Thursday, November 25, 2021

Happy Thanksgiving. Opening set for multimillion-dollar cold storage center in Bartow. October jobs updates. Reaccreditation for Rome Police, Floyd Sheriff's Office. Floyd loses another resident to COVID. Those railroad cars no moving soon.

Today's first headlines:
  • Business: Agile Cold Storage plans Dec. 15 grand opening of 150,000-square-foot campus in Cartersville, employing up to 70 people.
  • Jobs: October unemployment rates from across Northwest Georgia.
  • Rome Police, Floyd County Sheriff's Office earn reaccreditation from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies.
  • Since Saturday, Norfolk Southern rail cars have clogged cuts between Glenn Milner, side streets (First to Sixth avenues). They could be there another week.
  • Another Floyd resident dies from COVID. 26 virus patients in Rome hospitals on Wednesday, up 2.
  • Honoring Harold Storey, 1922-2021: A memorial service is set for 3 p.m. Sunday at First Baptist Church of Rome.
  • Services for Scotty Clark scheduled for Monday at Fellowship Church. Friends recall his constant smile, incredible focus on his chamber duties -- and a love of Christmas music.
  • Ware Mechanical Weather: Anything but a turkey of a forecast today -- mid 60s, mostly sunny skies. Light rain should hold off until late afternoon.
  • Obituaries: Tesla Cheyenne Bright-Stewart, Mrs. Annie Sue Dunham Cabe, Mrs. Martha Jean Hopper Davis.
  • Dining: Public Health restaurant inspection scores, Tuesday-Saturday.
  • Crimewatch brought to you by Big Dan's Car Wash. Updates on arrests.

Truett's Chick-fil-A Sports Report

  • John McClellan's high school football playoff predictions: Darlington, Cedartown to stumble; Calhoun should move to next round. McClellan
  • Georgia at Georgia Tech, noon Saturday on NBC.
  • Your guide to the Thanksgiving weekend college football schedule (SEC, some ACC as well).
  • Sunday: Falcons at Jaguars, 1 p.m.
  • Berry Volleyball finishes no. 7 in the nation.

 

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