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Family, friends mourning two sisters as the GBI investigates who dumped their bodies off the Bypass below Grizzard Park.
Fourth Bartow resident dies this week; 35th overall. State toll now at 1,517. Positive tests cases climbs to 35,427 in Georgia; 752 around here.
Rome-Floyd Parks and Recreation: All parks, amenities at those parks reopen Thursday; farmers market starts June 6; swim, Parker Center closed for now.
Justice Department files suit against Cedartown companies 'alleging housing discrimination against African-American applicants who are elderly or have a disability.'
Ware Mechanical Weather Center: Mid to upper 80s now through Sunday with a slight chance of rain toward the end of the weekend.
RANT OF THE DAY: To identify the victims or not.
Yet again, we have a case where family and friends are using social media to eulogize their loved ones while, officially, we don't know who was killed or why.
So we broke the rules in naming the Rome sisters today. We'll hear about it. And we'll counter with this: The time has come for those involved in such cases to react at the speed of news itself. By all means, respect the family's wishes and privacy; the community's urge to know can't override that.
But also remember the people shaken by one of the most gruesome cases in recent years -- and we've had too many, including the dismemberment of the overdose victim found in Bartow County and the mass shooting in Rockmart in early 2019 that left four dead.
Some of this just needs to change. As for our practices -- as we've learned in covering the coronavirus and information shortcomings there -- we're moving on.
