Final day of Sales Tax Holiday. Tellus' fifth Night at the Museum ready to go this evening. High near 90 with 40% rain chance.

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Today's Buzz
-Final day of Sales Tax Holiday for back-to-school needs. Check retailer websites, emails; several are offering big coupons to triple your savings.
-Different kind of sack today for Shorter Hawks football. Team collecting can goods at area stores.
-Hawks report for 2013 football; practice starts Monday.
-Toyo expands again; Hodge named secretary of DCA board.

Latest Public Health restaurant inspection scores for Floyd, Bartow counties. 

Weekend forecast:
-Around 90 today and Sunday; 40-50% rain chance.

Five things to know about
-Night at the Museum V at Tellus tonight. Farmers Market this morning at Ridge Ferry.

Chick-Fil-A Dwarf House Sports Report
-Atlanta Braves go for record-tying 15th consecutive win tonight at The Ted vs. Marlins.
-5-0 win for Rome Braves.
-Norman Arey takes a closer look at what changes, if any, we'll see from the ACC this football season.
-Latest Rome Braves, college updates.  

Today's latest jail reports

-Look for reports at 4 and 8 a.m., also at 8 p.m.

 

What's ahead

 

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Hometown Headlines Radio Edition

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-Please join our guests Monday including:

-Sean Higgins, physical therapist at Floyd, on concussions and what's being done to prevent them.

-David Powell, Darlington's academic dean, on the new school year starting Aug. 19.

-Layla Shipman from Floyd County GOP on the Aug. 17 rally at Tillman Hangar at Russell Airport/Towers Field. The John Barge factor in the governor's race could but that contest on the level of the first meeting of all seven GOP U.S. Senate candidates.