Local parties already focusing on Nov. 6 election; meetings tonight, Saturday. Remembering Lonnie Malone, local civil rights leader in the '60s. Updates on collision that closed U.S. 411. The message behind SERVE ROME.

No time to nurse a runoff hangover: Local parties start meetings tonight, Saturday; contest races make for a busy ballot Nov. 6. Politics 

Lonnie Malone, 72, remembered as 'youngest to lead the civil rights movement in the city of Rome.' Lonnie Malone

Rome First United Methodist Church, partners announce SERVE ROME, sharing space and resources at the church's administrative offices. SERVE ROME

Rachel Castillo joins Advocates for Children as president, chief executive officer. Advocates

Ware Mechanical Weather Center: Low 90s throughout the weekend; rain chance picks up Sunday. Weather

Obituaries: Mrs. Carole Elizabeth McCarley King, Ms. Tawnya Rene' 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.

Braves win 7-2, close out home stand tonight at 7 vs. Fireflies.

Local college, high school updates.

 

Links to:

-High school football schedules and preseason events.

-Tickets on sale for Rome, Calhoun games at Corky Kell Classic on Aug. 16 at Barron Stadium.

-Fall openers for Berry, Shorter football plus schedules.

-Practice is about to begin for the Atlanta Falcons.

Community:

-Details on the Aug. 18 Gary Tillman Memorial Clocktower 5K & 2 mile Health Walk.

-The 2018 edition of the Harbin Hero Hustle 5K and two-mile health walk is Sept.  29; help pick the five local charities to participate in the Harbin Hero Challenge.

 

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

8:10 a.m. Tellus Science Museum astronomer David Dundee on the upcoming astronomical event when Mars will be both closest to the Earth in its orbit and on the directly opposite side of the Earth from the Sun.

 

8:40 a.m. Carson Earnest, a rising sophomore at Georgia Tech, returns to radio to share with students and parents some tips about the first-year experience at college and away from home.