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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