'Slow' 2014 Georgia primary really a sizzler with a year to go. Latest dining updates. 50% rain chance; flood watch continues; tracking local rivers. Gas drops 3 cents. New: Small business column.

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The Buzz -Georgia was cruising toward a boring 2014 primary until Saxby Chambliss announced he was retiring. With a year to go, the "off-year" election cycle is red hot -- and could get hotter.Layla Shipman and Wendy Davis talk to Hometown's Natalie Simms about what's ahead for area, Georgia voters as the next campaign cycle breaks loose. -Valero spot getting a face lift: All the signs are gone and an interior demolition permit is in hand. What's next for the retail spot? -Dining: With less than three weeks to go, the folks behind Jamwiches are baiting fans with The DrewBerry or The Swagger. Join the debate. Plus: Just how much do you appreciate the cows? Weather -50% rain chance today; maybe a quarter of an inch due. -Flood watch continues until 8 tonight for Northwest Georgia. -Coosa above flood stage at Lock & Dam; Conasauga near flood stage near Tilton. -Highs in the upper 80s to start the week. New features -Business Consultant Matt Pearce of the Small Business Development Center in Rome's column on "Do I have enough money to start a business?"    Gas prices Georgia gas prices down three cents a gallon to $3.33 vs. $3.19 a year ago, according to AAA South. -A county-by-county look, courtesy of Georgia Gas Prices,shows the Wilco-Hess store in Calhoun continues to sell the cheapest gas in the region at $3.13 a gallon.       Today's latest jail reports.

Hometown Headlines Radio Edition 7-9 a.m. weekdays. Listen live online -Please join our guests Monday including: -Layla Shipman, Floyd GOP, and Wendy Davis, Democratic National Committee member, to talk the upcoming busy primary election season in Georgia and looking ahead to 2014. -Plus: Keith Spellman, a meteorologist from the National Weather Service, joins us at 8:10 a.m. to explain where all this rain came from and what it means in coming weeks.

Hometown Sports -Rome beats Tourists in Sunday double-header; four wins in a row for Braves.  -Rome Braves off today; begin seven-game road tour Tuesday to Lakewood, Hagerstown. -See Mills Fitzner's latest home game photos Click