Thursday, August 8, 2013

Flash flood watch extended until tonight; 80% rain chance. Sales Tax Holiday starts Friday. Engineered Floors sets job fair. Latest Public Health restaurant scores. Later today: Jail updates

For more on these updates and for today's latest local news, weather and sports headlines, please see www.bartowheadlines.com:

Flash flood watch extended through tonight
-Heavy rain in Northeast Georgia; half an inch here on Wednesday; 80% chance of more here today.

Georgia's Sales Tax Holiday for key back-to-school items is Friday, Saturday.
-Who's offering longer hours; chamber: shop local.

Business Buzz
-Engineered Floors working with state labor office for new hires.
-River City Bank's Trust Department hits milestone.

Latest Public Health restaurant inspection scores for Floyd, Bartow, Gordon, Polk and Chattooga counties.

Tickets in Minn., New Jersey to share $448 million jackpot
-Six in Georgia win $10,000 each.

Today's latest jail reports
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Chick-Fil-A Dwarf House Sports Report
 
 
Rome Braves
-Augusta completes three-game sweep vs. Rome Braves.
-Thursday: Braves are in Charleston through Sunday.
-See Mills Fitzner's latest home game photos Click
 

Colleges:

-First Meet the Coaches at Shorter more about laughs than lectures Wednesday.

-Berry Vikings football to be on WLAQ and/or on 'all-in-one' media offering from the college.

 

Youth sports

-YMCA's new soccer program begins fall sign-ups.  

 

John McClellan's first high school column of the season
-High School Football Daily. Today and Wednesday.
 
Norman Arey's latest look at preseason college football; his No-Nos return later this month. New column  Friday.
 
Updates on the local colleges and university.

Hometown Headlines Radio Edition

7-9 a.m. weekdays. Listen live online at wrga.streamon.fm

-Please join our guests Thursday including:

-Chase Watterson and Roy Dickinsonfrom the YMCA's soccer program discuss changes for the new season.

-Jason Free of Keller Williams Commercial and president of the Greater Rome Board of Realtors on the stunning sales reports for July.

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