Latest updates on regional banks. Double honors for Broad Street. Spring's back; high of 80. Later today: Jail updates

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Double header for downtown Rome:
-Travel+Leisure ranks Broad Street among top 27 Great Main Streets.
-Downtown Development Authority  accredited by National Main Street Program.

Bank reports
-Big turnaround for Synovus, parent company of Citizens First Bank in Rome and GB&T in Calhoun and Cartersville.
-Regions reports $199 million in first-quarter net income, up from $69 million a year earlier.
-SunTrust's net income rises to $245 million vs. $180 million in the first quarter of 2011.
-United Community Banks' first quarter statement due Thursday.

Wednesday's buzz:
-Model High grad Ben Hawkins pitches Tuesday night during Hagerstown's win over the Rome Braves. Photo/Mills Fitzner.
-Floyd breaks ground on new Rockmart office.
-May 5: Berry College Spring Commencement. Board of Trustee member/alumnus Bert Clark is guest speaker. 
-Tonight's Powerball jackpot at $173 million.

Spring's back; pollen on the rise, too.

-Wednesday: High of 80, low of 55.

-Thursday: 20-30% rain chance, high of 82, low of 60.

-Friday: Party sunny, high of 82, low of 59.

 

Hometown Headlines: The Radio Edition

-Weekdays, 7-9 a.m., WRGA 1470 AM. Listen online

-Please join our guests including Republican Layla Shipman on the Newt Gingrich campaign; Jordan Poole on Finster Fest and the grand reopening of Paradise Gardens; Georgia Emergency Management Director Charley English on Georgia's state of readiness a year after the fatal tornado outbreak.

 

Rome Braves drop opener to Hagerstown, 9-2.