Hometown Headlines Radio Edition: Local news without the static.

Hometown Headlines Radio Edition: Local news without the static.

By John DruckenmillerNews
Download on the App Store

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

  • Newscast: Business soaked? Sidewalk sale time! Jobless rate up here. Weekend guide. Also: What we can learn from the Go Go flood.

    The audio edition of Hometown Headlines just a click away:  

    • Jobs: County-by-county look at June's employment reports. Plus: Upcoming job fairs.
    • Business: Water line break means sidewalk -- and tax-free - sale at GoGo.  Honors for River City Bank. Mount Vernon growing again in Trion. 
    • Education: Junior Service League of Rome donates, delivers $16,000 in supplies to area students. County Commission pledges August parking fine revenue to students in need. RCS Super Showcase is today. 
    • Druck Report: Eric McDowell on the escalating battle to keep Sleep Inn out of Summerville Park -- and how to help.  
    • Weekend! presented by The Forum River Center:  Rome Braves at home. Second Annual Bar Olympics. Cedartown hosts free concert Saturday.
    • Segment two: How Jay Stephenson made lemonade out of a lemon (store flood) and lessons for all small business owners.
      • 9 min
    • Druck Report: Eric McDowell on the escalating battle to keep Sleep Inn out of Summerville Park -- and how to help.

      Eric McDowell of the Summerville Park Neighborhood Association has twice spoken before Rome's City Commission in a bid to stop Sleep Inn -- part of the Choice Hotel brands -- from building a 52-room hotel that will have an entrance and exit on Charlton Street and encroach into the residential community by removing a home built in the 1920s. The city repeatedly has said it can't stop the project.

      Developer Tony Patel has the zoning needed to build the hotel, a move residents fear because of not only noise and light pollution but also because of crime associated with other rundown motels up and down Martha Berry with a mile of the designated Heritage Neighborhood founded in 1913.

      McDowell and his neighbors believe there are other options, including buying the three lots from the developer in hopes of restoring the Charlton home and offering the property fronting Martha Berry for office or restaurant development.

      He walks us through what's next -- and what's special -- about Summerville Park. 

       Eric joined us for this podcast at Brand Red Studios, 4 Bale St. off Fifth Avenue in downtown Rome. We thank Todd LaBerge for another round of solid podcast production.

      The Druck Report is part of the Hometown Headlines Podcast series. Join us each weekday for our Hometown Newscast.

      36 min
    • Newscast: New Dollar Tree due Sept. 12. Brick-oven pizza, brew brewing on West 3rd? Hint of fall today. Rant: Summerville Park exposes bigger concerns in Rome.

      Almost live, very local and completely unfiltered local news... now.  

      • Dollar Tree due on Maple Avenue in Rome as early as Sept. 12; will be 10th location in Northwest Georgia
      • Brick-oven pizza and beer on the way to West Third?  Plus: Three new industry-focus programs offered by GNTC. 
      • Body found on banks of Etowah River identified as recent resident of 'hobo canyon;' cause of death still uncertain as investigators want to know how he sustained a head wound.  
      • Former special counsel Robert Mueller testifies before House committees today; how to watch and listen. Locally tune to WGPB 97.7 FM.
      • Ware Mechanical Weather Center: Prelude to the fall? Lows in the 60s, less humid and 86 later today.   Morning low so far: 62.
      • Rant of the Day: Summerville Park standoff showcases bigger problem with local government. 
        • 9 min
      • City to Summerville Park: You're on your own. 2 die in 411 crash. Hero cops save a life. Today's rant: Another 'surrender' by city leaders.

        Your unfiltered look at news from Rome today: 

        • Summerville Park ‘implores’ City Commission to find a solution to planned Sleep Inn. Rome’s response: Nothing we can do; you’re on your own. Asking price: $450,000 (see updated financials). 
        • State Patrol: Cartersville man, Chattanooga woman killed in accident on U.S. 411 near Alford Road just past Martin’s Auto. 
        • Adairsville chief: Quick-acting APD officers, assists from Bartow and Gordon deputies and truckers, save suicidal man’s life. 
        • Hint of fall due Wednesday, Thursday mornings.
        • Today's rant: Another 'surrender' by Rome City Commission, administration. Imagine if the hotel were another 'Love Library.'
          • 10 min
        • Newscast: What to know about Dos Bros. Body found near Rome river. Summerville Park showdown. Today's Rant: Defining night for the City Commission (and elections).

          Almost live from Studio 1A this Monday:

          • Dining: Dos Bros Mexican Grill targeting October opening. Restaurant cofounder 'confident' menu will stand up to nearby competition.
          • The body of a middle aged Florida man was found on the banks of the Etowah River near the Second Avenue bridge on Sunday evening. 
          • A rough day in Gordon County on Sunday. A local woman who confronted officers and her husband with a loaded pistol took her own life. Plus an area man sustained what the sheriff’s office called grave injuries when he jumped from a moving car. 
          • Ahead of the headlines: The battle for Summerville Park returns to City Commission tonight; watch their video now. Tuesday: Higher prices for jet fuel for airport tenants? 
          • Rant of the day: City Commission has a decision to make on Summerville Park vs. Sleep Inn; the 'I Love Rome' chorus won't work this time.
            • 9 min
          • Druck Report: Social media pioneer Carol Morgan on why Facebook is critical to the success of your business (YouTube, Instagram, Twitter, too).

