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Hometown Headlines Radio Edition: Local news without the static.
By John DruckenmillerNews
Hometown Headlines Radio Edition: Local news without the static. episodes
- Druck Report: Local high school football expert John McClellan breaks down the 2019 season: New coaches, old rivalries and the teams to watch this fall.
Few people in North Georgia have seen as much football as John McClellan. From his journalism career through his years as a broadcast commentator and PA announcer at Rome High and Shorter, McCellan had kept a sharp eye and sharper memory on decades of players, games and stats.
He joins us to take a nearly 40-minute look at the upcoming high school football season which starts in mid-August.
McClellan's weekly high school football column returns to Hometown Headlines on Monday, Aug. 12, through the championship series.
39 min - Newscast: The Patriotic Party at Ridge Ferry Park opens at noon today; fireworks tonight. Rome/Floyd has a new economic development chief. Today's rant: The cluttering of Broad Street.
Almost live from Studio 1A:
Business: Missy Kendrick named president of Economic Development for Rome and Floyd County.
Celebrating Independence Day:
- 2019 Patriotic Party at Ridge Ferry Park opens today at noon; fireworks tonight at 9:45.
- Rome Police: Be ready for extra traffic control on Riverside Parkway especially after Wednesday night’s fireworks at Ridge Ferry.
- Ware Mechanical Weather Center: Heading to Ridge Ferry for the fireworks? Here’s our hour-by-hour forecast through 11 p.m.
Additional headlines today:
- Services pending for man killed by gunshot wound in Cedartown on Monday. Update
- Education: More gold for Georgia Northwestern Technical College’s SkillsUSA team. GNTC
- Buzz: Tickets for Mother’s Finest at Forum River Center go on sale Thursday.
- Calling hours tonight, funeral Friday for Dr. Laurie Johnson.
9 min - Newscast: Quick interview with Missy Kendrick, the president of economic development for Rome/Floyd County.
Kendrick was hired Tuesday morning by the Rome Floyd Development Authority.
2 min - Newscast: Summerville Park escalates fight against Sleep Inn. Economic development chief hired. Shopping center updates. Plus: Mission impossible?
Almost live from Studio 1A:
- Missy Kendrick has been hired to lead Rome/Floyd County's economic development efforts.
- Summerville Park residents expand fight to prevent Sleep Inn from being built on Martha Berry at Charlton Street.
- An investigation continues into fatal shooting in Cedartown on Monday.
- Dr. Laurie Johnson, known for her counseling and coaching service as well as her Saturday morning show on WLAQ, has died. Friends say she was their constant source of encourage.
- In real estate news, the Redmond Plaza strip center in Cedartown has sold for nearly $2.4 million. Plus what's new at Etowah Crossing.
- We have a new podcast Interview: With 675 inmates -- some with drug, mental concerns, the Floyd County Jail is changing. Sheriff Tim Burkhalter and Chief Deputy Tommy McGuire talk safety, training, a new 60-bed medical wing and what's ahead.
- People: Health: Harbin Clinic names Sarah Tuck as the senior director of marketing. Also, Joe Montgomery named special agent in charge of the GBI Region 1 Field Office in Calhoun.
- Celebrating Independence: Parks & Rec fire up the holiday at Ridge Ferry on Wednesday. Plus what's ahead in Cave Spring, Cartersville and at the Rome Braves.
- Ware Mechanical Weather Center: Nothing but mid 90s through Friday with thunderstorms possible Independence Day, Friday.
10 min - Interview: With 675 inmates -- some with drug, mental concerns, the Floyd County Jail is changing. Sheriff Tim Burkhalter, Chief Deputy Tommy McGuire talk safety, training, a new 60-bed medical wing.
This podcast is brought to you, in part, by Brand Red Studios on Bales Street in Rome.
Sheriff Tim Burkhalter and Chief Deputy Tommy McGuire spent around 30 minutes with Hometown Headlines' John Druckenmiller describing the next changes to the county jail, home to almost 700 inmates the day we recorded this.
Phase one of the addition of a medical wing is about to get under way; the heavy equipment is now on site. Once finished next July, it will feature 60 critically needed beds for some of those inmates who once were housed at the shuttered Northwest Georgia Regional Hospital. The influx has created new demands -- and resulted in extra training for the deputies on duty at the jail three shifts a day.
The medical wing was paid in part by the recent extra penny sales tax approved by Floyd County voters.
