'New' hotel about to open at former Skytop site. Berry gets no. 1 rating in 'up and coming' colleges. Cool down begins Friday night; low in the upper 50s. Latest Public Health restaurant scores. Later today: Jail reports

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Today's Buzz -Studio 6, part of the reborn Skytop campus, to open in two weeks. Delay for the Ramada. -Own a piece of Broad Street for just $3 million -- and change. -Peers rank Berry no. 1 in 'up and coming' liberal arts colleges, according to U.S. News. -Floyd County Jail returns to 'Beyond Scared Straight' on Oct. 10. -Atlanta Braves' Rome 'Future Stars' game on the big club's schedule on March 29. -Colleges: Record freshman class for Berry, September homecoming for Shorter. Ware Mechanical forecast: Click -Mostly sunny, high of 90, low of 66. Lows in the upper 50s by Friday-Saturday morning.   Latest Public Health restaurant inspection reports for Floyd, Bartow counties. A 60 for popular fast-food franchise.   Today's Floyd County Jail Reports.

Chick-Fil-A Dwarf House Sports Report          Shorter football's home opener set for 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Barron Stadium vs. Mars Hill. John McClellan's high school picks: Rough night for Rome, Calhoun; Cartersville will cruise. Berry hosts LaGrange Sunday at Darlington at 2 p.m.   Georgia High School Football Daily:   Norman Arey's Norman's No Nos for week three posts Friday.

Your  Ware Mechanical forecast: -Wednesday: Mostly sunny, high of 89, low of 65. -Thursday: 20% rain chance, high of 90, low of 68. -Friday: 30% rain chance, high of 88, low of 57.

Hometown Headlines Radio Edition 7-9 a.m. weekdays. Listen live online -Please join our guests Wednesday including: -Lauren Adams of Floyd Healthcare Foundation on 'health and wealth,' Three Rivers run. -Brian McClellan, Gordon County's IT director, on the big Apple announcement Tuesday.