Bartow's first-time jobless claims up 1.8% in November, down from a year earlier. Sunny, high of 62; storms due Sunday? NAIA game festivities begin. Public Health restaurant scores for the week. Later today: Bartow County Jail reports

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November jobs report -Local labor force: Highest level all year in Rome/Floyd -First-time jobless claims: Up vs. October in Bartow County; down vs. November 2012. -Goodwill Career Center sets job fair for Jan. 15. NAIA @ Rome Today: -Cumberlands, Grand View arrive in Rome. -Today: School visits and then the Champions of Character luncheon at The Forum at noon with guest speaker Hal Lamb, Calhoun High football coach. -Downtown storefronts adding game messages, markings. -FanZone returns to stadium from 2:30-4:30 p.m. Saturday. -Game day forecast: Near record heat, probably rain, too.   Ty Wilkes joins staff of Heritage First Bank Courtyard by Marriott, City Exchange under way   Christmas services begin Tuesday afternoon.   Latest Public Health restaurant scores: -Weekly updates covering Floyd, Bartow, Gordon, Polk and Chattooga counties. Ware Mechanical weather: -Sunday could be stormy, wet. Rain chance for Saturday's NAIA game: 30%. Christmas Day: Sunny, high of 50.   Today's jail reports.

Chick-Fil-A Dwarf House Sports Report     NAIA title game Saturday at Barron Stadium: Grand View vs. Cumberlands, 4:30 p.m. kickoff. -Today: Champion of Character luncheon at the Forum, noon, $25, open to all.   Links to latest updates from Berry, Shorter, Georgia Northwestern and Georgia Highlands.

Your  Ware Mechanical forecast: -Thursday: Sunny, high of 62, low of 37. -Get your three-day forecast and updated weather links at Hometown Headlines.

Hometown Headlines Radio Edition 7-9 a.m. weekdays. Listen live online atwrga.streamon.fm  -Please join our guests Thursday including: -State Rep. Katie Dempsey on what to expect from the 2014 General Assembly. -David Dundee, astronomy program manager at Tellus Science Museum on the moon rock that goes on display on Friday. Plus: China's lunar exploration and that fireball in Alabama. -Jessica Brady of AAA South on Christmas/New Year's travel, what to expect and what we'll pay at the pump.