The Davies Shelters expand focus to transitional housing, supplying fresh produce, other needs. Heavy rain on the way today, Tuesday. Column: Keeping infants safe as they sleep.

LATEST HEADLINES

Morning updates from the Floyd County Jail and Bartow County Jail.

MORNING EDITION

• The Davies Shelters take on new name, expanded mission with transitional housing, South Meadows Farm, Ruth and Naomi Shelter. How you can help. Davies Shelters
• Ware Mechanical Weather Center: Ware Mechanical Weather Center: Storms possible today, Tuesday; around three quarters of an inch of rain. High this week in the upper 70s, low 80s. Weather
• Child Abuse Prevention Month: Steps to keep your sleeping child safe. Guest column
• 'Blue Mondays,' pinwheels, expanded activities set tone for Child Abuse Prevention Month. Prevention
• Meet the 2019 Rome Celebrity Dance Challenge couples. Event set for Aug. 10 at the City Auditorium. Get dancin
• Submission deadline for the 2019 Rome Art Coterie Walking Art Tour is Friday; downtown tour is May 4-June 11. Tour
• Obituaries:  Mr. Aron Davis, Harold Ingram Elrod, Mrs. Shirley Mae Edwards Morgan, Mr. William H. Twyman Sr., Jack Daniel Vaughan. Obituaries
• Public Health restaurant inspection scores return Tuesday. Dining
• Area arrest reports for Floyd, Bartow, Polk counties. Crimewatch

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

Rome Braves fall 2-1 to Kannapolis on Sunday; 1-3 in series.

• Tonight-Wednesday, at Columbia.
• Home opener: Thursday at 7.

Women's NCAA basketball winner crowned.

• Tonight: Men's tournament -- Texas Tech vs. Virginia.

High school baseball schedules for the weekend.

Busy April community sports calendar.

 

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

7:40 a.m. As part of Child Abuse Prevention Month, Kassandra Pichardo from Public Health joins us to talk about the "ABCs of Safe Sleep."

 

8:40 a.m. Jenny Shealy, executive director of Network Day Service, and Gail Sherman, Vice President of the Board of Directors, on the upcoming 24th Annual Golf Tournament.