Wednesday, January 6, 2021

Latest updates on Georgia's wild runoff. COVID variant, highly contagious, now in Georgia. Another Bartow death; 159 patients in Rome hospitals. Campus updates. Changes to Martin Luther King Jr. celebration.

Today's first headlines:

  • Latest update on Georgia's U.S. Senate, Public Service Commission races. Plus: How Northwest Georgia voted.
  • First Georgia case of highly contagious COVID variant discovered in 18-year-old male with no travel history. A 159 virus patients in Rome hospitals Tuesday.. Bartow records 122nd COVID death. 206 new cases in NW Georgia as of Tuesday.
  • COVID on campus: 185 in quarantine as Floyd Schools reopen; two Cartersville Primary students test positive.
  • Community Watch: What to expect for this year's Martin Luther King Jr. celebration amid pandemic concerns.
  • EagleWatch 2021: Second egg in the nest as of 6:17 p.m. Monday at Berry College. What to know.
  • Buzz: Mount Berry Trail now open until Jan. 13, then closed until Jan. 27. Floyd County Commission to meet at Forum in 2021. Development Authority meets Jan. 20.
Also today:
  • Education: Darlington alumnus Billy Morris, CEO of Morris Communications, among 10 honored as part of the annual Governor's Awards for the Arts and Humanities.
  • Ware Mechanical Weather Center: Snow showers possible late Thursday into Friday morning. Temperatures dropping from a high of 53 today to 45 on Friday.
  • Obituaries: Avanelle Kerce Brown, Ms. Dorthy Henderson, Mrs. Mary Marvine Smith Hibberts, James William Proctor, Robert Sibley Ogletree, Jefferson Lee Rosson Sr., Ms. Shirley Wilson.
  • Dining: Public Health restaurant inspection scores, Tuesday-Saturday.
  • Crimewatch: Updates on area arrests.

Truett's Chick-Fil-A Sports Report:

  • Cartersville's Trevor Lawrence finishes second in Heisman vote (Tide's Davonta Smith wins).
  • Monday: Alabama vs. Ohio State for National Championship in Miami, 8 p.m., ESPN
  • Local college football: Updates on the spring seasons for the Shorter Hawks, Berry Vikings.
  • NFL sets six wild card games Saturday, Sunday.
  • Atlanta Braves' first spring training game is Feb. 27 (at Orioles). At North Port March 1.

 

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