Freeze warning in effect until 10 a.m. Former Rome doctor jailed on rape charges out on bond. Final day of advance voting, two sites open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Education news from Berry, Darlington, Floyd and Rome schools. 'Walk a Mile in Her Shoes' today at noon. Weekend! Guide. Tonight's high school football schedule.

MORNING REPORT

• Athens police: Former Rome doctor charged with rape, aggravated assault of Athens woman now out of jail on $50,700 bond. Solomon
• Ware Mechanical Weather Center alert: Freeze warning in effect until 10 a.m. Gorgeous fall weekend with temps in upper 50s. Frosty mornings possible Saturday-Monday. Weather
• Education: Berry College named to The Princeton Review's Guide to Green Colleges. ACT scores for Darlington students above national average. Honors for Darlington's Literary magazine. East Central students raise over $13,000. Education
• Elections: Final day for advance voting; two sites open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Nearly 1,000 total advance votes so far. 
• Weekend! presented by The Forum River Center: Beer festival, RSO's 'The Planets,' Christmas Village and Josh Wilson concert. Weekend
• Buzz: Ribbon cuttings today for Winthrop Memory Care and Sweet P's at the Palladium. Annual 'Walk in Her Shoes' event at noon on Broad Street. Buzz
  
   
• Education: Sixteen students from Floyd County Schools advancing in the Governor's Honors Program selection process to state interviews. GHP

DAILY FEATURES: 

• Politics: Final day of advance voting, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., public health department and county administration building (yellow brick courthouse). 
• Newscast: Returns on Monday. 
• Obituaries: Mr. Wayne H. Coursey, Mrs. Teresa Marie Fairchild Johnson, Wesley Andrew Riley and Mrs. Marian Roberson. Obituaries
• Public Health restaurant inspection scores. Dining 
• Greater Community Bank CrimeWatch: Updates on arrests. Crimewatch

ADVERTISING

• Hardy Realty's open house gallery for Sunday: Your first look at four home in Rome, priced from $225,000 to $679,000. Hardy Realty

 

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Truett's Chick-fil-A Sports Report: Sports

• Tonight's high school football schedule. Chilly temps around 45 degrees and dropping for kickoff.
• John McClellan's playoff preview, high school picks for Friday: Model, Pepperell win as do Rome, Darlington, Rockmart. McClellan
• Coosa Volleyball goes for another state title this Saturday afternoon.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

• Berry Vikings: Off Saturday. Next: Nov. 9 at Centre.
• Shorter Hawks: Saturday vs. Delta State, 1 p.m., Barron Stadium.
• Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. Saturday vs. Pitt. Jackets
• Georgia Bulldogs. Saturday vs. Florida in Jacksonville, 3:30 p.m.

ATLANTA FALCONS: Off this Sunday. Next game Nov. 10 at New Orleans, 1 p.m.

 

Rome-Floyd Parks and Rec Youth Basketball registration deadline is Sunday, Nov. 3.

 

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