Bartow's jobless rate drops to 7.7% in April. Latest restaurant news from downtown Cartersville. Gingrey, Graves vote yes on Keystone pipeline. Rain-free Memorial Day weekend in the forecast.

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Jobless rate drops again, especially in Bartow, Polk -Floyd's unemployment rate at 8.5% and falling. -Region's new jobs helping ease employment crunch. Restaurant report: -Louie's Cafe begins move to downtown Cartersville. -Cajun back on the menu at Knight's 1889 in Cartersville. -Antonino's Italian Grotto at the corner of Wall Street and Main Street is gone.  -Blue Fin's parent group adds Marietta site. -Church's Chicken coming to Calhoun. -Another U for a Rome area restaurant; second sub-70 rating in just over three months.   Graves, Gingrey join House majority in OK'ing Keystone XL pipeline bypass. Rain-free Memorial Day weekend on the way. -Highs mostly in the lower 80s except for a dip into the upper 70s on Friday. Low of 46 Friday night. Full forecast on Hometown. July 23 ground breaking for new Polk Medical Center.   Today's latest jail reports.

Hometown Headlines Radio Edition 7-9 a.m. weekdays. Listen live online -Please join our guests Thursday including: -The Rev. Victor Galier, a former seminarian at Saint Mary's Catholic Church in Rome who was raised in tornado-ravaged Moore, Okla. -U.S. Rep. Phil Gingrey on the IRS targeting and other key issues in Washington. -U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson takes a look at Washington and the IRS mess as well as other issues there.

Hometown Sports     Rome Braves -Augusta goes on hitting streak, beats Braves 12-4. -Rome on the road through Sunday vs. Asheville. -See Mills Fitzner's latest home game photos.  Click