Record number of COVID cases in Georgia. Two more deaths in region, 256 new cases. Latest updates on school cases, quarantines. First vaccines administered locally. Greater Community Bank growing. Advance voting this weekend. Berry eagle update.

Today's first headlines:

• Floyd, Polk residents the latest to die from coronavirus. Record number of new cases in Georgia - 6,149 - pushes state total to 500,265 since March 2. NW Georgia has 256 new cases. 129 in Floyd, Redmond on Friday. Voccio: Outbreak is 'extraordinarily bad.'
• COVID on campus: Floyd Schools' quarantines at 698 as classes end Friday, down 32. 222 quarantines at Rome on Thursday, 2 new cases. Cartersville: 3 students test positive; 65 quarantined.
• Health: Floyd Medical Center gets 3,900 doses of vaccine; first employee to receive a shot was critical care nurse Robin Cater. Harbin Clinic frontline physicians also receive vaccine.
• Business: Greater Community Bank plans to double the size of the Calhoun office. Development Authority of Floyd County has called meeting at 10 a.m. Monday.
• Advance in-person voting today in Floyd, Bartow. Again Sunday in Floyd. Plus: Get a lift to voting spots. Updates on absentee voting for Jan. 5.
• Education: Winn family establish an endowed scholarship in memory of Tallapoosa Judicial Circuit Superior Court Judge Dan Peace Winn.
• Berry eagles: A new female in the nest -- and maybe clues about 'Ma Berry' near Guntersville, Ala.

Also today:

• Buzz: Mount Berry Trail closing Jan. 4-22 as part of gas pipeline project. DNR names Derek Dillard captain of the Northwest Georgia region.
• Ware Mechanical Weather Center: Today's your best day if you have outdoor plans -- 52 and sunny. Some rain due Sunday.
• Obituaries: Mr. Herschel Bailey, Neill Clark Goff, Mrs. Audrey Fay Johnson Hyde, Mr. James Lee Payne, Dora Ann Cordle Rogers.
• Dining: Public Health restaurant inspection scores, Tuesday-Saturday.
• Crimewatch: Updates on area arrests.

Truett's Chick-Fil-A Sports Report:

• Cartersville tops Coffee, 24-17, to advance to state Class 5A football championship on Dec. 30. 
• John McClellan's high school playoff picks: How did John pick' em Friday night? McClellan
• SEC Championship tonight: Alabama vs. Florida, 8 p.m., CBS.
• SEC plans full day of coverage.
• Other conference championships. Where to watch.
• Falcons host Tampa Bay, 1 p.m., Fox, 92.9 FM The Game.

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