Thank you, all veterans. Business: 120 jobs coming to Calhoun. Berry hotel caps $170 million in projects. Legends Cafe grand opening Friday. COVID: 17 new cases in Floyd Schools. Gordon resident dies; 109 new cases. Vote count, debate continue. High school graduation rates up.

Today's first headlines:

• Business: TEKLAS, a Turkish R & D company and supplier of electric vehicle parts, opening $6.5 million campus in Calhoun, hiring 120.
• Business: Nearly $170 million in new projects along the 'Berry Corridor' capped off with groundbreaking for Fairfield Inn & Suites near tennis center.
• Dining: Legends Cafe & Grill sets grand opening for Friday. West Rome spot offers wings, burgers, 2-for-1 margaritas, sweet potato pie -- and a ping pong table. 'The Mooch' (Armuchee Cafe) due Saturday.
• Education: State graduation rate at 83.8% but local systems cruise by that: 100% in Calhoun, 94.6% in Floyd County, 93% at Rome, 91.2% at Bartow County.
• 16 Floyd County Schools' students to advance in the Governor's Honors Program selection process.
• COVID on campus: 17 positive cases within Floyd Schools Tuesday; 329 in quarantine. Rome Schools: quarantines drop to 137. Cartersville: 3 positive tests, 43 quarantines.
• 51st Gordon resident dies; 270 in region; now 10 'probable' deaths. 109 new cases in NW Georgia Tuesday. 61 hospitalized at Floyd, Redmond. Only Calhoun test site open today, Veterans Day.
• The vote: Floyd County vote now certified, due at state next. Yes, your vote counted. State GOP wants hand recount for president, Senate, PSC.
• Rome Noon Optimist Club Pancake Breakfast is switching to a drive-through on Saturday, Nov 21, from 6 until 11 a.m.

Also today:

• Buzz: Reach Ministries offering 2 meals a week from 3 Callahan St. Floyd Board of Education meets Monday. Friends of the Library offers 'Christmas Gift' Auction.
• Ware Mechanical Weather Center:  About a half inch of rain, perhaps more in thunderstorms, with a high of 79. Slightly cooler into the weekend. Watching Eta.
• Obituaries: Mrs. Floreine Jackson "Flo" Carter, Floyd Richard Jones, Henry Donald Walls.
• 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 football picks: First look at the playoffs. Plus: Cartersville over Calhoun in one of week's top games. Close win for Rome. Ws for Darlington, Cedartown. McClellan
• Rockmart-LaFayette game canceled.
• Georgia at Missouri, noon on ESPN.
• Georgia Tech hosts Pittsburgh at 7 p.m. FSS
•  Alabama-LSU, Tennessee-Texas A&M postponed by COVID; join Auburn Miss. State.
• Tentative SEC TV schedule for this Saturday and Nov. 21.
• Falcons off this Sunday.
• Community: Roman Rumble this Saturday morning.