Cooler, drier days ahead; great weekend forecast. Business: LakePoint's Ehrhart is chamber luncheon speaker. Profitable quarter for Bank of the Ozarks. Later today: Bartow County Jail, Cartersville Police arrest reports

Where Bartow's news day starts and ends: www.bartowheadlines.com:

 

Ware Mechanical forecast:

• Slightly below-normal temperatures for a few days with highs below 70 and lows in the upper 40s. No rainfaill after more than 1.5 inches from the recent storms

Headlines:

• 'What If' a comic store was clean, fresh and family friend? Here's the answer. What If
• House District 13: Dempsey, Garrett on the state income tax and transportation. Politics
• Gary Jones, a gifted education teacher at East Central, named Rome's Teacher of the Year. Education
• Profitable quarter for Bank of the Ozarks. Business After Hours on Thursday. LakePoint's Ehrhart luncheon speaker. Business
• Smile Report: Rome's Madeleine Sabourin to compete in Miss Georgia Teen Georgia pageant next month. Smile Report
• Shorter to host 19th Annual Northwest Georgia Chorus. Master Gardener Volunteers plan a tree walk. Updates
• Public Health restaurant inspection scores for Northwest Georgia. Dining
• Bartow County Jail reports, Cartersville Police arrest reports

Regular features:

• Your guide to local Halloween, Trunk or Treat activities. Haunted Headlines
• Today's business headlines from  Georgia Trend
• Northwest Georgia's best source for job leads. Click Career Builder

Chick-fil-A Dwarf House Sports Report  (click)

Youth sports

• The YMCA's Arsenal Rome Soccer Club's Select teams had a tough weekend with 3 wins, 5 losses, and 3 ties; bringing the season record to 24-29-7.

College football:

• Shorter Hawks host West Alabama, 7 p.m. Thursday at Barron Stadium. Hawks
• Berry Football: The Vikings host Hendrix at 1 p.m. Saturday at Barron Stadium. Berry
• Coming Friday: Norman Arey's Noman's No-Nos, 15 certified college losers this weekend.

High School football:

• Georgia High School Football Daily: Cartersville moves up to no. 4 in AAAA; Darlington holds at no. 9 in AA; Calhoun at no. 2 in AAA. Monday
• Coming Tuesday: John McClellan's high school picks.  McClellan

Hometown Headlines Radio Edition on WRGA 98.7 FM & 1470 AM

• 7-9 a.m. Click to listen live online
• Please join our guests Wednesday including:
• At 7:40 a.m., Shorter basketball head coach Chad Warner as the team starts practice for the 2014-15 season.
• At 8:10 a.m., Scott Breithaupt, assistant vice president for Campaign and Leadership Giving at Berry, on the Valhalla stadium groundbreaking this Friday.
• At 8:40 a.m., Mark Cochran of Cevian Design Lab on a new year for Rome Fencing Club.