Hometown Headlines Radio Edition: Local news without the static.

Hometown Headlines Radio Edition: Local news without the static.

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Hometown Headlines Radio Edition: Local news without the static. episodes

  • Driver 'serious' after Shorter wreck. Updates on Turner McCall bridge. Politics and dining. Rant: Echos from the city election.

    Today's headlines:

    • One person seriously injured in Shorter Avenue collision Wednesday evening. The accident shut down the highway for nearly two hours.
    • Turner McCall bridge replacement to take two years, cost $28.5 million. The fun begins in the summer of '22. DOT 'open house' is Jan. 16 at the civic center.
    • Republican Allison Watters to seek second term on the Floyd County Commission.
    • Terrick Robinson trial: Cartersville man in court in West Virginia in case involving woman who's dismembered remains were found in the Bartow County Landfill.
    • Zen Ramen & Sushi Burrito (seriously) getting great reviews in Cartersville. First bites at Sammy's American Grill.
    • Rant of the Day: Listen to the echos from the November City Commission election.
      • 10 min
    • Updated: Armuchee burglary ring. Bistro site for sale. Political show & tell. Rant: Is there a doctor in the House? (Maybe)

      Today's headlines:

      • Floyd Police: Burglary team distracting homeowners in Armuchee area while an accomplice loots their homes.
      • As Cartersville man's trial begins in W. Va., disturbing details about woman who's remains were found at the Bartow County Landfill. From WVNews.com
      • The home of Bistro 208 on Broad Street in downtown Rome is on the market for $599,000. No changes in the restaurant’s operations, however.
      • Politics: While the Republican sheriff's hopefuls were the entree at the Floyd GOP Women's meeting Tuesday, the contenders for Congress provided a high-calorie dessert.
      • Rant of the Day: Is there a doctor in the House? (congressional candidates).
        • 10 min
      • Wednesday's Rant: Is there a doctor in the House? (and other congressional candidates).

        The drawing card for Tuesday's Floyd County Republican Women meeting was the GOP sheriff’s candidates. But the real story? Those considering a run for the U.S. House seat Tom Graves will leave at the end of the year.

        Two declared candidates were there as was another potential contender thinking of trading a state House seat for the federal version. And standing in the doorway: A Rome neurosurgeon and entrepreneur teetering on entering the race.

        What could be one of the region's most torrid races in years is under way. 

        6 min
      • Armuchee burglary ring. Bistro site for sale. Political show & tell. Rant: Is there a doctor in the House? (Maybe)

        Today's headlines:

        • Floyd Police: Burglary team distracting homeowners in Armuchee area while an accomplice loots their homes.
        • As Cartersville man's trial begins in W. Va., disturbing details about woman who's remains were found at the Bartow County Landfill. From WVNews.com
        • The home of Bistro 208 on Broad Street in downtown Rome is on the market for $599,000. No changes in the restaurant’s operations, however.
        • Politics: While the Republican sheriff's hopefuls were the entree at the Floyd GOP Women's meeting Tuesday, the contenders for Congress provided a high-calorie dessert.
        • Rant of the Day: Is there a doctor in the House? (congressional candidates).
          • 7 min
        • Tuesday's Rant. Big changes for the '20 Rome Braves: New boss, new spring training base, upgraded stadium and where to after Rome?

          So what's new this season?

          • There’s a new Rome Braves’ general manager now in town.
          • There’s a new spring training complex and location two hours south of the other one near Orlando. Bye-bye Mickey, hello beaches.
          • State Mutual Stadium will have some new bells and whistles to greet the newest batch of Braves – and returning fans – in early April.
          • And where exactly will the players go as the mature in the baseball system? (Fire Frogs are homeless as of today). 
            • 7 min
          • Cedartown parents in jail following child's death. 2019 weather: hotter, wetter. Rant: Big changes for '20 Rome Braves.

