- Updates from the Floyd County and Bartow County jails.
MORNING REPORT
- Health: At least $6.2 million in updates, expansion under way at PruittHealth-Rome near the mall. Health
- Services set for Rome High, Berry College graduate Brandon 'B-Dub' Wilson who died in a weekend boating collision; family and friends start donations page for his two sons' college expenses. Brandon Wilson
- Business: Home sales up in June in Floyd, Bartow, Gordon counties; slight increase in average sales prices. Development Authority meets Tuesday morning. Business
- Weekend! presented by The Forum River Center: A legion of superheroes at Tellus Saturday. Exhibit opening for late-in-life folk artist. Rodeo rides again in Bartow. Plus: Annual fish fry. Weekend
From Hometown Headlines Podcast Center: You don't have to settle for "decaf radio." Here's the news Rome is talking about:
- New Rome beer festival date, new office, new director and new chair: Changing times for RACA. HHPodcast interview with Ali Booker and Chris Kerr. RACA or right to the podcast.
- Why Summerville Park doesn't want Sleep Inn on Charlton Street (that's where the entrance and exit would be). A HHPodcast interview with Penny Evans-Plants. Summerville Park or right to the podcast.
- Keith Mickler of the county extension office on what this heat does to plants, trees and crops (avoid excess watering!) Plus: How to chase those varmints from your garden. Mickler or right to the podcast.
- Local high school football expert John McClellan breaks down the 2019 season: New coaches, old rivalries and the teams to watch this fall. John McClellan
Also today:
- Buzz: Buzz: $5 movies coming to Rome City Auditorium. Called Rome Board of Education meeting Monday. Exchange Club of Rome celebrates 83rd anniversary. Buzz
- Ware Mechanical Weather Center: Mid 80s on Sunday and Monday with increasing chances of rain next week. Weather
- Mrs. Margaret Ruth Brewer Gayler, 30-year extension service veteran, remembered for her 'Margaret's Memos' newspaper columns, daily radio updates and Christmas special. Margaret
- Obituaries: Mr. Wayne Diamond, Phillip Myron Jaggers, Jimmy William Shaw Sr. Obituaries
- Public Health restaurant inspection scores. Dining
- Greater Community Bank CrimeWatch: Updates on area arrests, police reports from across Northwest Georgia. Crimewatch
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Rome High track and field athletes Ja'Lia Evans and Ja'Taria Jackson ready to compete in the USATF Hershey National Junior Olympic Track & Field Championships.
Latest coaching news from Darlington.
Rome Braves drop first game 6-3 on Friday at Kannapolis. Rematch with the Intimidators tonight and Sunday; home Monday.
Links to fall football:
- Local high school football expert John McClellan breaks down the 2019 season: New coaches, old rivalries and the teams to watch this fall. John McClellan
- High school schedules.
- Berry, Shorter, Georgia and Georgia Tech.
- Falcons' preseason.
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- In-depth interviews ahead of tomorrow's headlines: Closer look at the Summerville Park/Sleep Inn issue. Lots of changes under way for the Rome Area Council for the Arts. Extension Agent Keith Mickler on how to cope with excessive heat -- and varmints. Local football expert John McClellan on what to expect as high school football season begins.
- Also due in July: Additional interviews with our colleagues at Brand Red Studios in Rome.
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