Dining: Panda Express, Texas Roadhouse kicking tires at East Bend in Rome. Updates on Pepperell grad's fatal fall. Bartow businessman faces federal charges. Weekend: Strawberries take over farmers market; 'Healthy Expressions' premiere, cow patty bingo. Weekend washout begins tonight.

LATEST HEADLINES

 

Updates from the Floyd County and Bartow County jails.

 

MORNING REPORT

• Dining: Add Panda Express to possible East Bend tenants; Texas Roadhouse as well. More talks on Del Taco at former West Rome Burger King. Dining
• Lacey Alexis Head, 18, of Silver Creek dies in slip at Black Creek in the gorge beneath Noccalulula Falls near Gadsden.  Remembering
• U.S. Attorney: Illegal alien living in Cartersville operated business, employing other illegals paid at a discounted rate. Agents seize 14 weapons, vehicles following grand jury investigation. ICE
• Weekend! presented by The Forum River Center: Harbin Gallery's 'Healthy Expressions' premiere. Braves, Redmond pitching 1,000 free jerseys. Strawberries fields at farmers market. Watch where you step (cow patty bingo) and 'Look. Up in the sky!' (astronomy day). Weekend
• Education:  Model High graduate to receive associate's degree before high school diploma. Plus: Graduation guide for high schools, colleges. Education
• Ware Mechanical Weather Center: About two inches of rain on the way, beginning tonight and stretching into Monday. Weekend highs around 80. Weather
• Obituaries: Mrs. Maxine Miller Campbell, Gloria Jean Lee Hight, Gus Rhinehart, Phillip David "Chunky" 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

Rome Braves vs. Greenville Drive this morning at 10:30 at State Mutual Stadium (Wednesday's update).

 

High school: Baseball, soccer state tournament updates.

 

College bound: Darlington's Tillery signs with Sewanee; Ratledge to commit Monday (on TV).  

 

Latest soccer updates. 

 

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

7:10 a.m. Veeka Malanchuck and Reid Owens, both from Darlington. Veeka is a Darlington junior participating in the school's Global Studies Program and one of 17 students nationwide and the only one from Georgia to be selected to go to Moldova this summer as a participant in the National Security Language Initiative for Youth. Owens, one of Veeka's mentors, is a Spanish instructor at Darlington with an interesting background in international travel and service.

 

7:40 a.m. Mandy Perry of Blood Assurance Rome joins us to talk about the recent blood shortage crisis and to look at summer needs -- and how you can help.

 

8:10 a.m. We start our high school graduation interviews today. First up: Darlington. Annabelle Braden (a day student) of Silver Creek and Omar Hamad, a four-year boarding student from Dharan, Saudi Arabia. Annabelle is head day prefect of Thornwood House and Omar is head resident prefect of Moser House.

 

8:40 a.m. Dr. Jonathan Parker, religion and philosophy professor at Berry College, joins us to talk about his son, Isaac, who has interned with the radio edition all week.