New group behind urgent care clinic opening at Payless site. Floyd Commission: No on TAD for Berry hotel. Surge in positive cases in area schools, at Berry. Floyd loses 41st resident. Is Floyd ready for upcoming voting season?

Today's first headlines:

• Health: Walk-In Urgent Care coming to Turner McCall/Riverbend; seventh such office in our area in two years although this is a new player.
• By a 3-2 vote, Floyd County Commission rejects TAD for Berry's proposed Fairfield Inn hotel adjoining the tennis center (and putting the vote into context).
• COVID on campus: 12 new positive cases in Floyd Schools on Tuesday, 4 at Rome City. 594 students, staff in quarantine. Berry: 25 students, 1 employee positive since Sunday.
• 41st Floyd resident dies of COVID since March 15; region at 189 deaths. 4 more patients in Floyd, Redmond; 53 total. Latest state numbers show case increases in NW Georgia.
• Politics: Six weeks from election delay, a ton of unsettled issues about the Floyd election season that starts Oct. 12.

Also today:

• Buzz: Bobby Jones named interim executive director of South Rome Redevelopment Corp.
• Scouts announce 2020 District Award of Merit and Youth Leader Award of Merit honorees.
• Ware Mechanical Weather Center: High of only 71 on Thursday as more than an inch of rain from storm Beta.
• Obituaries: Mr. Larry Allen Crow, Mr. John H. Davis, Mr. Timothy Elbert Godfrey, Franklin Gates Martin, Mr. Thomas Amos Mathis, Mrs. Alice Wright.
• Dining: Public Health restaurant inspection scores, Tuesday-Saturday.
• Crimewatch: Updates on area arrests.

Truett's Chick-Fil-A Sports Report:

• Braves-Marlins series continues through Thursday.
• Georgia, Georgia Tech on the road this Saturday.
• High school football on Friday and Saturday nights again this weekend.
• Falcons to allow limited number of fans for Oct. 11; Atlanta United as well.
• Berry sports information chief leaving.
• Community sports updates.