Friday, July 19, 2019

Thatcher's brings barbecue back to Summerville. Financial hits forecast from Plant Hammond closing. Area restaurants make Georgia's top '100 plates;' who are your nominees? Busy weekend begins. Forecast: Hot -- and some rain. .

MORNING REPORT
  • Dining: Thatcher's Barbecue & Grill opens in Summerville; latest stop for family fueled regional chain. Thatcher's
  • Georgia Power's Wheeler says economic hit from Plant Hammond closing will be substantial. Floyd County Schools expected $3 million a year loss. Hammond hit
  • Education Secretary Betsy DeVos' decision to allow Georgia to take part in 'creative, new ways' to access student performance could have big impact on Floyd, Polk, Calhoun and Trion schools. Education
  • Weekend! presented by The Forum River Center: Hamiltunes, Homespun Festival, Walk With a Doc/gallery tour, Music by the Tracks in Cartersville.
  • Dining: Rome, Cartersville favorites on the 2019 'Georgia 100 Plates' list and rightfully so. But what did they miss? You tell us.
  • Hometown Headlines Newscast: Today's key headlines, what's on the news radar and maybe a rant or two, Posts between 7 and 8 a.m. Newscast
  • Buzz: GNTC creates Patrick D. Doyle Law Enforcement Scholarship in tribute to fallen officer. Forbes lists Floyd among state's best employers. Honors for Exchange Club past president Charles Norris.  Buzz
  • Traffic: This could get messy around the Ledbetter interchange this weekend. Traffic
  • Ware Mechanical Weather Center: Low 90s through Sunday with up to 1.5 inches of rain today, Saturday and Sunday. Weather
  • Obituaries: Mrs. Helen Christine Mathis Carroll, Mrs. Linda Scofield, Mrs. Elizabeth Scott. Obituaries
  • Public Health restaurant inspection scores. Dining
  • Greater Community Bank CrimeWatch: Updates on area arrests, police reports from across Northwest Georgia. Crimewatch

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

Rematch for the Rome Braves, Tourists tonight in Asheville.
-Seven-game home stand begins July 23 (Hagerstown, then West Virginia).
 
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

 

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