Bartow's jobless rate down to 8.9%. 500 new Mohawk jobs. Candidate qualifying continues. Toasty Memorial Day weekend forecast. Restaurant inspection scores. Latest jail reports.

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April jobless rate dips to 8.9% in Bartow

-Floyd, Gordon still above 10%
-Polk at 9%, Georgia at 8.7%
-Latest on which industries are hiring; government sheds jobs.

Mohawk the second major jobs announcement in 11 months.

Round two of qualifying today through 5 p.m. 

-Most local incumbents qualified on Wednesday; few contested races so far.

Shorter Lady Hawks: NAIA national softball champ!

Public health restaurant scores: Lowest score in the region is an 80 this week; lots of high scores.Dining

Latest community briefs

 

Later today: Jail reports.

 

Toasty Memorial Day weekend ahead

-Thursday: High of 87, low of 63.

-Friday: High of 89, low of 62.

-Holiday weekend: Highs around 90, lows in the mid 60s; slight chance of rain through Sunday.

Hometown Headlines Radio Edition, 7-9 a.m., WRGA 1470 AM:

-Please join our guests today including Gretchen Corbin of the Georgia Department of Economic Development on the Mohawk expansion in Chattooga County; Mindy McCannon, vice president of Academic Affairs at Georgia Northwestern Technical College; and David Dundee, astronomy program manager at Tellus, on the mean of the Space X private space mission.

 

Rome Braves sweep Augusta; host Asheville in double header beginning tonight at 5.