Happy Thanksgiving! Jobless rate drops again in area counties in October. 70s today, 24 overnight Saturday. Silver Creek Christmas trees going up at governor's mansion.

Happy Thanksgiving from Hometown Headlines.   For these and other headlines, please see www.hometownheadlines.com or www.bartowheadlines.com:   More to be thankful for: Unemployment rate drops, more working in October -The jobless rate continues to call across Northwest Georgia, especially when comparing October to the same month in 2011. -County-by-county reports. 70s again today; 24 degrees overnight Saturday -Enjoy the balmy weather today because a wintry blast is on the way. Temperatures will drop rapidly Friday with Saturday night's low now set at 24 degrees and Sunday night, 28 degrees. The forecast: -Thanksgiving: Sunny, high of 72, low of 39. Call it 'Blue Light Thursday' -Big crowd outside Rome's Kmart at 5:24 this morning as they waited to take advantage of a series of "triple door busters" planned at the start beginning at 6 a.m. and continuing until 4 p.m. Other retailers jump into the early Black Friday sales beginning at 8 tonight.   Silver Creek Christmas trees going up at governor's mansion -Wyatt Bramblett's trees arrived Wednesday courtesy of the Floyd County Sheriff's Office. Saturday's Powerball jackpot jumps to $325 million: No big winners Wednesday night.   Latest jail reports.

Hometown Headlines Radio Edition, WRGA 1470 AM, 7-9 a.m. weekdays. Listen live online   -Please join us today for some replays of recent interviews. -And please join our guests Friday including: -Lamante Attaud of the chamber's Small Business Action Council on Small Business Saturday and what it means in Northwest Georgia. -Norman Arey on this weekend's "rivalry" college football games and a glance ahead at the conference championships on Dec. 1.