Near-record low this morning, high of 51. Floyd County sales tax rises to 7% again on Tuesday (SPLOST). What's behind the chicken restaurant surge. Lots of 'buzz' today.

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Ware Mechanical weather: -A chilly start to our day with a morning low (as of 5 a.m.) of 28 degrees, two degrees shy of Rome's record low of 26 set on March 26, 1940. In Cartersville, the record is 24 degrees set in 2008. We'll warm up to the low 50s. Sunny skies for now.   Headlines: Floyd County's sales tax returns to 7% on Tuesday as new SPLOST begins. What's Buzzing: Berry Student Enterprises selling online. New 'test' for RHS students. Starving Artists get new 'home.' 2014 Rome Braves days away. Details Why so many chicken-based restaurants in our area? Overall sales jump. And who's on top? Chick-Fil-A Jeans 4 Justice, Dining to Donate part of Sexual Assault Awareness Month observances. Rome restaurant gets a 'U' with 64 score. Today's jail reports.

Chick-fil-A Dwarf House Sports Report Berry Half / 10K / 5K:This Saturday at Berry College, benefitingBerry College Elementary and Middle School.Save 15% on late registration courtesy of Harbin Clinic and Hometown Headlines by going to Berry Half Marathon and using the promo code HH2014.   Georgia Fire indoor football team selling tickets. Season opener is Saturday, April 5, at The Forum.                                  Gates open at 10 a.m. for Saturday's Atlanta Braves v. Future Stars game at State Mutual Stadium.  First pitch: 2 p.m. -2014 promotional schedule released. -Rome's season open April 3 on the road; first home game April 10 vs. Savannah.   Links to latest updates from Berry, Shorter, Georgia Northwestern and Georgia Highlands.

Your  Ware Mechanical forecast: -Wednesday: Sunny, high of 51, low of 34.  -Get your three-day forecast and updated weather links at Hometown Headlines.

Hometown Headlines Radio Edition 7-9 a.m. weekdays. Listen live at 98.7 FM, 1470 AM  or wrga.streamon.fm. Please join our guests: Ann Pullen and Ruth Demeter on the 11th Annual Rome International Festival set for this Saturday at BridgePoint Plaza. Janet Eberhardt of Floyd County Public Health on the importance of National Pre-Teen Vaccination Week. The Rev. Chris Barberi of Rome First United Methodist Church on what life is like in the Ukraine based on his many visits there on missionary work.