2 inches of rain since 6 p.m. Sunday; more due. Flood watch through 2 a.m. Tuesday. Gas prices jump 9 cents a gallon. Regional hotel update (including one project canceled). Later today: Bartow County Jail reports.

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Ware Mechanical forecast:

• Rainfall at 1.95 inches in 11 hours.
• Flood warning in Floyd, Chattooga until 10:15 a.m.; flood watch until 2 a.m. Tuesday.
• Another 1.5 inches of rain due throughout today.

Headlines: 

• Hotel headlines: Hawthorn not done just yet. Skytop back on the market. Courtyard promises river-themed focus. Hampton site ready to build. Hotels
• Business Monday: Big auction brewing. The changing face of Broad Street. Big home opening weekend for Braves. Updates
• May 10: New routes, start and stop points for Up the Creek Without a Pedal. Pedal
• Gas prices rocket above April 2013 levels across the state. Gas
• Bartow County Jail reports

Chick-fil-A Dwarf House Sports Report

• Rome Braves fall 6-2 to Hagerstown; drop series 1-3.  Next: three game set in Lexington tonight.
• First home game Thursday at 7 p.m. vs. Savannah.
• Braves' home game photos by Mills Fitzner.
• Rome's Doug Shows to call tonight's NCAA basketball championship game. Shows
• 'Sweet Norman' Arey: He got the Kentucky call right on Saturday; enough to beat UConn Monday? Arey

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Please join our guests Monday including:

• Harris Blackwood, director of the Governor's Office on Highway Safety, on the drop in traffic fatalities in Georgia in 2013.
• Rick Walker and Danny Wiseman on the Rome Area Fellowship of Christian Athletes annual banquet coming up April 29.