Friday updaets

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Media:

-WRGA, Q102 sale approved by FCC staff: The sale of WRGA 1470 AM and Q102 to Rome Radio Partners LLC has been approved by the Federal Communications Commission staff. The ownership group, including Howard Toole and General Manager Randy Quick, is buying the stations from McDougald Broadcasting, part of Southern Broadcasting. Next up, says Quick, is the hoped-for blessing from the commission itself. The Rome group also has an agreement to operate South 107, WGJK 1360 AM and WSRM 93.5 FM> Radio

Campus Headlines

-Former Berry President Scott Colley to lead Lees-McRae College: Effective June 1, retired Berry College president Dr. Scott Colley will be president of Lees-McRae College in Banner Elk, N.C. The Lees-McRae College Board of Trustees appointed Colley at a recent meeting. Colley served as Berry's president from 1998 until 2006. Since leaving Berry, Colley has been in Virginia and just cycled off Darlington's board> Details

-Berry Athletic Director Todd Brooks name conference's best: The Southern States Athletic Conference has named Todd Brooks as the SSAC Athletic Director of the Year> Details

Politics

Gingrey column on government-run healthcare  published in US News:

U.S. Rep. Phil Gingrey's column is headlined, 'Government-run Healthcare Would Backfire, Making 'Public Option' the Only One'> Gingrey

-Gingrey votes against 'energy' bill> Details

Latest from Coosa Valley Tech, Georgia Highlands> Campus Headlines

 

Memorial Day

Photo by Mills Fitzner/More photos: click Gallery

Short stop Ryan Barba puts in some extra effort Thursday night as the Rome Braves beat the Asheville Tourists, 5-4. The Braves are in town all holiday weekend with games at 7 tonight and Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday and 1 p.m. Memorial Day. Click Sports

-Just in time for holiday travel--rising gas prices: A gallon of unleaded was selling for $2.27 this morning, up 35 cents from a month ago but down $1.54 from a year ago. For updates, click Georgia Gas Prices.

-Troopers predict 18 will die on Georgia's roads this holiday: The Memorial Day holiday period begins at 6 tonight and ends at midnight Memorial Day.  The Georgia State Patrol estimates as many as 2,725 traffic crashes, resulting in 875 injuries and 18 traffic deaths could occur during the 78-hour holiday> GSP 

-Georgia DOT will suspend construction-related lane closures on all interstates and major state routes now through 10 p.m., Monday. 

-Holiday weather in a word: soggy> WeatherCenter

Dining

-The latest public health inspection scores for restaurants in Floyd, Bartow, Gordon, Polk and Chattooga counties> Dining

-Ribbon cutting, grand opening set for 4:30 this evening at 333 on Broad.

-Weekend on the road? Try some of the special events at North Georgia wineries, from Braselton to Dahlonega to Young Harris> Wine Tours

WeatherCenter:

-Friday: 30% rain chance, high of 80, 20 mph gusts. Low of 64. Rain: 30%
-Saturday: 70% rain chance, high of 79; low of 66, 50% rain chance.
-Sunday: 50% rain chance, high of 80, 20 mph gusts. Low of 68. Rain: 30%
-Memorial Day: 50% ran chance; high of 83.

Norman Arey's Sports Roundtable/brought to you by Riverside Toyota

-Hey, commish, this ain't brain surgery, it's college football; who's the fittest of them all?

Rome Braves updates:

-Braves hold off Tourists' rally, win 5-4.

-Asheville at Rome tonight at 7.
-Mills Fitzner's latest game photos