Saturday, February 20, 2021

Ten COVID deaths in NW Georgia in last 24 hours. Largos Restaurant coming to Cartersville. Uptown Fashions adding Cedartown location. Remembering Summerville attorney Bobby Lee Cook. Model Middle student faces weapons charge.

Today's first headlines:

  • 10 more area residents die in a day: 5 in Bartow, 3 in Floyd, 1 each in Gordon, Polk; 173 statewide. State tops 800,000 cases; 179 more here on Friday. 60 patients in Floyd, Redmond, down 3.
  • COVID on campus: Rome posts 48 quarantines; 160 quarantines at Floyd, 6 staff members positive. Cartersville ends week with 19 positive test, 164 quarantines. Gordon County update. hybrid classes through March 5.
  • Vaccine updates: 17,721 people have received both vaccine does in NW Georgia through Friday; 544,000 throughout the state.
  • Business: Largos restaurant coming to downtown Cartersville near brewery. Uptown Fashions sets next opening for Cedartown.
  • Remembering Bobby Lee Cook, a Georgia legal legend who practiced out of Summerville, dies at age 96.
  • Police charge Model Middle student, 13, with four counts after replica semi-automatic handgun brought to school on Friday.
Also today:
  • Buzz: Old River Road work is continuing. Floyd Virtual Academy registration under way. Highlands Writers Conference returns Feb. 27 (virtual).
  • Ware Mechanical Weather Center: Sunny and 50 today, 58 on Sunday. About a tenth of an inch of rain Monday.
  • Obituaries: Mr. Douglas Joseph Barton, Ms. Eloise Borders, Mr. Nolan Gail Floyd, Mr. Benny Rawls Gladden, Mr. Sidney Lamar "Bam Bam" Price, Betty Jane Royal, Virginia Sue Wahle.
  • Dining: Public Health restaurant inspection scores, Tuesday-Saturday.
  • Crimewatch brought to you by thestoragehound.com. Updates on arrests.

Truett's Chick-Fil-A Sports Report:

  • Former Shorter Coach Vic Mitchell: From rebounds to restaurants to real estate.
  • High school basketball updates.
  • Shorter's spring football debut a week from today.
  • Berry plays again on Feb. 27.
  • Half off Leprechaun-a-thon 5K and Health Walk registration ends today.
  • Baseball updates.

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