Today's top headlines:

• Floyd results: Absentees push Roberson, Caldwell into Aug. 11 runoff for Floyd County sheriff. No changes to other races.
• Floyd Commission Chair Scotty Hancock calls out Secretary of State who blamed local offices for election chaos: 'This problem has stemmed from faulty equipment that was provided from your office.'
• 17th Gordon resident dies from coronavirus; 14 new positive tests in Floyd County in 24 hours; 29 in the region. State death toll at 2,329.
• Dining: Upon further review, work just starting on Panda Express; wood-frame building at East Bend is Chipotle.
• Ware Mechanical Weather Center: Mid 80s and comfortable today, upper 80s and sunny throughout the weekend.
• Obituaries: Robert Walsh Frevert, Mr. James Edward “Jeff” Frost.
• Truett's Chick-Fil-A Sports Report: Euharlee Creek Outfitters open today-Sunday for rentals.

Rant of the Day: Tweet opens open wounds in Rome.

Let's talk about something dividing our communities.

It involves a text that arrived from a colleague in Cartersville on Wednesday evening. It was a forward of a Tweet from one of the nation's more recognized sports journalists who was fed up with all the racial issues. Her tweet included a video of a demonstration by hate groups in Rome.

A quick check confirmed it was from that rally downtown five years ago and not in the aftermath of the murder of George Floyd. It didn't matter: the original Tweeter posted it, named Rome, Ga., had no time stamp and here it was being shared by millions of people using the Tweeter machine.

We sent the sports journalist a note telling her the images were old and that the very same event helped spawn One Community United and other groups opposing racism and hatred. It was still there at last check and some 6.2 million people -- and counting -- had viewed it. That's not a surprise as the journalist has 1.2 million followers of her own.

But that's troubling. And it comes a week after a vendor was photographed sitting on top of a Rome Police Department motorcycle and decided to use a photo of that opportunity as he exposed his support for the KKK.

Once again, Rome, Ga.

Add the Forrest monument debate to all this and we've got work to do. We just wish the Tweeter machine would include the efforts of One Community United and others when it comes to healing racism and hatred.

Maybe that's possible, one Tweet at a time.