Wednesday, September 1, 2021

13-year-old becomes Floyd's youngest COVID victim. Free tests back today at fairgrounds. Update on fatal 411 collision. Commentary: COVID nightmare becomes reality.

Heritage First Headlines:

  • Coroner: COVID claims 13-year-old Coosa High student; apparently the youngest person yet to die from the virus in Floyd County.
  • Free, daily COVID tests return to Coosa Valley Fairgrounds. 2 more die in Gordon. 174 patients in Floyd, Redmond. August saw 5,920 new virus cases in NW Georgia, second highest of pandemic.
  • COVID on campus: Floyd Schools report 26 students, 5 faculty/staff with COVID on Tuesday. Rome report delayed a day. Berry ends first month with 38 stuff, staff cases.
  • State Patrol: One man dead, another critically burned in semi/car collision on U.S. 411.
  • Commentary: The day began with concerns about COVID and kids, and about what if a nightmare happened. And then it did. What we heard next was almost as sad.
  • Ware Mechanical Weather Center: Drier day ahead with high of 84. Sunny, mid 80s through Saturday.
  • Buzz: All on Thursday: Rome/Floyd Planning Commission meets at 2:30 p.m.; special public safety committee meeting at 6 on downtown concerns; Floyd Democrats meet via Zoom at 7.
  • Obituaries: Mr. Tony Fitzgerald Dean, Mrs. Virginia Tucker Launier, Mrs. Dorothy L. Fain-Moultrie, Mrs. Annetta McClung Mull, Ms. Olivia Lee Turner.
  • 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. Alan Wilson, received his Doctor of Medicine degree at Mercer University School of Medicine in Macon, GA. He completed his residency in the Department of Surgery at the Medical Center of Central Georgia in Macon, GA., and he is board-certified by the American Board of Surgery.

  • Tuesday rainout means double header tonight for Rome Braves; players of the week announced.
  • Atlanta Braves updates.
  • Falcons release 53-man roster for opening weekend.
  • John McClellan's high school picks forFriday. McClellan
  • Community Sports updates.

 

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