High of 75 today; thunderstorms due overnight. WRGA: 3 men arrested in Cartersville had terror plot. Academy Sports opens April 11. Confluence 2014 begins. Regional Public Health restaurant scores. Later today: Bartow County Jail reports

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Ware Mechanical weather: We're in for some spring-like thunderstorms overnight, probably beginning after 2 a.m. Updates all day. Look for a high today of 75, 17 degrees above our normal for this time of year. Today's headlines:    Chilling story from WRGA on the three suspects arrested on federal weapons and explosives charges last Saturday.   Academy Sports + Outdoors to open April 11.   Demolition starts to make way for new Community Kitchen building.   Confluence 2014 opens at DeSoto: Today's schedule.    The Season Events grows as Holly Lynch's The Season partners with caterer Ray Harris.   PowerBall jackpot update. Rome in Bloom tour set. Kemp: 2016 presidential primary could be March 1.   Regional Public Health restaurant scores. From Floyd, Bartow, Gordon, Polk, Chattooga counties.   Today's jail reports.

Chick-fil-A Dwarf House Sports Report      All four county high schools to be represented in state basketball playoffs.   Basketball: -Georgia Highlands College sports updates. The Lady Chargers travel to Albany Georgia to take on Albany Tech today. GHC men on the road in Albany to take on Albany Tech. Tip off 7:30pm. -Shorter men begin final road series tonight: Shorter (8-14 overall, 5-11 GSC) opens its travels heading to Pensacola, Fla., for an 8 p.m. Gulf South Conference showdown a West Florida. Hawks -The Lady Hawks open a three-game Gulf South Conference road trip starting set squaring off against West Florida at 6 tonight in Pensacola where they will be out to provide head coach Vic Mitchell with a milestone 400th career win. Lady Hawks   Baseball: college Berry takes finale with Bates, 8-3. Softball: Berry splits with LaGrange. Links to latest updates from Berry, Shorter, Georgia Northwestern and Georgia Highlands.

Your  Ware Mechanical forecast: -Thursday: Tricky day ahead. High of 75, low of 48. Rain, thunderstorm chance tonight: 100 percent. -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: Rome City Schools superintendent Dr. Jeff Bearden on the decision to extend the school day to compensate for lost instruction time. Dr. Brian Carroll, professor of communication at Berry College, on no laughing matter: fewer parodies of the national news.