Restaurants adding summer meals, drinks. Maybe one more day of record heat -- but no relief. Another smog alert today. Gas prices drop but still up more than a buck vs. last year. Braves clobbered. Arey on sports.

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-Monster burgers, summer fruits, cool drinks dominate new menus in Cartersville, Rome:

Local restaurants expand summer menus with seasonal favorites, fresh fruits and vegetables and cool beverages.

-Broome's Hall of Fame Trophies moves, grows. Shop keeps West Third Street address but moves closer to Fifth Avenue. 

 

 Record streak over? Maybe so but still nothing but 90s.

-Records: Wednesday, Sunday, 98; Thursday, Friday, 97; 96 Saturday (tie)

-Monday: High of 95, low of 65. Record: 98 in 1943.

-Tuesday: High of 95, low of 64. Record: 102 in 1976.

-Wednesday: High of 95, low of 65. Record: 103 in 1933.

 

Another smog alert for Bartow, metro Atlanta.

Gas prices drop another 7 cents but we're still paying $1.04 more a gallon than a year ago.

Latest Bartow County Jail reports.

What's ahead in Bartow County.

Rome Braves: Sports

-Ugly! Kannapolis wins 16-4.

-Today-Tuesday in Kannapolis; home vs. Greenville Thursday-Saturday.

-Rome to honor Bobby Cox at June 18 game.

 

Norman Arey's Sports Roundtable. Arey

-Winnipeg loves Thrashers; NFL teams put play books on iPads.