Sunny Saturday, Soggy Sunday for busy weekend in NW Georgia. Steeplechase gates open at 9 a.m. Rome Spring Art Market continues today. A former major league baseball player dancing in Rome. Friday's dining scores and latest jail reports.

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Weather should stay clear for busy weekend -April 13: Berry College will host its first Student Enterprise Development Conference featuring top executives at Coca-Cola and Ford Motor Company. -April 13: The Second Annual Spring Art Market returns to the Rome Civic Center with more than 50 artists, authors and food producers. -April 13: 20,000 visitors heading to Kingston Downs Saturday for the 48th running of the Steeplechase. Gates open at 9 a.m. -April 13-14: The Chieftain's Museum/Major Ridge Home Herb and Plant Sale will take place at the Coosa Valley Fairgrounds. Saturday hours are 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Sunday, noon-3 p.m. -April 13: Cedartown Block Party and Cruise-In set for 7-11 p.m. in the downtown community.    Your forecast: -Saturday: Sunny, high of 74, low of 46. -Sunday: 40-60% rain chance, high of 71, low of 55. -Monday: 30% chance of rain, high of 77, low of 61.   Weekend's latest headlines: -Aug. 17: Former Major League baseball player Cecil Fielder among those competing in the Third Annual Rome Celebrity Dance Challenge benefiting the Sexual Assault Center of Northwest Georgia. -Chloe Schuttinga is parks & rec's first national qualifier: Chloe placed second overall in the regionals held in Jackson, Miss. Only the top six finishers make it to the nationals. -April 15: WRGA adding earlier local news, Wall Street Journal This Morning, from 5-7 a.m.: Listen for earlier local news reports beginning at 5 a.m. this Monday as WRGA 1470 AM also adds Wall Street Journal This Morning from 5 until 7 a.m. weekdays. -April 18: The Civil War Symposium at the library will feature Dr. Keith S. Hebert, Assistant Professor of History and Co-Director of the Center for Public History at the University of West Georgia. -April 20: Berry College will host its eighth annual World Music and Dance Festival on the lawn in front of the college library.   Friday's latest Public Health restaurant scores.    Latest jail reports.

Hometown Headlines Radio Edition 7-9 a.m. weekdays. Listen live online -Please join our guests Monday including: -Tim Adams, Floyd's director of palliative care, on National Healthcare Decision Day. -Shannen Ferry, director of environmental horticulture at Georgia Northwestern Technical College on the spring plant sale April 19-21. Hometown Sports -Rome Braves get quick win over Savannah, 5-2. -Braves on the road tonight through Wednesday. -See Mills Fitzner's latest home game photos. Click