Make that Greater Community Bank starting May 15. Cartersville PD starts drug dropoff. Regional Public Health restaurant scores. High of 81; storms likely Friday. Rome Braves open 2014 season tonight. Later today: Bartow County Jail reports

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Ware Mechanical forecast: 

Another round of 80-plus degree temperatures today and then we start to see the effects of an incoming cold front. Friday will see about a half inch of rain with the best chance of thunderstorms between 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. Continuing coverage on Hometown Headlines.

Headlines: 

• Make that Greater Community Bank, no longer Rome, effective May 15. Greater Community
• Looking for prime office space? How about the federal courthouse in downtown Rome. For lease
• Another 'sign' of progress for Ichiban Japanese Steakhouse & Sushi. Ichiban
• Buzz: Drug drop-off events in Rome, Cartersville. Georgia Northwestern offers OSHA compliance training. Buzz
• Public Health restaurant inspection scores from Floyd, Bartow.
• Bartow County Jail reports later today.

Chick-fil-A Dwarf House Sports Report

• Rome Braves:  Season opens on the road tonight at 6:35 vs. Hagerstown.
• First home game April 10 at 7 p.m. vs. Savannah.
• Braves' home game photos by Mills Fitzner.
  
• YMCA's spring soccer program off to strong start.
• Rome Middle School players, Pepperell Middle player make Georgia all-stars football team, to play in Bradenton, Fla., June 20. Rome's Charles Smith to coach seventh grade team.
• Rome's Doug Shows is among the 10-person officiating team announced for the NCAA Final Four basketball championships
• Coming Friday: 'Sweet' Norman Arey's pick to win the national championship.
• Shorter Hawks' spring football scrimmage is Friday at Barron Stadium beginning at 7 p.m.
• Georgia Fire:  Tickets on sale for Saturday Forum debut of the new indoor football team.

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• Please join our guests today including:
• David Lance, president and CEO of what will now be known as Greater Community Bank.
• Matt Pearce of the Small Business Development Center on tips for hiring a college student (undergraduate or graduate student) for a summer internship.
• Julie Bumpus, Berry College's Associate Vice President of Student Affairs, on Saturday's Walk MS: Georgia 2014 5K event at Berry.