LakePoint's new road could be big piece of development puzzle. Corporate layoffs at Mohawk? Weekend chase suspect dies. 20% snow chance this morning; more cold tonight. Monday's restaurant scores.

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Layoffs amid Mohawk's corporate offices in Calhoun?

-Those are the reports we're getting, with job cuts said to number anywhere from 75 to close to 200. Also under way: general belt tightening. We've had calls and emails into Mohawk executives since Thursday with no responses.

 

Keep an eye on what happens at LakePoint next:
-Within funding for a 1.641-mile road project now committed and only some contract signing yet to come, keep an eye on what's next at LakePoint Sporting Community and Town Center. The road has been deemed a must by those awaiting development at the proposed sporting/retail venture in Emerson.

 

Suspect in weekend dispute, chase dies from self-inflicted gunshot wounds.

 

Monday's Public Health restaurant inspection reports. Turner McCall restaurant scores a rare 67; average of last five inspections, including Monday's, is 89.2.

Latest on the raid of seven Greater Rome convenience stores Monday by a task force investigating illegal gaming.

 

20% chance of snow through 11 this morning; another blustery day
-Freeze warning until 10 a.m.; again from 2 until 10 a.m. Wednesday.
-Tuesday: 20% snow chance, high of 45, low of 29. Gusts: 25 mph.
-Wednesday: Sunny, high of 54, low of 29.
-Holy Thursday: Sunny, high of 60, low of 32.

 

Latest jail reports.

 

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