            Today's headlines:

            • The Cedartown parents of 11-month-old boy found dead two weeks ago are jailed on child cruelty, neglect charges, Polk County Jail records show.
            • Business: Moore's Soda Fountain 'making baby steps progress' toward reopening in downtown Cedartown. TOMCO Systems hires Trey Smith as senior product manager.
            • Ware Mechanical 2019 Weather: Annual temperatures were hotter than normal in Rome, Cartersville; most monthly totals, too. Rainfall: Surplus in Rome, deficit in Cartersville.
            • Kelly Loeffler has been sworn in as Georgia’s next U.S. senator. Locally, the Republican sheriff’s candidates meet at today’s GOP Women’s meeting at Red Lobster.
            • 10 Floyd County schools 'Beat the Odds' in 2019 by doing better than 'statistically expected' on the College and Career Ready Performance Index.
            • Pepperell High wins top Teen Driving Award at National Summit; also receives $6,500 grant from the Governor's Office of Highway Safety.
            • Rant of the Day: Big changes for the 2020 Rome Braves.
              • 11 min
            • Monday's Rant of the Day: Why we like the '20s (so far).

              Some very early "indicators" include:

              • Politics: We're four-plus months out from the primary and things already are sizzling.
              • Restaurants: Eric Tant's plans for 233 Broad St. already a hit and he's yet to open it.
              • River District: Our advice to businesses there -- form your own association.
              • City government: All eyes on Jan. 13.
                • 6 min
              • 'Emerson Explosion' of development begins. About that new bridge. Rant: We like the '20s (so far).

                Today's headlines:

                • Business: 'Emerson Explosion' about to light up southern Bartow County with millions -- perhaps $1 billion -- in residential, industrial, office, recreational and retail growth.
                • 63 years old and in 'fair' condition, a closer look at the open house Jan. 16 to discuss replacement of the Turner McCall bridge crossing the Etowah River.
                • Headlines ahead: Slow start to the new year -- gas prices up; Loeffler's swearing set for today; city, county classes resume Tuesday; Riley Green concert a sellout Friday.
                • Ware Mechanical Weather Center: Sunny, upper 50s today as temperatures get even warmer by week's end.
                • Rant of the Day: Why we like these roarin' 20s (so far)
                  • 10 min
                • Weekend observation: The incredible life story of Dr. Ouida Dickey.

                  Perhaps the best writing to ever grace the thousands and thousands of pages from Hometown Headlines that have clogged the Internet these past 16 years is on our website today.

                  It is a story we wished we never had to read. It is the obituary for Dr. Ouida Word Dickey, a legend at Berry College and in Rome, and also a friend.

                  We don’t know the author – we suspect Dr. Dickey and her daughters, Angela and Jennifer, worked on it together. The author doesn’t matter; the story it tells is just amazing.

                  We suspect one of the final lines will either have you in tears -- or cheering on the legacy of Dr. Dickey.

                  5 min
                • Rainfall at 1.5 inches; flood watch until 7 p.m. Police, health, education updates. Plus: An amazing life, Dr. Ouida Dickey.

                  Today's headlines:

                  • Ware Mechanical Weather alert: The latest on the New Year's monsoon. At least 1.5 inches of rain so far with more due; flood watch until 7 tonight. Also, watch for fog.
                  • Rome Police: Operation Zero Tolerance ends with 23 arrests (traffic and outstanding warrants); more than 150 violations cited; and 3.5 pounds of pot seized.
                  • Georgia Health News: Georgia is 49th among the states, District of Columbia, when it comes to preventing kids from using tobacco products.
                  • Education: Dusty Powell, with two Georgia Northwestern degrees, heading for the final frontier with a job at SpaceX.  Model Middle earns Platinum Award for 'Greatest Gains.'
                  • Buzz: Rome's Gretchen Corbin among Georgia Trend's 100 Most Influential Georgians. Bring One for the Chipper is Saturday. Floyd School Board meets Tuesday.
                  • Weekend observation: The story of Dr. Ouida Word Dickey, 91: From Wildwood, Fla., to around the world, her true home was Berry College. An obituary.
                    • 9 min

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