Inch of rain possible Friday; high of 66 by Saturday. Cartersville job fair today the first of three big career fairs this month. Two area high school games among state's top 10 this week. Later today: Bartow County Jail reports, Cartersville Police arrest

Where Batow's news day starts – and ends. Updates all day at www.bartowheadlines.com:

 

Ware Mechanical forecast:

-Almost an inch of rain starting early Friday, ending early evening right around town for Friday night football. Today's high: 88. Saturday's high: 66 with 20-mph gusts.

Headlines:

• Business: 425 Broad St., home of Peach, on the market. LakePoint partner Ned Yost has Royals in playoffs. New name for Roman Court. Buzz
• Today through Oct. 29, three big job fairs: 50-plus employers in Cartersville; 80 temp jobs in Rome; 90-plus employers due in Acworth. Jobs
• Coosa Valley Fair updates: Seniors 55-plus get in free from 1-5 p.m. Schedule, links to winners. Fair
• Busy weekend at Barron Stadium (Hawks, Wolves, Vikings). Health fair for women. Sampling Cartersville restaurants. Weekend
• More than 8,000 due for Berry's Mountain Day celebration this weekend. Berry
• Breast Cancer Awareness growing in NW Georgia: Vargo Orthodontics, Blood Assurance (share yours with us). Pink
• Public Health restaurant inspection scores for Northwest Georgia. Dining
• Bartow County Jail reports, Cartersville Police arrest reports.

Regular features:

• 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)

• Shorter vs. Mississippi College tonight at 7:30 at Barron Stadium. 'Blue Out' planned to salute title teams. Hawks
• Berry Vikings host Washington in Mountain Day showdown at Barron Stadium at 6 p.m. Saturday. Vikings
• John McClellan's high school picks: Model by 1 over Darlington; Calhoun over Adairsville by 16. Wins for Cartersville, Rome.
• Darlington at Model, Adairsville at Calhoun among the state's top 10 games this weekend, according to High School Daily. Thursday
• Coming Friday: Norman Arey's Norman's No-Nos. 15 guaranteed locks to lose (he went 13-2 last week), 7:30 p.m. kickoff, Barron Stadium.

Hometown Headlines Radio Edition on WRGA 98.7 FM & 1470 AM

• 7-9 a.m. weekdays, Click to listen live online
• Please join our guests including:
• At 7:40 a.m., Tom Hart, director of athletics at Berry College, on how colleges monitor player health concerns such as the injured player in the Berry-Rhodes game last weekend.
• At 8:10 a.m., Matt Pearce from the Small Business Development Center on protecting yourself from data breaches such as what Home Depot is going through.
• At 8:40 a.m., Chris Kozelle on Mountain Day at Berry College and what it means on- and off-campus.