📅 Friday, February 20, 2026 Good morning, Jay! 🌅 Spring-like weather continues. Here's your daily briefing:
🌤️ Weather — 3-Day Outlook
🏠 Woodstock, GA — Now: 62°F • Fri: H 74° / L 60° | Rain 38% • Sat: H 65° / L 51° | Rain 27% • Sun: H 52° / L 31° | Rain 27% • 🤧 Pollen: 5.2/12 (Medium) — Alder, Juniper, Oak • 🟢 Air Quality: 41 (Good)
🏙️ Charlotte, NC — Now: 66°F • Fri: H 78° / L 58° | Rain 23% • Sat: H 65° / L 54° | Rain 24% • Sun: H 56° / L 32° | ⚠️ Rain 64%
🏔️ Johnson City, TN — Now: 58°F • Fri: H 63° / L 48° | Rain 55% • Sat: H 57° / L 41° | Rain 39% • Sun: H 41° / L 23° | Rain 48%
⚾ Braves — Spring Training
🎯 Testing the Automated Ball-Strike Challenge System — Braves got hands-on with the ABS system Thursday. Manager Walt Weiss: "It was good to get a look at it" — players learning when to trust their gut before burning limited challenges.
Spring games kick off today! Cactus and Grapefruit League action begins across MLB.
Schwellenbach & Waldrep injury updates already covered earlier this week.
⚽ Atlanta United
🏆 TOMORROW: Season opener vs FC Cincinnati! Nationally televised kickoff to 2026.
All recent roster moves and preseason results already covered earlier this week.
📺 WBD News
The Netflix-Paramount bidding war drama continues:
• 🎬 James Cameron Sounds Alarm Over Netflix-WBD Deal — The director is warning about impact on theatrical releases, publicly backing Paramount's bid over Netflix.
• 🏛️ Paramount's Legal Maneuver Alarms Democratic Senators — David Ellison's team planning to put government regulators on a time crunch if they knock out Netflix.
The shareholder vote (March 20) and Paramount deadline (Feb 23) remain unchanged from earlier this week.
🗺️ Local & Family News
• Woodstock: New principal named for Woodstock Middle School — Cherokee High Assistant Principal Elizabeth Spell (28 years in education) takes over.
Have a great day! ☕