Cleaning up from Thursday evening's wild weather. Upper 80s today-Sunday. Governor upset by new 411 Connector detours. Floyd sales tax rolls back to 6 cents on the dollar July 1. Mathis sentencing today.

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Wild weather night in Northwest Georgia -Trees down in Floyd, Bartow, Gordon counties; quarter-inch hail in Cedartown; major wrecks on I-75 near Cartersville; close to 100,000 lose power statewide, mostly in Atlanta. -Father's Day weekend forecast: Upper 80s, some rain possible on Sunday. Floyd County residents to pay a penny less in sales tax starting July 1 as 2009 SPLOST ends. -Nov. 5 ballot to feature 'general,' education special purpose local option sales tax package.   Latest twists in 411 Connector route. GPB reports Deal upset with federal authorities latest request. WRGA: Chris Mathis to be sentenced this morning following conviction on 52 counts Thursday. Weekly Public Health restaurant scores from Floyd, Bartow.  -Plus: See what won the race to be the top Minor League Baseball park food item. Think ... sweet. Latest county Jail reports.

Hometown Headlines Radio Edition  7-9 a.m. weekdays. Listen live online -Please join our guests Friday including: -Bob Blumberg of Johnny's New York Style Pizza at 223 Broad St. on his recent investment to further remodel the building, restoring much of the former facade. -Hometown Headlines/WRGA news roundtable as Kevin Karel and Andrew Carter (and maybe Nelle Reagan) join us to analyze the week's local headlines.

Hometown Sports -Rome Braves fall 4-3 to Kannapolis -Tonight-Sunday in Kannapolis. -See Mills Fitzner's latest home game photos Click