Happy Independence Day! Your guide to today's parades, fireworks and celebrations in the region. Hot and humid today, clear skies for fireworks tonight. Holiday safety tips. Another candidate enters Floyd Sheriff 2020 race. Funeral services Friday for Bartow Sheriff's deputy. Advance voting update. Sports updates.

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Saluting the Red, White and Blue: Your guide to today's Independence Day celebrations in Cave Spring, Rome, Cartersville and Calhoun. Independence Day

 

Ware Mechanical Weather Center: Hot and humid for Independence Day, heat index near 99. Clear skies, temp around 76 for fireworks tonight. Forecast

 

Independence Day Safety: What you need to know for fireworks, travel and swimming. Safety

 

Politics: Ronnie Kilgo announces candidacy for Floyd County Sheriff in 2020. Sheriff

 

Services set for Friday for Bartow County Sheriff's Deputy Jennifer Dawn New who died Saturday of natural causes while on duty. Obituary

 

Politics: 69 voters on Tuesday for total of 126 in two days of early voting. Polls closed today, reopen Thursday and Friday. Politics

 

Health: Since opening in May, Floyd's new Heart Failure Clinic already helping patients manage condition. Health

 

Buzz: Cartersville's Music by the Tracks returns July 21. Oak Hill and Martha Berry Museum joins Blue Star Museum project. Rep. Eddie Lumsden appointed to commission on state boundary lines. Buzz

 

Education: GNTC students take home medals in SkillsUSA National Competition. Education

 

Obituaries: Ms. Betty Jo Coursey, Learic Goodgame, Mr. Charles Freddy Hardin, Marion J. Howell, Mr. Sammie Key, Ms. Margie Fran Peace and Henry Glenn Simpson. 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

Sold out crowd for Rome Braves vs. Kannapolis. Photos of post-game fireworks.
Next up: Three game series in Asheville, today-Friday.

 

Honors for two of Berry's women golfers.

 

Rome hosting the 2018 USA Track & Field Georgia Region 4 Junior Olympic Championships starting Thursday-Sunday at Barron Stadium.

 

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