Thursday, March 22, 2012

Bartow sees almost 50% drop in first-time jobless claims. Remembering Doc Stovall. Restaurant scores. Latest jail reports

 
Rome/Floyd drops 1,200 job in February vs. 2011
-Bartow's first-time jobless claims down almost 50%

-The February employment snapshot is mixed again. The state Labor Department estimates Floyd County lost 1,200 jobs between last month and February 2011, leaving total employment at 36,700 people. That's the same total as January 2012..
- The number of first-time jobless claims last month dropped nearly 60 percent from a year earlier.

Storms return today, Friday: 
-We have a 60 to 80 percent or high chance of thunderstorms tonight through Saturday as a storm system moves in from the southwest. 
-Thursday: 30-60% rain chance, high of 77, low of 60.
-Friday: 80% rain chance, high of 78, low of 55.

Awaiting Thursday's pollen count: We'll have updates on the website between 6:30 and 7 a.m. Wednesday's report was just over 5,000 following sky-high reports Monday and Tuesday.

Tributes continue in honor of Doc Stovall: The Facebook home of Booth Western Art Museum has become something of a gathering spot for those mourning the popular cowboy singer and poet 

Later today: Bartow County Jail reports for Thursday.
 
DOT: Slow going on I-75 southbound today.
 
Public Health restaurant inspection scores: 36, 48, 49 among the low scores for the week. 
Hometown Headlines Radio Edition, 7-9 a.m., WRGA 1470 AM
-Please join our guests today including County Commission hopeful Rhonda Wallace and Nate Salant, commissioner of the Gulf South Conference, on the baseball tournament here in May.
 
Rome Braves' home opener: April 12.

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