Wednesday, December 23, 2020

Record COVID hospital cases here; record new cases statewide Tuesday. Update on new auto museum in Cartersville. Conservation easement updates. Rough weather possible overnight; cold Christmas ahead.

Today's first headlines:

  • Record: 140 COVID patients at Floyd, Redmond as of Tuesday, up 7 in a day. Record: 6,242 new positive tests in Georgia (233 from our area, including 99 from Bartow). 107th Bartow virus victim. Last day for free tests until Monday.
  • Vax Report: Area healthcare workers continue to receive initial dose of COVID vaccination. Nearly 18,000 in Georgia have received it so far. How to track roll out.
  • Business: Savoy Automobile Museum cruising toward fall 2021 opening. Plus a look at a few other previews next year.
  • Justice Department: 2 Atlanta accountants plead guilty in $1.2 billion fraudulent deductions case that in a 'tax scheme (that) used syndicated land conservation easements.'
  • Buzz: NORAD's Santa Tracker returns with more updates, features. DOT: Calhoun's south bypass is open.
  • Education: Floyd County Schools Pre-K applications for '21-22 school year opening soon. Floyd Board of Education meets Jan. 5.
  • Advance voting Wednesday and then a break until Monday. Where, when to vote across Northwest Georgia.
Also today:
  • Ware Mechanical Weather Center: It will feel like the North Pole on Christmas Day with wind chills in the mid 20s, high of 36.
  • Remembering Cedartown sports legend "Doc" Ayers, 1921-2020.
  • Obituaries: Mr. Ronald "Ronnie" Eugene Kiser Sr.
  • 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 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 schedules.
  • Bowl schedule changing as teams cancel because of COVID.
Alabama claims 6 SEC football awards; Georgia, 3.

 

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