Friday, June 25, 2010

1,350 Northwest Georgia jobs in flux by August? Another summer sizzler. GOP primary candidates at party forum Saturday.

 

31-year-old man drowns in Etowah: The Bartow County sheriff's office is investigating the Thursday evening drowning of a victim identified only as a 31-year-old male. The call came in at 6:18 p.m. from the river at U.S. 411 and Macedonia Road. Sheriff Clark Millsap says the victim was swimming with another person at the time.

Regional employment looks grim in August as nearly 1,350 jobs go away.

-With Mohawk Industries shuttering the spun yarn plant in Cartersville in two months, things are looking a bleak around Northwest Georgia. Mohawk has 229 jobs on the line while Pierre Foods' plans to close the Rome plant takes another 350 jobs away. Add to that the loss of nearly 400 jobs at CCH Small Firm Services leaves Rome in a few weeks. That's about 1,000 jobs -- gone. May employment.

-Also in Northwest Georgia: Bluebird to close LaFayette plant in August, idling another 350 workers. Chattanooga

Saturday: Bartow GOP candidates forum. The Bartow County Republican Party has invited the candidates for state Senate districts 31 and 52, state House districts 12, 14  and 15, and Bartow County Board of Education Posts 1, 2 and 3 to speak at the next meeting, from 9 until 10:30 a.m., at party headquarters at 162 W. Main St., Suite 106. Bartow GOP

-More Bartow political news. Click

Thursday report from the Bartow County Jail. Click

-Media release: A Bartow County man is in the Bartow County Jail on charges of reckless conduct with a firearm. According to Sheriff Clark Millsap, Byron Orlando Saddler, 46, of Jordan Road, Cartersville, was arrested Wednesday afternoon in connection with an incident involving gun fire reported on Thursday, June 17 in the area of Benefield Circle and the door to a residence being forced open on Evergreen Trail. Investigators linked the two incidents to Saddler and he was arrested following a traffic stop on this date. Saddler is charged with Criminal Damage to Property, Reckless Conduct, Terroristic Threats, and Stalking. He is currently in the Bartow County Jail awaiting a bond hearing.

Your weekend forecast: (Thursday's high: 93)

-Friday: 40% rain chance, high of 95; heat index 101.

-Friday night: 30% rain chance, low of 69.

-Saturday: Another scorcher--95 and 30% rain chance. Heat index: 99.

-Saturday night: 70 degrees with a 30% rain chance.

-Sunday: High of 94, 40% chance of rain.

-Sunday night: Low of 72 degrees, 30% chance of rain.

-Extended forecastClick  / Regional radar

Norman Arey's Sports Roundtable. Arey 

-Why would the Steeler players care what Ben Roethlisberger has to say?      

Rome Braves. Click Sports

-Rome Braves pounded by Lexington Legends, 13-2.

-Braves in Lexington through Monday; home vs. Greensboro Tuesday.

-Mills Fitzner's latest home game photos.  (click)  

Dining & Drink. Click

-Latest public health restaurant inspection scores

-What's new at local restaurants and what's on the way.

Wine News Vine. Click

-Closer look at Sautee Nacoochee Vineyards in North Georgia. Great wines & nearby amenities for kids.

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