No snow after all; flurries tonight, Saturday? Latest Cartersville, Bartow County updates

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What didn't happen: Give WAGA's Ken Cook the win. Just after 11 p.m. Thursday, he told viewers the storm system was just about out of our area and that the winter storm advisory would be dropped by 3 a.m. The weather service did that--at 12:30 a.m. What did happen: Gusts to 44 mph at the airport overnight.
-Friday: Mostly sunny, high near 40, gusts to 20 mph. Low of 22.

-Saturday: Sunny, high of 45, maybe some flurries; low of 23.

-Sunday: Mostly sunny, high of 50, low of 28.

-Extended forecast: Click / Regional radar: Click

Contract signed; 'big' Publix coming to Charles Hight Square in 2012

-You can move Publix Super Markets' first Rome store from "tentative" to done deal status. Contracts have been signed with Madison Retail LLC to build the store at the former site of Hight Homes off Turner McCall and Fifth Avenue across from the Floyd Medical Center campus, says Brenda Reid, the company's Atlanta-area spokeswoman.

-Top-of-the-line store: It is going to be among the largest Publix stores, with 54,000 square feet under roof, and will include a pharmacy. By comparison, the Cartersville Publix is just shy of 49,000 square feet. The Kroger in Riverbend Center is 62,190 square feet, according to Ledbetter Properties' website.

-Shopping begins? The store will open in 2012.

-The mice type: This was not the slam dunk some have indicated. Look for security and access contract stipulations.

-What's next: Confirmation of second-tier tenants, including restaurants.

-About Publix: Posted $24.3 billion in sales in 2009. Total stores in Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama and South Carolina: 1,033. Employees: more than 145,000.

Cartersville schools set three snow make-up days: Feb. 18, 21 and March 11.

-Missed instruction, upcoming tests cited by school leaders as well as uncertainty about the rest of the winter forecast. Details

Two Cartersville men among suspects arrested in Operation Spider Web crackdown on drugs, weapons. Details

Latest public health restaurant inspection scores. Dining

Thursday's Bartow County Jail reports. Jail Intake Report // Incident Reports

Latest updates from the chamber of commerce: Details on upcoming ribbons cuttings, annual meeting and more. Click

Norman Arey's Sports Commentary. Arey 

-Do you have a nominee for the all-names team? NCAA needs more security.

Rome Braves/State Mutual Stadium. Click Sports

-Jan. 31: Phil Niekro headlines Rome Braves' Hot Stove Gathering.  Sports

-Matt Walbeck to manage Rome Braves in 2011. Rome Braves