Monday, June 28, 2021

Business Monday looks at new temptations at Crushed Tomato, Cartersville store carves a different niche and Buc-ee's using billboards to recruit. Floyd Police video on surge in traffic deaths. From Trion High to Tokyo Olympics team. Final day to appeal tax assessments. Watching tropical weather.

Heritage First Headlines

  • Business Monday: More temptation from The Crushed Tomato: Homemade cheesecake. Phillips Trading Co. puts a new spin on wood furniture, home decor. Buc-ees turns to billboards to recruit Calhoun staff at $15/hour.
  • Floyd Police, in new video, target rising rate of fatalities on area roads. Biggest factors: Aggressive driving, speeding, improper lane changes. Prime times: Morning, evening rush hours.
  • Bartow catches up with most of the region with 27% of residents fully vaccinated; Floyd holds at 31% while Georgia rises to 38%.
  • Today's the final day to appeal higher property tax assessments in Floyd County. What to know.
  • Ware Mechanical Weather Center: Forecasters watching 'disturbed weather' off Georgia's coast. Highs of 90 today, upper 80s through Friday.
  • Services set for David Warren, the jogger who died on Berry's Viking Trail on Saturday. A career educator, he was GNTC's horticulture department director.
  • Obituaries: Baby Masen K. Mayes, Mr. James Thomas Tate.
  • Dining: Public Health restaurant inspection scores, Tuesday-Saturday.
  • Crimewatch brought to you by thestoragehound.com. Updates on arrests.
  • From Trion High to Tokyo, Brody Malone aces U.S. Olympic team spot.
  • Rome Braves win, 8-4; take series vs. Aberdeen. Off today; at Wilmington Tuesday-Sunday.
  • Atlanta Braves win 4-0 over Reds thanks to Acuna's blast. Off today; host Mets Tuesday-Thursday.
  • Atlanta Hawks: Updates on game 3 vs. Bucks; next game Tuesday night in Atlanta.
  • High schools: 'Dead week' observed by Georgia High School Association this week.
  • Community sports: What's ahead this summer.

 

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