First-time jobless claims down 12.3%. Update on new Steak 'n Shake. Restaurant scores. Cartersville-Gordon Central among top games of the week.

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400 more jobs here last month vs. September 2011
-First-time jobless claims down 12.3% in Bartow
-Georgia's unemployment rate declined to 9 %

-A look at who's hiring locally.

 

Cartersville City Commission meets tonight.

-Oct. 18: Bartow Business and Contractors Connection, 4-7 p.m. at Meg Pie.

Gordon Central at Cartersville among state's top games Friday. .

Forecast

-Thursday: 60% rain chance, high of 72, low 40.
-Friday: Sunny, high of 72, low of 43.
-Saturday: Sunny, high of 69, low of 43.

Dining
-Bids sought for Cartersville's Steak 'n Shake
-Weekly Public Health dining scores.

NAIA cuts football championship contract by two years; last Rome game set for December 2013.

 

Latest Bartow County Jail report.

 

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-Please join our guests today including:

-Julian Gray of Tellus Science Museum tells us about all the small earthquakes nearby in recent days.
-State Rep. Barbara Massey Reece, D-Menlo, on seeking a new term to represent Chattooga and part of Floyd counties.