Floyd sheriff's hopefuls - why vote for me. Live House debate. Tortaco coming to Rome. Rant: Voccio's words shake Northwest Georgia.

Today's top stories: Politics: Who will be Floyd County's next sheriff? Our Q&A and candidate profiles with Tom Caldwell, Ronnie Kilgo and Dave Roberson. Today, 14th Congressional House Republican hopefuls go at it online at 3 p.m. or on TV at 8 p.m. Link to Senate Democratic hopefuls from Sunday evening. Dining: Tortaco coming from Trion to former Magretta Hall at Broad and Second Avenue. 'Medical pods' go up outside Floyd in case of pandemic 'surge.' Latest updates from the state. Pandemic and politics: Bartow County, coronavirus the focal points in AJC column on a state Senate race, who spread COVID-19 among lawmakers and what's next. Ware Mechanical Weather Center: After a summer-like weekend, low 80s today, Tuesday; low 70s Wednesday. RANT OF THE DAY: The Voccio Doctrine. Gary Voccio retired from his medical practice and began a second career as the director of Northwest District of the Georgia Department of Public Health right before the coronavirus pandemic arrived in Georgia. The doctor was among those credited early on with pushing for the needed tests that confirmed a Polk County woman under examination at Floyd Medical Center would become the first “positive” patient in Northwest Georgia. Since then, Voccio has been among the more public faces in the region when it comes to the virus and what’s next.  And late Friday, he issued another community update that demanded and received immediate notice. We know that based on the hits or views or whatever we call them this week on our website. He said: “So, we’re reopening. Even if we do it right, the decision to reopen the state and our Northwest Georgia communities without a treatment or vaccine is a decision to accept more illness and more death for the sake of resurrecting our economy sooner.” Of all the speeches and lectures we’re heard since March 1 from the governor on down, that last paragraph nailed exactly where we are – and exactly why we are here. The only question from it all is whether we’re going to listen to what Voccio had to say. We hope so as we have many more innings to go.