Rome's fourth Dollar Tree due to open Sept. 12. Dining buzz: Brick-oven pizza, beer in River District.. Homeless man identified, cause of death under review. Weather: Fall preview won't last long.

MORNING REPORT

• Business: Dollar Tree due on Maple Avenue in Rome as early as Sept. 12; will be 10th location in Northwest Georgia. Business
• Business: Brick-own pizza and beer on the way to West Third?  Plus: Three new industry-focus programs offered by GNTC. Business
• Body found on banks of Etowah River identified as recent resident of 'hobo canyon;' cause of death still uncertain as investigators want to know how he sustained a head wound. Home page
• Newscast: The day's top headlines plus a rant or three. Newscast
• Buzz: Floyd graduates 49 from nurse residency program. Floyd GOP's annual Tillman Hangar Rally is Aug. 10. DOT working on U.S. 27. Buzz
• Ware Mechanical Weather Center: Prelude to the fall? Lows in the 60s, less humid and 86 later today.  Weather
• Obituaries: Ms. Cathy Delores Cutts, Harold Gene Rogers. 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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Truett's Chick-fil-A Sports Report: Sports

Rome Braves, Hagerstown in rematch tonight at 7 p.m.

 -Friday night: First 1,000 fans through the gates will receive a free Ozzie Albies Bobblehead. Gates open at 5:30 p.m. Presented By Ag-Pro, John Deere and Hometown Headlines.

 

Gordon Powers returns as football coach at Model Middle School.

Atlanta Falcons first preseason game is Aug. 1.

 

Links to fall football:

-John McClellan's podcast on what to expect this fall in high school football.

-High school schedules.

-Colleges: Berry, Shorter, UGA and Tech.

-Falcons' preseason