Darlington grad invents app to scrub troubling old tweets. Coronavirus: NW Georgia will top 10,000 cases this week; more than five states. Campus update. Marble Slab/Cookie shop still needs some work. Voter registration deadline two weeks out. John McClellan's high school picks.

Today's first headlines:

• Have some old tweets that might mean future trouble? Darlington grad's ScrubSome really is the app for that.
• Northwest Georgia expected to top 10,000 cases this week; that's higher than five states. Floyd County close to 3,000 cases.
• COVID on campus: Berry College at 70 cases since Aug. 1; 35 students, 2 employees last week. Rome, Floyd: 780 students, staff in quarantine.
• Business: Marble Slab/Great American Cookie has a ways to go in Cartersville -- but looking good. Century Bank continues redo of Main Street office.
• Politics: Two weeks left to register to vote in the Nov. 3 general election. Floyd elections board to meet Tuesday. Absentee ballots: How to apply -- and return (mail or drop box).
• Druck Report: We can't blame the pandemic alone for battering our clergy. Too many of us are the ones throwing those stones.

Also today:

• Week ahead: Alcohol Control Commission meets today as does Floyd Board of Education. County Commission meets Tuesday, to discuss tennis center hotel TAD.
• Ware Mechanical Weather Center: A few more days of fall weather and then some rain, a little warmer.
• Obituaries: Mr. Euris Andrew " AJ " Elkins.
• Dining: Public Health restaurant inspection scores, Tuesday-Saturday.
• Crimewatch: Updates on area arrests.

Truett's Chick-Fil-A Sports Report:

John McClellan's high school picks for this week: Rough nights ahead for Rome, Darlington; big wins Cartersville, Unity, Calhoun, Rockmart, Cedartown.

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Georgia holds at no. 4 in AP Top 25 as Bulldogs prepare for season opener.

 

Falcons blow big lead, fall 40-39 to Dallas.

 

Braves pound Mets; host Marlins tonight.

 

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