Burkhalter and McGuire also talk about today's jail inmates, about how training has changed for deputies on duty there and programs under way to try to keep the inmates from returning when their time is served. As Burkhalter says, more than 75 percent of those in custody right now will return to the streets of Floyd County.
32 min - Newscast: 4 years of growth, success for Doug's Deli Downtown. A year after closing, work under way on East Rome pizza shop. Independence Day updates. Commentary: A farewell to a friend.
Almost live from Studio 1A:
- Constant growth since opening four years ago this month has Doug's Deli Downtown searching for a second spot, perhaps in Cartersville or Calhoun.
- Almost a year to the day after closing in East Rome, ground work well under way for Little Caesar's off Turner McCall.
- Development authority close to hiring industrial recruiter?
- Independence Day: Parks & Rec fire up the holiday at Ridge Ferry on Wednesday. Independence Day: What's planned in Cave Spring, Cartersville and at the Rome Braves.
- Commentary: Farewell to a friend. In appreciation of Father Valery's service to our church -- and community.
8 min - News: Massive meth bust; quarter ton seized. Major milestone for Rome attorney Brian Bojo. Huge weekend. Week-in-review: Busy week for law enforcement.
Friday's Hometown newscast brought to you in part by Giggity's Sports Bar & Grill in downtown Rome:
- Massive meth bust ends with three arrests; quarter ton of meth seized.
- Big milestone for Rome attorney Brian Bojo.
- Huge weekend: Balloon festival, start of Independence Day celebrations on Saturday.
- Our first week-in-review: From the meth bust to a fatal fire to happy endings in three missing persons cases, it was a busy week for our first responders.
9 min - Newscast: Bucket of Shrimp due by later summer. Aragon fire kills man, 84. Weekend: Plays, fireworks, parades. Rant: Our restaurant addiction. Plus: 'Funky Druck'?
Your Hometown newscast brought to you in part by Giggity's Sports Bar & Grill on Broad Street:
- Bucket o' Shrimp due by 'the end of the summer.'
- An 84-year-old Aragon man died in fire early Wednesday.
- A suspect in the burglary and attempted arson at a Cave Spring convenience store last month is in custody in Alabama.
- Business: Coosa Valley Credit Union again named to Forbes' 'Best-in-State' list.
- Weekend! presented by The Forum River Center: Balloon festival at the airport. Final weekend of Fantasticks. Four Independence Day celebrations start Saturday.
- 'Funky Druck:' Please hang with us until the end of today’s newscast to hear a contribution from the legendary Harry Musslewhite, a potential new theme for our newscasts and podcasts. He calls it, “Funky Druck.” We’re humbled.
9 min - HHPodcast News: Employee at Willy's in Cartersville tests positive for Hepatitis A; what to know. Fatal fire in Aragon. Safe return for missing dementia patient, 17-year-old.
From Studio 1A, brought to you in part by Giggity's Sports Bar & Grill.
- The silent player as the East Bend (former Kmart) deal unfolds is the resurgent Etowah Crossing shopping center. Opened in the 1980s, it now sits next to one of the biggest retail developments in years.
- Health: An employee at Willy's Mexicana Grill in Cartersville tests positive for hepatitis A; Public Health advises those who dined there May 31-June 17 to contact healthcare provider to see if immunization needed.
- Loaner life jackets now at key river spots in Bartow County; great idea for other communities to copy.
- Buzz: Are you among 1.3 million Georgians traveling over Independence Day weekend?
- Independence Day: Celebrations begin Saturday. Updates from Rome, Cave Spring, Cartersville, Lindale, Summerville, Rome Braves. Also: A podcast on the history of the Cave Spring parade.
10 min - HHPodcast News: Census shows we're getting older, more diverse and growing at a slow rate. Business updates. Open house at Ruth & Naomi shelter. Peaks & Valleys.
What's on today's newscast, brought to you in part by Giggity's Sports Bar & Grill on Broad Street:
Northwest Georgia is growing slower than the state average with Hispanics representing much of the population gains here between 2010 and last year. As a community, our median age is now older.
· Cartersville's newest RaceTrac near Main Street and I-75 is just about ready.
· County commissioners are reviewing a 7,000-square-foot hangar addition to the airport
An open house set for Ruth & Naomi House for women and children begins at 4 p.m. Thursday with a ribbon cutting. The home is on North Broad Street.
Ware Mechanical Weather Center: Nothing but 90s (and perhaps thunderstorms) now through next Monday.
Independence Day: Celebrations begin Saturday.
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