Wine tasting room, gourmet ice cream, second 'Pick' due early in 2021. 26 Floyd residents have died in COVID in 25 days; another Gordon resident passes. Voting resumes Monday. 10 degrees warmer today

Today's first headlines:

• Dining & Drink: From a wine tasting room to gourmet ice cream and cookies to a second home for a community favorite, 2021 will get off to a fast start in Rome, Cartersville.
• 26 deaths in 25 days in Floyd County this month. Another victim in Gordon County posted on Friday as well. Region's 'positivity' rate much higher than state average.
• Advance voting resumes Monday, ends Thursday in U.S. Senate, Public Service Commission runoffs. Absentee voting continues. Jan. 5 voting hours: 7 a.m.-7 p.m.
• Buzz: Rome City Commission meets Monday evening; how to watch. Bring One for the Chipper/get a seedling on Jan. 9.

Also today:

• Ware Mechanical Weather Center:Sunny and mid 40s today; mid 50s return Sunday through Wednesday.
• Obituaries: No updates from Friday.
• Dining: Public Health restaurant inspection scores return Tuesday.
• Crimewatch: Updates on area arrests.

Truett's Chick-Fil-A Sports Report:

• SEC sets safety protocols for winter sports amid pandemic.
• The late Tommy Palmer to join the Georgia Association of Broadcasters' Hall of Fame
• 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.
• Bowl schedule changing as teams cancel because of COVID.