Sizzling summer continues with 97 Monday, slight break today. Latest on Storm Debby. Later this morning: updated Bartow County Jail reports.

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Bartow Business and Contractors host 'triangle party' today in Cartersville.

 

Later this morning: Latest Bartow County Jail reports.

 

New Dollar Tree by Mount Berry Square should be open by Aug. 15; hiring about to begin.

The Hon Co. in Cedartown needs 30 employees now; job fair Wednesday.

After another sweltering day -- 97 degrees -- we get a bit of a break today (91) but look for more upper 90s through Sunday.
-Latest forecast shows little if any rain this week.

Florida seeing incredible rainfall as Debby inches closer
-Storm's 45-mph winds, heavy rain heading toward Gulf Coast at just 3 mph.

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-Please join our guests today including
-Crystal Paulk-Buchanan with Georgia Emergency Management as that office tracks Tropical Storm Debby and its potential impact on the state.
-Eric Lindberg, Rome's environmental services director, on what the high court ruling on Lanier's water means to Rome.
-Peter Lawler, Dana professor of government at Berry College, on what we might expect from the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on the Obamacare debate.

 

Rome Braves win home opener 4-2 in series with Greenville Drive. Braves home through July 3.