Dorothy Ann Jackson, Ms. Shirley Posey. 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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Chick-fil-A Dwarf House Sports Report: Sports

Six Rome Braves on tonight's All-Star roster from the South Atlantic League.

 

Rome Braves start second season in Augusta on Thursday.

 

Atlanta Falcons: Where and how to watch preseason practice.

 

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

7:40 a.m. State Rep. Eddie Lumsden, a cosponsor of the new distracted driving law, on what it means to Georgia drivers come July 1.

 

8:40 a.m. Retired radio personality Bob Shannon on leaving the field he loves and what's next (there's always something 'next' with Bob Shannon).