Popeye's adding third restaurant, near Aldi in Cartersville; Wendy's due on city's west side. Foundry expands lunch, dining service. Calhoun officer hurt in morning chase. Hufstetler keeps finance chairmanship in Senate. Education updates. Weather: 61 on Saturday, 18 early Monday.

Dining: Third new Popeye's to rise new Aldi in Cartersville; Wendy's due on westside of town. Foundry Growler Bar expands lunch, dining service. Dining

 

Calhoun officer injured following accident as he chased a suspect; second CPD officer injured in the line of duty since Dec. 11. Officer

 

Harbin Clinic Leprechaun-a-thon returns Saturday, March 16. More than 1,500 took part in 2018; what you need to know this year. Leprechaun-a-thon

 

Education: Rome Middle, Rome High show choirs have a big Friday night planned. Floyd County Board of Education meets Thursday morning. County school system prepares Pre-K applications for 2019-20.  Education

 

Education: Georgia Northwestern Technical College announces President's, Dean's lists for fall 2018 semester. GNTC

 

Health: 'General Assembly session is shaping up to see a bruising battle' over certificate-of-need regulations. Georgia Health News

 

Buzz: DOT touching up three highways in Floyd County. League of  Women Voters meets Thursday evening. Buzz

 

Ware Mechanical Weather Center: Warmer today through Saturday; 1.30 inches of rain mostly on Saturday; brutal wind chills early Monday. Weather

 

Obituaries: Mr. Olan Ray "Ray Billy" Bishop II, Rev. Hugh Don Caldwell Sr., Mr. Harvey E. "Fred" Middleton. Obituaries

 

Public Health restaurant inspection scores. Dining

 

Area arrest reports for Floyd, Bartow, Polk counties. Crimewatch

 

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Truett's Chick-fil-A Sports Report: Sports..

Rome-Floyd Sports Hall of Fame inductees for 2019 are Renny Bryner, Sally Echols, Dr. Gary Graves,  Jonathan Kilgo, David Mathis. Hall of Fame

 

Alabama Coach Nick Saban checks in at Darlington on Tuesday.

 

Tuesday high school basketball scores and what's next.

Notes from the local college sports teams.

After Sunday, we'll know the two teams coming to Atlanta to play in the Super Bowl on Feb. 3.

 

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7:40 a.m. Dr. Joyce Heames, Dean of Berry College's  Campbell School of Business, on Berry's executive education program.

 

8:40 a.m. From Rome Middle's Grand Illusion and Rome High's Grand Finale, a preview of this Friday night's show at RHS courtesy of Will and Gracie Benefield, Ashley Black, Baleigh Morrison and Hayley Alred.