Rome Commission to discuss final draft of Downtown smoking ordinance on Monday. Heart of the Community honors 11 'unsung heroes'. 47,000 lbs. of frozen chicken dumped along 411 after truck crash. Local physician selected for poetry writing challenge. Rain to return today through Tuesday. First round high school basketball tournament match-ups.

MORNING EDITION

Rome City Commission to review final version of proposed smoking ordinance for Broad Street district on Monday; updates on how it will be enforced. Floyd Commission meets Tuesday. Commissions

 

Heart of the Community honors 11 at 'An Affair of the Heart'. Plus community grants awarded to some local organizations during HOC Heart Walk-Cycle-Paddle event. HOC

 

Local cancer physician, Dr. Matthew Mumber, selected as one of 8 writers nationwide to write a daily poem throughout February as part of fundraiser for Tupelo Press. Mumber

 

Nearly 5-hours of clean up: 47,000 lbs of frozen chicken dumped along Highway 411 after tractor-trailer crashes near Hine Road. Chicken

 

Berry students awarded $27,000 for entrepreneurial ideas in annual 'pitch' competition. Berry

 

Buzz: 'Super Museum Sunday' in Cave Spring today from 12-4 p.m. GDOT to host two public meeting on project including Rome-Cartersville Development Corridor. Shorter to present 'Into the Woods' in April.  Buzz

 

Keith Mickler: The savage treatment of our majestic Crape Myrtles. Tips on proper way to prune these trees. Mickler

 

Ware Mechanical Weather Center: 50% rain chance today, high near 48. More rain expected Monday and Tuesday. Forecast

 

Obituaries: Mrs. Shirley Ann Morgan Davis and Mr. Michael Davis Smith. 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

High school basketball tournament results: Rockmart Girls, Chattooga Boys and Sonoraville Girls all will region titles.

 

State Basketball Tournament first round match-ups.

 

GHSA Swimming & Diving Championship: Rome High's Samson Mumber places 1st in 100 backstroke, Rome's Kena Davis wins 3rd place in 50 freestyle. Calhoun boys team wins 2nd place overall.

 

College basketball: Both Shorter teams lose to Valdosta State. GHC Chargers get a win, but Lady Charger fall to South Georgia Tech.

 

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

Please join our guests Monday including:

7:23 a.m.: Mandy Perry of Blood Assurance Rome will call-in from the Floyd County Blood Drive at the Law Enforcement Center.

 

7:40 a.m. Shelley Daniel, Darlington's theater director, as well as students Owen Payne and Leelee Barnes join us to talk about the school's production of "Fiddler on the Roof." The students play the mother and father in "Fiddler," Tevye and Golde. (The interview will be available on Darlington's Facebook page via Facebook Live).

 

8:40 a.m. Harbin Clinic's Jim Alred talks about the 2019 Harbin Clinic Leprechaun-a-thon on March 16, including this week's half-price registration special and what's new about the event this year.