(Almost) First Friday concert tonight in downtown Cartersville. Latest regional business updates. Cartersville, Woodland scrimmage tonight. High near 90; 20% rain chance Sunday. Later today: Bartow County Jail, Cartersville Police arrest reports

For more on these stories and for tomorrow's Bartow news today, please see www.bartowheadlines.com:

 

Ware Mechanical forecast:

• Near 90, sunny skies through Saturday; 20% rain chance Sunday.
• Kickoff forecast tonight: 86, sunny skies, low humidity.

Headlines:

• Hobby Lobby's front-end work continues; Sept. 19 opening still a 'go.'
• Floyd seeks new County Emergency Management director; vacant since late December.
• Video: Floyd Breast Center's Aimee Griffin, Foundation's Cassidy Carter on Hometown Radio discussing 3 Rivers Run, Paper Doll Parade.
• Knights of Columbus Labor Day BBQ ready to start smokin' as tickets go on sale (with coupon to save $1 on Rome Braves' game).
• Big Cat Quest fishing tournament adds a Rome stop on Aug. 30.
• Exchange Club gets Blood Assurance update today. Rome leaders meet Monday to review Tennis Center plans.
• Tillman 5K, Health Walk. Health fair for men (mostly). And time to get dancin.'
• Public Health restaurant inspection scores for Floyd, Bartow, Gordon, Polk and Chattooga counties.  Dining
• Bartow County Jail reports; Cartersville Police arrest reports

Regular features:

• We're now posting photos on our Instagram page as well. Follow us at Hometown
• Northwest Georgia's best source for job leads. Click Career Builder
  

Chick-fil-A Dwarf House Sports Report

• Rome Braves hang on for 3-2 win.
• Braves at Charleston tonight.
• Plenty of high school football scrimmages tonight. Games
• Georgia High School Football Daily picks Darlington to win AA Section 7. Click
• John McClellan on high school football: New challenges in 2014 season for many programs. McClellan

Hometown Headlines Radio Edition now on 98.7 FM and 1470 AM

• 7-9 a.m. weekdays, Click to listen live online
• Please join our guests including:
• A meteorologist from the National Weather Service's Peachtree City office as we look at our recent cool weather and what's ahead for the rest of August across Northwest Georgia.
• Deanna Dennis, a counselor at Highland Rivers Health, with an update on suicide prevention and warning signs, including risk factors and resources.
• Hometown Headlines/WRGA News Roundtable.