Busy weekend begins in Bartow: Sample Your City, Business Expo, Tellus' Heavy Metal. Plus: Football updates. Forecast: Mid-70s, some rain.

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Sample Your City continues. Chamber's business Expo begins. Tellus' Heavy Metal set for Saturday.

 

The Greener Burger shop up for lease

-Clean-up done, equipment ready to go for immediate use. 

-Thursday's Public Health restaurant scores.

 

State sees jump in net tax collections vs. last September but still below prerecession levels.

 

2% growth in net income for Bank of the Ozarks.

 

Your hometown football guide

-Norman Arey's Norman's No-Nos: LSU goes down again as Tennessee, Gators win.

-John McCellan's high school picks:  Big wins for Rome, Model and Calhoun.

-South 107 Scoreboard, 10 p.m.-midnight or online.

-Shorter hosts Ave Maria, 1:30 p.m., Barron Stadium.

 

Weekend events:

-Chili cookoff, Tellus' Heavy Metal in Motion, 'Streetcar' opening, two big runs mark another busy fall weekend.

Tonight's kickoff forecast: Around 70, slight rain chance
-Friday: 30% rain chance, high of 76, low of 54. 
-Saturday: Sunny, high of 78, low of 48. 
-Sunday: 20% rain chance, high of 77, low of 58. 

 

Hometown Headlines Radio Edition, WRGA 1470 AM. 7 to 9 a.m. weekdays. Listen live online 

-Please join our guests today including:
-Layla Shipman and Wendy Davis join us at 7:40 a.m. to get their respective takes on who won the vice presidential debate Thursday night.
-WRGA News Director Kevin Karel and Andrew Carter join us for the Hometown/WRGA News Roundtable beginning at 8:10 a.m.