            Carol Morgan of Denim Marketing of Cartersville was among the first to champion Facebook as a critical tool for her clients. In this interview with Hometown Headlines' John Druckenmiller, Morgan -- in plain English and no 'tech talk' -- shares why your business needs a frequent post on Facebook to help it grow.

            Carol, the author of four books on social media, shares success stories and a few crash-and-burns as well. 

            Carol joined us for this podcast at Brand Red Studios, 4 Bale St. off Fifth Avenue in downtown Rome. We thank Todd LaBerge for another round of solid podcast production.

            The Druck Report is part of the Hometown Headlines Podcast series. Join us each weekday for our Hometown Newscast. 

            40 min
          • Newscast: Thatcher's BBQ opens in Summerville. Big hit due from Plant Hammond closing. Family of 3 face pot trafficking charges. Huge weekend alert. Plus: Weekend observations (parking, pizza, people)

            A deadline-breaking edition of our weekday newscast:   

            • Dining: Thatcher's Barbecue & Grill opens in Summerville; latest stop for family fueled regional chain
            • Georgia Power's Wheeler says economic hit from Plant Hammond closing will be substantial. Floyd County Schools expected $3 million a year loss. 
            • Gordon sheriff: Fairmount family found growing more than 90 marijuana plants; charged with trafficking. Street value of pot seized: $180,000.
            • Dining: Rome, Cartersville favorites on the 2019 'Georgia 100 Plates' list and rightfully so. But what did they miss? You tell us.
            • Busy weekend alert: Concerts, stage productions, farmers markets, a Walk With a Doc-- and the arts.
            • Weekend observations: More pizza on the way? A little issue with downtown parking data. Get well, Johnny Isakson; we need you.

              •  
              10 min
            • Newscast: Spirit Halloween returns; fence up at old Kmart as demo starts. Drug house destroyed. Great employment report. Rant: What these 'stats of the day' really mean to you.

              Sharing tomorrow's Rome news today...:

              • Business: Spirit Halloween again to haunt the former Toys R Us location near the mall. Fencing up around old Kmart as demolition prep continues.  
              • Record report: Georgia's best job count ever -- and 42,600 are in Floyd County.
              • Authorities: Former 'opium den' demolished at 216 E. 20th St. in Rome. Floyd Police detail rising overdose deaths, resulting charges with more possible. 
              • Education Secretary Betsy DeVos' decision to allow Georgia to take part in 'creative, new ways' to access student performance could have big impact on Floyd schools. 
              • Weekend! presented by The Forum River Center: Hamiltunes, Homespun Festival, Walk With a Doc/gallery tour, Music by the Tracks.
              • News radar: Keeping tabs on U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson as he recovers from a fall that fractured four ribs.
              • Rant of the Day: Why our "stats of the day" show you the real temperature of Rome/Floyd County.
                • 11 min
              • Newscast: Lights out at Plant Hammond. Chicken Salad Chick hiring this Sunday. Bar Olympics return. Doughnut deal. Rant: Local vs. Amazon? Push relationships, deals -- not name calling, tired slogans.

                Headlines are fresh as today's sunrise from Studio 1A:

                • Georgia Power gets OK to close Plant Hammond; operations continue in 'winding down' mode. 30 employees still there monitoring systems for now.  
                • Food & Drink: Chicken Salad Chick job fair is Sunday.  Krispy Krunchy Chicken opens Calhoun shop. 'Bar Olympics' return to Giggity's, Rome City Brewing July 27. Doughnut deal this Friday.
                • Ware Mechanical Weather Center: No break from the 90s into next week. 
                • Back to School: Rome hosts Super Showcase on July 25. Floyd County posts supply lists. When each school system starts.
                • Today's Rant: How do you really fight Amazon's prime days? Relationships, deals, customer service -- not name calling and worn-out slogans. 
                  • 9 min
                • Tuesday: New life for Sage Cottage. Rome Schools 'rollin' buses in January. Plant Hammond decision today. Rant: Moon walk celebration? Take a giant leap.

                  Almost live from Studio 1A:

                  • Business: Sage Cottage in Adairsville under new ownership, grand 'reopening' is Aug. 10. Create DIY Workshop has grand opening Friday. 
                  • Final call on Georgia Power's plan to close Plant Hammond due this morning from Public Service Commission.
                  • Rome Schools: 'Rollin' with RCS 2020' targets Jan. 7 startup for student bus operations; some drivers hired; more sought.
                  • 90 years: Historic DeSoto Theatre Foundation asks community to 'party like it's 1929' to celebrate 90th anniversary of 'the jewel of Broad Street.'
                  • Ware Mechanical Weather Center: Heat index roars back to 100 today; highs in the mid 90s.
                  • On today's news radar: Bucket o' Shrimp opens; development authority updates; and a birthday for local radio's 'great good morning voice' (does that make her WOLD?)
                  • Rant of the Day: To those pushing the 50th anniversary of the first moon walk; please take a giant leap. Let's get back to the future. 


                    • 8 min

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

                  From the publisher's feed

                  From Hometownheadlines.com: