Heavy rain, thunderstorms in forecast for Tuesday-Friday. Today: 30% rain chance, high of 90. Local Independence Day festivities underway today. More than 230 prospective football players visit Shorter. More weekend updates.

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Heavy rainfall likely Tuesday-Friday could impact July 4th activities -The National Weather Service has issued a special weather statement to advise Northwest Georgia of prolong period of strong thunderstorms and very heavy rainfall is possible Tuesday-Friday. Isolated thunderstorms possible later this afternoon into the overnight hours. Weekend weather: -Sunday: 30% chance of rain, high of 90, low of 65. -Monday: 40% chance of rain, high of 88, low of 72. -Tuesday: 40% chance of rain, high of 84, low of 68. Independence Day festivities get underway today in Cave Spring, Rome. Funeral services today for Michael Patterson. More than 230 prospective football players attend Shorter University Prospect Camp.   Weekend updates: -More than 4,000 sandwiches made in Rome for Action Ministries -July 11: Coosa Valley Tennis Association to begin Tennis 101 program. Today's latest  jail reports.

Hometown Headlines Radio Edition 7-9 a.m. weekdays. Listen live online -WRGA News Director Kevin Karel substitutes for John Druckenmller Monday-Wednesday and Friday this coming week. Guests include: -Monday: Tony Kunczewski, head coach of the Berry Vikings, on this inaugural football season. Pete McDonald, acting president of Northwest Georgia Technical College, on the new Catoosa campus. -Tuesday: Harris Blackwood, director of the Governor's Office on Highway Safety, on July Fourth weekend crackdowns. Phil Jones, head coach of the Shorter Hawks, on the 2013 football season. -Wednesday: Sgt. Mike Barr of the state DNR on how summer has gone so far on our state waterways. -Thursday: Replays of recent Hometown interviews. -Friday: Joe Schulman of Tellus Science Museum on next week's big dinosaur event at the museum.

Hometown Sports - Rome Braves get a win over Savannah, 6-2. -Today: Rome in Savannah, 2 p.m. -See Mills Fitzner's latest home game photos Click