Thursday, December 24, 2020

Heritage First Headlines. Weather adds to pensive Christmas. COVID: 6 more deaths in NW Georgia posted Wednesday; 147 in Rome hospitals. Vaccination updates. Five Below hiring; manager first up. Jobs, voting updates.

Today's first headlines:

  • Ware Mechanical Weather Center: Updates on our overnight weather and what's ahead today and on Christmas.
  • 6 more COVID deaths posted Wednesday: 2 in Floyd, 1 in Bartow, 3 in Chattooga. Record: 147 COVID patients at Floyd, Redmond as of Wednesday, up 7 again in a day. State posts 5,221 new cases; 234 here (69 in Floyd, 91 in Bartow).
  • Vax Report: 'Hope is here' as Redmond Regional posts 60-plus photos of healthcare workers getting round one. 26,000 have received it so far in Georgia; 1.01 million in the U.S. How to track state, national roll out.
  • Business: Five Below begins hiring -- at the top. Rome store scheduled to open in March.
  • Jobs: Latest updates on Northwest Georgia's employment numbers.
  • More than 13,000 in Floyd have voted in the runoff so far: 9,000-plus in person plus 3,800 via absentee. Advance voting resumes Monday.
  • Christmas services amid the pandemic: Some hope to celebrate outdoors; most will offer digital worship. Please check with each church before attending any service because of the forecast.
Also today:
  • Buzz: Bryan Johnson sworn in as Floyd County Superior Court judge. Rome Municipal Court closed Dec. 29-30. Two finalists named for Polk Schools superintendent.
  • Obituaries: Mr. Clayton Douglas Hall, Mr. Brent Andrew Hammond, Dr. Dennis Michael Heller, Betty Louise Dodd Koehler Jones Boling Julian.
  • Dining: Public Health restaurant inspection scores, Tuesday-Saturday.
  • Crimewatch: Updates on area arrests.

Truett's Chick-Fil-A Sports Report:

  • Cartersville, Calhoun, Cass, Woodland dominate 5A football honors.
  • Double ACC honors for Cartersville's Trevor Lawrence:
  • John McClellan's football championship picks: Cartersville vs. Warner Robins, 3:30 p.m. Dec. 30. McClellan
  • Falcons At Kansas City, 1 p.m. Sunday, Fox and 92.9 FM
Georgia vs. Cincinnati in Peach Bowl Jan. 1 at 12:30 p.m.
  • College football bowl updates including SEC schedule.
  • College football playoffs.
  • Bowl schedule changing as teams cancel because of COVID.

 

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