Friday, August 20, 2021

Every COVID number we track is surging: virus patients in hospitals, infected students and staff in local schools, daily new cases. Good news: First-dose vaccines are up; free tests returning. Contest city elections this fall.

Heritage First Headlines

  • 110 virus patients in Floyd, Redmond on Thursday (record: 166 on Jan. 6). 242 new cases posted in 24 hours in 5-county area. 3,129 got first vaccine doses in past seven days; most in past 4 weeks
  • COVID on campus: Masks at Main Elementary; joins 3 other Rome schools. Floyd School Board to talk virus on Friday. 120 cases at Polk Schools.
  • Qualifying: 1 incumbent, 1 challenger, 1 maybe for Rome Board of Education on Thursday; qualifying ends at 4:30 p.m. Friday. Cave Spring ballot set.
  • The future of Rome/Floyd County starts Friday evening as 'Plazapalooza' -- a funny name for a serious venture -- gets under way.
  • Education: Convocation signals start of 117th school year at Darlington (YouTube video).
  • Buzz: Georgia Northwestern forms Alumni Advisory Board. Floyd Medical's chief information officer up for state honors. Rome's downtown development director earns state certification.
  • Ware Mechanical Weather Center: Light rain expected today, Saturday, with highs in the upper 80s. Warmer temperatures return Sunday.
  • Obituaries: Mr. Guy Waldon Loveless Jr., Mrs. Mary Carol Twetten Fambro.
  • Dining: Public Health restaurant inspection scores, Tuesday-Saturday.
  • Crimewatch brought to you by Big Dan's Car Wash. Updates on arrests.

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Harbin Clinic Headlines: Meet Dr. Ademola Adeseye, who joins Harbin Clinic Cardiothoracic Surgery and will begin seeing patients August 16. Dr. Adeseye is one of the 10 doctors joining Georgia's largest privately owned, physician-led healthcare community.

 


  • High school football's regular season gets under way.
  • COVID vaccinations offered at several games tonight.
  • John McClellan's high school predictions. McClellan
  • Rome Braves vs. Greenville, double header tonight; plus games Saturday and Sunday.
  • Atlanta Braves open series in Baltimore tonight.
  • Atlanta Falcons at Miami Saturday night.
  • Tillman 5K this Saturday; what to know.

 

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