Hometown Headlines Radio Edition: Local news without the static.

Hometown Headlines Radio Edition: Local news without the static.

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  • Social media threat not credible but school officials on alert. Plasma center coming to Rome. Dark days at Tang's Garden. Observation: Downtown Rome needs to rethink summer events.

    A busy news night in Northwest Georgia so let's get to it:

    • School officials in Northwest Georgia have increased security following a social media threat apparently was intended for Cass High. It only says “CHS” so other school systems are on watch as well. Bartow officials say the threat has no credibility but that extra officers are on duty today.
    • In Gordon County, authorities are investigating a domestic dispute that led to a woman’s death and the arrest of a suspect.
    • CSL Plasma opening soon at former Rite Aid location at Shorter and Division Street in West Rome. Al Hodge elected chair of the Japan America Society of Georgia's board
    • Dining & Drink: Things suddenly are quiet at Tang's Garden in West Rome. Wendy's adding breakfast; 'where's the biscuit?' next? Seasonal Oktoberfest craft beer -- and brats -- debut at Rome City Brewing on Saturday.
    • Remembering  Adyson Faith Williams, 13, and her father, Christopher Wayne Williams. Services are Friday night, Saturday. Touching service following AMS game.
    • Midweek observation: Time to rethink the summer downtown concert/event series. 
      • 9 min
    • Homeless task force assembles. Update on wild dog packs. Power back after storms. Rant: City solution -- election and recall effort.

      Our audio edition headlines:

      • Tentative list of Homelessness Task Force members posted; meeting set for 9:30 a.m. Thursday in the Carnegie Training Room. Advocates urging large turnout.
      • The latest on efforts to catch wild dog packs roaming Between the Rivers' neighborhoods.
      • Georgia named the top state for doing business for the sixth consecutive year.
      • Bartow, Paulding counties to test state's new balloting system on Nov. 5. Sunday Brunch Bill added to Rome ballot.
      • Latest on concerns of wild dog packs in Rome. Dogs
      • Most power restored following Tuesday night's storms. Upper 90s due Thursday, Friday.
      • Rant of the day: Fixing the City Commission needs both the election and a recall movement.
        • 8 min
      • Two communities mourn crash victims. Updates on economic development. An almost-sneaky vote and a rant on that very issue.

        Today's headlines and rant:

        • Armuchee, Cedar Bluff communities mourning father, child killed in Chattooga County accident. 10-year-old son also injured and hospitalized. Latest updates.
        • Community's new economic development director briefs City Commission on agency's first steps: Website, branding, board retreat, prospect recruitment.
        • Rome City commissioners tried to bring 'urban camping' ordinances back for a vote Monday until reminded 'it would feel kind of sneaky.'
        • Five cats attacked, several fatally, another missing in the Between the Rivers neighborhoods off downtown Rome.
        • After a busy summer of helping those in need, The Salvation Army's pantry is running low. Here's how to help.
        • Rant: Please listen the commission video and decide whether the almost-vote was sneaky or not.
          • 7 min
        • Adult flag football part of parks & rec's new focus. One Table has seats available for Sunday. First candidates forum set. Rant: Canceling presidential primaries? We vote no.

          Today's headlines include:

          • Rome-Floyd Parks and Rec expanding options to adults as well as kids sports and senior programs. New this fall: Adult men's flag football following success of summer basketball league.
          • 'One Table 2019' quickly filling up for this Sunday evening. The goal: 'Sit together at one table to promote the Rome community.'
          • Politics: First forum set for Rome City Commission candidates. Some 'homework' for incumbents and challengers tonight. Also: The election schedule.
          • The Coosa Valley Fair guide is now available online. It offers 42 pages of stuff you want to know about entries, schedules and pagents. Nicely done.
          • Truett's Chick-fil-A Sports: John McClellan's high school picks. Georgia no. 3 in AP Top 25 football.
          • Rant of the Day: Beware -- they're trying to cancel presidential primaries again.
            • 8 min
          • Police seek suspect in Rome's 5th shooting in a month. Rome Axe Throwing debuts. Hot weekend ahead. Rants: Five short blasts today.

            The Friday news report:

            • Rome Police seek a 37-year-old man following the city’s fifth shooting since August.
            • Rome Axe Throwing targets young adults, church and business groups as it opens this weekend.
            • Ware Mechanical Weather Center: Temperatures to climb into the upper 90s all weekend. Latest on Hurricane Dorian.
            • Weekend! presented by The Forum River Center: Regional fair opens in Calhoun; River District Music Festival, Outsider Art Party are on Saturday.
            • Rants of the Day: Hurricanes, open carry, a peak for Brian Kemp.
              • 9 min
            • Dorian's not done off Georgia's coast. Local business updates. PAWS still has dogs in need of home. Weekend guide. Rant: In gun debate, companies fill leadership void.

