Tuesday, August 31, 2021

Rough weather day ahead: Heavy rain, gusts, power outages, maybe brief tornadoes. Record number of COVID patients in Rome hospitals (169); another 110 in Bartow, Gordon. More schools requiring masks as cases rise.

Heritage First Headlines:

  • Ware Mechanical Weather Alert: Rough day ahead with heavy rain, gusts above 25 mph and the possibility of short-term tornadoes. Continuing updates.
  • Record number of COVID patients in Floyd, Redmond: 169 as of Monday; 110 more in Cartersville, Calhoun. Brutal weekend: 4 more COVID deaths in NW Georgia; 1,022 new cases. State sees surge of 19,083 cases since Friday; 85 more deaths.
  • COVID on campus: Anna K. Davie sixth Rome school to require masks starting Tuesday. Armuchee Middle, Chattooga High are virtual. 31 new student cases at Floyd schools Monday; 11 new cases at Rome schools Friday.
  • Georgia Health News: Kemp offers gift cards, credits to state employees, teachers as incentives for getting vaccinations. Also concerns about hospital oxygen supplies.
  • Education: 15 Floyd students earn AP Capstone Diploma, 30 awarded AP Seminar and Research Certificate. GHC offers Entrepreneur Speaker Series.
  • Buzz: New, separate websites for city of Rome, Floyd County. Repairs under way on Beard Road. Travel updates for Labor Day from Georgia DOT.
  • Obituaries: Charles Lloyd Bennett Jr., Ms. Mary Ellen Gonzalez, Mr. Herbert Morgan, Sandra Withrow Smith, Mrs. Barbara Ann Waits.
  • Dining: Public Health restaurant inspection scores, Tuesday-Saturday.
  • Crimewatch brought to you by Big Dan's Car Wash. Updates on arrests.

Sponsored report:

  • 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.

  • John McClellan's high school picks for this Friday. McClellan
  • Rome Braves open second to the last home series of 2021 season tonight.
  • Atlanta Braves updates.
  • SEC: Team canceling because of COVID 'will be assigned a loss.'
  • Atlanta Falcons  prepare for cuts, Sept. 12 opener.
  • Community Sports updates.

 

 

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