Retail updates
-The Children's Place grand opening is Feb. 11: The retailer is coming in across from The Gap at Mount Berry Square> Click
-New arcade joining Mount Berry Square: Those missing the noise and bustle of Aladdin's Castle at Mount Berry Square better start saving their tokens. A new arcade, with a few twists and changes, is on the way in the same spot.
Tennis Center proposal
-Expanded report on the 'Tennis Center of Georgia': More updates on the proposed $13.6 million, 74-court tennis center proposed near the mall. Included: The potential impact; proposed funding; additional questions> Click Tennis
Weekend forecast: Rain returns Saturday night, Sunday
-Friday: Partly sunny, with a high near 53.
-Friday night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 37.
-Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high of 57. Gusts as high as 20 mph.
-Saturday night: 100% chance of rain, low of 47; gusts to 20 mph.
-Sunday: 90% chance of rain, high near 63.
-Sunday night: 30% rain chance, low of 37.
-Extended forecast> Click / Regional radar
Dining Guide> Click
-Latest updates including a wine dinner--at a local barbecue restaurant?
-Valentine's dining? Make reservations now. Feb. 14 is a Sunday so . . .
-This week's public health inspection scores for Northwest Georgia.
Wine News Vine> Click
-First tour of Yonah winery this Saturday plus a prelude to Valentine's Weekend at the North Georgia wineries. Dinners, brunches, more.
Haiti relief
-Local donations to Red Cross top $11,000: The American Red Cross has received more than $11,000 locally for disaster relief in Haiti in just a week, according to Jac Whatley, director of the Coosa Valley Chapter. Gifts for Haiti can be sent to 112 John Maddox Drive, Rome, 30165 or at www.redcross.org.
Friday's Buzz
-Jan. 22/County budget meeting set: The Floyd County Commission has a budget meeting set for 8:30 a.m. in the Commissioners Caucus Room on the second floor of the Floyd County Administration Building, 12 E. Fourth Ave.
-Tonight's MegaMillions lottery jackpot worth $105 million> Details
-Coosa High wins eighth straight Academic Decathlon> Click
-Rev. Tim Burnham, Pastor of the First Baptist Church in Lindale has been elected first vice president of the Georgia Baptist Convention> Click
-Feb. 19-21/Darlington presents Hello, Dolly!: Darlington School's fine arts department will present the famous Broadway musical "Hello, Dolly!" Feb. 19-21 at Rome City Auditorium. Friday and Saturday shows will be at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday's show will be at 2:30 p.m. General admission is $10 for adults and $5 for children, students and senior citizens. Reserved seats are $15. A limited number of special box tickets are also available. For ticket information, please visit www.darlingtonschool.org/musical. Tickets will also be on sale at Top Hat, Kroger, Traditions and Rome Area Council for the Arts.
-Road closed for two weeks in Chattooga County: The Georgia Department of Transportation is advising motorists in Chattooga County of the closure of State Route 337 at mile post 6.1 north of Menlo, to allow for work on replacing the two collapsed drainage pipes under the roadway at that location. This pipe replacement operation is expected to take approximately two weeks to complete. While the highway is closed to through traffic, local traffic can still access the route up to the work site. Northbound through traffic is detoured off SR 337 onto SR 1/US 27, right on SR 48 and back to SR 337. Southbound traffic is redirected onto SR 48, left on US 27 and back to SR 337.
Norman Arey's Sports Roundtable> Arey
-Graduate student athletes? That's absurd. Why can't good players be good coaches?Graduate student athletes?
Downtown Headlines> Downtown
-What's ahead in downtown Rome.
-Bryan Mullins' MullinsMania entertainment report for downtown.
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