              Our Thursday report includes:

              • Ware Mechanical Weather updates: The latest on Dorian and Georgia's coast. How to help storm victims. Plus: A little cooler here today; upper 90s over the weekend.
              • Coosa Valley Credit Union's Andy F. Harris nominated for IMPACT Award from Cartersville Chamber. Also, planning Commission meets today, to tweak East Bend site
              • Georgia Recorder takes a closer look at Rome, says our community is 'still coping with mental health challenges years after' Northwest Georgia Regional closed in 2011.
              • P.A.W.S. says the puppies and some adults are adopted but help still needed for the remaining dogs seized this week.
              • Weekend! presented by The Forum River Center: Regional fair opens in Calhoun; River District Music Festival, Outsider Art Party on Saturday.
              • Rant of the Day: When corporations step up to fill leadership void in nation's mass shootings nightmare. 
                • 9 min
              • Chipotle coming to Rome; new life for Chick-fil-A's shipping container. Updates on Dorian, coastal Georgia. Rant: High Court of Facebook on restaurant news.

                A busy news day so let's get to it:

                • Chipotle Mexican Grill confirms Rome restaurant opening 'some point next summer.' Likely home: East Bend.
                • Ware Mechanical Weather Alert: Dorian moves off coast of Georgia; latest updates on coastal Georgia watches and warnings. Locally, heat index of 100 due today.
                • Also on Dorian: Capt. Jason Smith of the Salvation Army in Rome has been named incident commander for Georgia relief efforts.
                • P.A.W.S. takes in 40 medium-sized, mixed-breed dogs from a Wax Road address in what officials call an apparent animal hoarding case. How to help
                • Dining: Chick-fil-A's 'Shipping Container' on Riverside Parkway to offer express breakfast, lunch/dinner menus starting Monday
                • Walmart, Kroger take steps in response to outbreak of mass shootings in America
                • Today's Rant: Fast food, faster verdicts from the High Court of Facebook.
                  • 8 min
                • Tracking Dorian's threat to Coastal Georgia. Chick-fil-A distribution center on the rise. Tragic Labor Day on our roads. Peaks & Valleys from the weekend.

                  Our post-Labor Day headlines include:

                  • The latest on Hurricane Dorian and the potential threat to Georgia. Coastal Georgia is under both tropical storm and storm surge warnings as well as a hurricane watch. Storm conditions are possible there Wednesday and Thursday.
                  • Chick-fil-A Distribution Center under way in Bartow County; already a few people hired with 300 jobs due overall
                  • The latest on Labor Day weekend traffic that saw two fatalities in our area and 9 statewide. Among the victims was a 3-year-old passenger on an ATV and a Calhoun man.
                  • Remembering Jim Mehaffey, former county commissioner, community servant. Services set for Friday afternoon
                  • Peaks & Valleys: The highs and lows of Northwest Georgia stretch from proactive work by emergency officials with Hurricane Dorian to a dud of a premiere weekend for SEC football.
                    • 8 min
                  • Charles Love out of Ward 1 race. Isakson resigning. Murder suspect back in Chattooga. Rant: Isakson is our last real Republican.

                    Huge news week continues:

                    • Charles Love withdraws from City Commission race. That leaves five candidates, including three incumbents, in the Ward 1.
                    • McChanges under way at East Rome McDonald's as 'fast food week' continues.
                    • Suspected killer Steven James Mauldin is now in the Chattooga County Jail.
                    • Man sought in South Rome shooting surrenders at Floyd County Jail.
                    • Success in Summerville Park: Housing authority agrees to buy hotel site.
                    • Politics: U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson to resign on Dec. 31; cites mounting health issues. 
                    • Rant of the Day: Isakson is the state's last true Republican and not one of the blow-dry Gravy Boaters who seek the GOP tag.
                      • 9 min
                    • Manhunt continues for double murder suspect. Harbin's pediatric center due in 2020. Rant: Seeing '2020' in bustling Redmond Corridor.

                      The latest from a very busy news week:

                      • Latest updates on the manhunt for the suspect in a double murder in Chattooga County. The suspect has been spotted near Birmingham; the victims have been identified.
                      • Harbin Clinic breaks ground on new pediatrics center rising at John Maddox and Woodrow Wilson Way. 
                      • Full Circle Wellness of Rome opens Oct. 1 at 318 Broad St.
                      • Druck Report: As 'vaping' spreads among our middle and high schoolers as well as adults, Erin Hernandez of the Northwest Georgia Regional Cancer Coalition details escalating health risks.
                      • Ware Mechanical Weather Center: Watch for morning fog.  Morning lows to drop into the mid 60s or lower through Saturday. Plus: Storm Dorian links.
                      • Rant of the Day: As $150 million in growth continues near Redmond Corridor, a look at what could follow. 
                        • 9 min

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