Rome no. 21 nationally in cities with best potential for restaurant growth; Calhoun also gets a nod. Dining scores. Early voting continues. Santa arrives Nov. 9? High near 80.

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Dining
Rome ranks 21st in the nation when it comes to restaurant growth potential: A recent survey showed 189 restaurants here averaged more than $1 million in annual sales each. It also shows that local and visiting diners could handle a virtual buffet of new options, too.
-Tuesday's Public health restaurant inspection scores.

 

Business

-Synovus, parent company of Citizens First Bank, posts another quarterly profit and announces goal to repay TARP funds next year.

-Record arrival for Santa? He'll be at the mall starting the evening of Nov. 9.

 

Don't forget to vote in WSB poll on Cartersville vs. Adairsville football game Friday night.

 

Early voting continues in Bartow County for Nov. 6 general election.

Weather

-Wednesday: Sunny, high of 79, low of 51.

-Thursday: Sunny, high of 78, low of 53.

-Friday: Mostly sunny, high of 80, low of 53.

Late-season tropical storm has Florida's southeast coast on alert. 

Latest Bartow County Jail report.

 

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-Please join our guests this including:

-Bill Peterson, athletics director at Shorter, on Thursday's 'championship' night football game for the Hawks at Barron Stadium. -Brian McClellan, Gordon County's IT director, on the new Apple iPad mini and other "toys" 

-Janice Hopkins of the Tony E. Warren MD Harbin Clinic Cancer Center on the Early Bird Cancer Walk.