Northwest Georgia's COVID death toll just below 200 with latest spike. 105 new cases Wednesday. Campus quarantines down slightly. Latest jobless rate. Updates on advance in-person voting. Rainy day expected thanks to Beta.

Today's first headlines:

• Our worst day: 10 deaths reported in NW Georgia Wednesday, 3 in Floyd, 2 in Bartow, 5 in Chattooga. Regional toll: 198. 105 positive tests here since Tuesday, 59 alone in Floyd.
• COVID on campus: 594 students, staff in quarantine at Floyd, Rome schools. No new positive tests reported. At Berry: 25 students, 1 employee positive since Sunday.
• Jobs: August unemployment rates from across Northwest Georgia.
• Voting: Update on advance voting in person in Floyd, Bartow, Gordon and Polk counties including places and times. How to get an absentee ballot -- and check the status, too.
• Podcast: Boots on the ground -- Rome GA Cares helps Louisiana hurricane victims. An interview with a grateful Beauregard Parish Sheriff Mark Herford.

Also today:

• Outdoors: Brushy Branch dock to be replaced. Mount Berry Trail ribbon cutting is Sept. 30; funded by 2013 SPLOST.
• Kenneth Jones named Floyd's executive vice president/chief medical officer. Downtown Rome coffee break outside Heritage First Bank on Friday.
• Ware Mechanical Weather Center: Rainy Thursday expected thanks to the remnants of storm Beta. High today: 72 degrees.
• Obituaries: Mrs. Veronica Braziel, Kitty Ann Mercer, Mrs. Pamela Kay Dorsett Taylor.
• Dining: Public Health restaurant inspection scores, Tuesday-Saturday.
• Crimewatch: Updates on area arrests.

Truett's Chick-Fil-A Sports Report:

• Braves host Marlins tonight, then Boston to finish regular season. Playoffs next.
• Friday night kickoff forecast.
• SEC's TV schedule for this weekend.
• Falcons at Bears on Sunday.
• Community sports notes including Berry's men's lacrosse new assistant coach.