Closer look:'Big Switch' is official; here's what happens next. Cave Spring says yes to distilled spirits, sales. Love Library Express to bypass downtown, looks elsewhere. Some uncomfortable health stats. Spring starts this evening.

MORNING EDITION

• A closer look: 'The Big Switch' is now official and so are additional tax dollars pledged to make it happen. What to watch: Next steps for chamber, hiring new directors, impact on fall and 2020 elections. Big Switch
• Love Library Express won't push downtown location -- but operators are searching for other sites. Business
• Cave Spring votes say yes to package sale of distilled spirits, Sunday sales by the drink.  Cave Spring
• Education: Armuchee High's Kayla Hutcherson named 2019 PAGE STAR Student Region Winner for PAGE STAR Region 1. STAR teacher: Seth Bates, band, at AHS. Education
• Education: Georgia Northwestern awarded  $2.1 million federal grant. 'Strengthening Institutions Program' targets improved academic quality, institutional management and fiscal responsibility to 'better serve lower-income students, boost graduation rates.' GNTC
• Health: Forsyth is Georgia's healthiest county. Locally, Bartow was no. 33; Floyd, 54; Gordon, 61; Chattooga, 83; and Polk, 91. See our links to each county's health scorecard. Georgia Health News
• Buzz: Two road closures in Floyd, one today, one next week. 'Frost/Nixon' staged by Pumphouse Players in Cartersville starting Friday.  Buzz
• Obituaries: Eryn Stefani Carnes, Flossie Eva Craig, Ms. Wanda P. Mclendon, Robert Henson Mixon, Mr. Billy Michael Smallwood. Obituaries
• Remembering Bartow County Superior Court Judge George Carey Nelson III. Calling hours Thursday, celebration of life Friday. Judge Nelson
• Ware Mechanical Weather Center: Spring begins at 5:58 tonight; look for mostly sunny skies through Saturday. Weather
• 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

Latest high school baseball scores and schedules.

 

Jim Jones leaving Rome Braves after 17 years.

 

Updates to football coaches/$100,00-plus salaries update.

 

Links to March Madness.

 

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

 

8:10 a.m. Emily Matson, a Rome attorney and member of the Board of the Georgia Life Alliance, on Friday's scheduled vote by the state Senate on the proposed 'heartbeat bill.'

 

8:40 a.m. Live from the spring training home of the Atlanta Braves' organization, Kevin Karel -- the voice of the Rome Braves on 99.5 FM The Jock -- joins us to discuss the 2019 edition of the home team. Part one of two parts.