Friday, December 10, 2021

River Remedy Brewing Co. opens Dec. 17 on Glenn Milner. Third Omicron case in Georgia; Floyd reaches 400 COVID, 'probable' deaths. Services set for Silver Creek couple who died days apart and for Cartersville fire victims.

Today's first headlines:
  • Dining & Drink: River Remedy Brewing opens Dec. 17 on Glenn Milner in Rome; Vamos Tacos food truck will be on site.
  • Silver Creek couple, Jenny and Emmett Clark, pass away just days apart after 54 years of marriage.
  • Celebrations of life for Cartersville mother, toddler killed in house fire set for Tuesday.
  • Third case of Omicron variant in Georgia; no international travel involved and the patient is unvaccinated. Floyd County posts 400th pandemic death: 317 from COVID, 83 from 'probable' virus factors.
  • Education: Pepperell Middle sixth grader Alyssa Alford wins Floyd County Schools District Spelling Bee.
  • Health: Atrium Health Floyd performs first robot-assisted knee replacement surgery.
  • Ware Mechanical Weather: About a quarter inch of rain today; twice that on Saturday with a high of 70 but 20-mph gusts; cooler Sunday.
  • Obituaries: Mr. Robert Lee "PeeWee" Ballard III, Ms. Ather Mae Hood, Bobby Ray 'Pop' Phillips, Mrs. Elvira "Vera" Huether Worthington.
  • 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 final high school football picks of the season. Calhoun in for a rough time vs. Warner Robins on Saturday afternoon. Plus: state predictions. McClellan
  • High school championships resume today.
  • Honors for Berry football's Jordan Wilson.
  • Georgia vs. Michigan, Orange Bowl, 7:30 p.m. Dec. 31. Alabama vs. Cincinnati, Cotton Bowl, 3:30 p.m. Dec.31.
  • Atlanta Falcons at Carolina on Sunday, 1 p.m.

 

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