Monday, August 9, 2021

Hospitals, courts, jail and Berry expand COVID precautions. Pandemic Life: How a longtime favorite restaurant is coping. John McClellan previews high school football 2021.Local ties to the Tokyo Olympics. No break in the heat.

Heritage First Headlines

  • COVID safeguards: From healthcare to college to courthouses and jails, more changes across Northwest Georgia as the week begins.
  • Pandemic Life: The pandemic has created too many new challenges for most restaurants. At Provino's, the crew adjusted to deliver the quality and service with just a few wrinkles.
  • Northwest Georgia's ties to the Tokyo Olympics: From Darlington to Shorter to Trion High, two have medals to prove their mettle; a third is a rising star.
  • Hometown Radio: Some key changes as the Knights of Columbus Labor Day Barbecue returns Sept. 6 -- drive-through only, advance orders, some day-of sales of Rome's best BBQ.
  • Ware Mechanical Weather Center: Hot, humid, and rain a possibility every day. Highs in the 90s, lows in the 70s.
  • Obituaries: Mrs. Edna Merle Dews, Mr. Roger Homer Disharoon, Mr. J Roger Sumner.
  • 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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  • Rome Braves beaten by the Drive 2-1, the last in a series of six games swept by Greenville. Off today. Next up: Six games in Hickory, NC, against the Crawdads.
  • Atlanta Braves beat the Washington Nationals 5-4. Off today. Next up: Three-game homestand against Cincinnati begins Tuesday.
  • Area residents mourn Bobby Bowdon's death Sunday. He cast a long shadow - all the way to Northwest Georgia from Florida.

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