Rite Aid on Maple Avenue closing; other local stores to become Walgreen's. Wreck snarls traffic to, from Red Top; wipes out water service for some residents. Heat index of 100-plus again today. Advance voting for runoff continues.

Our only deadline is when news breaks. Free updates all day at Hometown Headlines

 

Business: Rite Aid closing Maple Avenue store; prescriptions transferring to Walgreen's near Floyd.  Other locations being rebranded as Walgreen's. Business

Wreck ruptures water main on bridge to Red Top Mountain; outage for some Acworth customers. Update 

Buzz: 'As Time Goes By' garden proposed for Clocktower's Neely Hill. Patchwork under way on Ga. 20 in West Rome. Buzz

Politics: Advance voting continues with 68 ballots cast in Floyd on Tuesday. Plus: Political notes. Politics

Ware Mechanical Weather Center: Another triple-digit heat index due today; no break from the low 90s throughout the weekend. Weather

Obituaries: Mr. Stephen "Steve" Loyd McBurnett. 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

 

Rome Braves open seven-game road trip tonight in Greenville.

 

New look for Georgia High School Association website.

 

New cheer coach at Shorter; new soccer players for Berry.

 

Links to:

-High school football schedules.

-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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7:10 a.m. Inside today's local headlines.

 

7:40 a.m. Joyce T. Heames, Dean of the Campbell School of Business at Berry College, on the MBA program and what's available for this fall.

 

8:40 a.m. Dr. Willie Green III, Floyd County's Supervisor of Elections & Registration, on the primary runoff and what we can expect now through election day, July 24.