Tellus the hub this morning as 'blood moon' sets over Northwest Georgia. Changes for Rome Braves as Schuerholz joins organization's scouting system. High near 84 today; rain due back. Later today: Bartow County Jail reports, Cartersville Police arrest repo

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

 

Ware Mechanical forecast:

• Patchy fog before 8 a.m. followed by mostly sunny skies with a high near 84.

Headlines:

• Tracking this morning's blood moon: Tellus opens early; live TV updates; live Hometown Radio interview at 7:20 a.m. Eclipse
• PROBE College Fair due in Rome, Calhoun on Thursday. Plus: Update on the latest SAT scores. Education
• Roy Mitchell, an Honors science teacher at Coosa Middle, named the 2015 Teacher of the Year for Floyd Schools. Mitchell
• Community Safety Fair set for North Rome on Oct. 18. Ladies Night Out at Redmond is Oct. 16. Community
• Business: Downtown Development Authority meets Thursday; Geek Week's 'Game of Drones' this evening. Buzz
• EF-1 tornado hit hear Ringgold Monday evening with 110-mph winds, some damage. Storms.
• Public Health restaurant inspection scores for Northwest Georgia. Dining
• Bartow County Jail reports, Cartersville Police arrest reports.

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• Northwest Georgia's best source for job leads. Click Career Builder

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Baseball:

• New skipper for Rome Braves as younger Schuerholz named assistant director of player personnel. Braves
• Former Brave Glenn Hubbard joins Rome Braves & Floyd County Police Department Celebrity Shootout Golf Tournament

High School football:

• John McClellan's high school picks for Friday: Model back in winner's circle. Rome underdog vs. Dalton. Wins for Darlington, Calhoun, Cartersville. McClellan
• Georgia High School Football Daily.

College football:

• Berry's Malcholm Graham made a diving grab of an interception in Berry territory with a minute left in the fourth quarter to help send the game into overtime vs. Washington U. on Oct. 4. It was named the D3football.com play of the week.
• Shorter Football: Thursday, on the road to Delta State (Cleveland, Miss.)  at 7:30 p.m. Shorter
• Berry Football: After Saturday's historic Mountain Day win, the Vikings are off to Centre (Ky.) for a 1:30 p.m. Saturday game. Vikings
• Norman Arey's Norman's No-Nos: Another round of certified college losers posting this Friday morning.

Hometown Headlines Radio Edition on WRGA 98.7 FM & 1470 AM

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• Please join our guests including:
• David Dundee,  Astronomy Program Manager, at Tellus Science Museum on this morning's total lunar eclipse.
• Jon Mosley, head volleyball coach of the Shorter Hawks, on a great fall season that continues into November.
• Jen Chase of Shorter University on Thursday's PROBE College Fair at The Forum.
• Dr. Tygar Evans of Rome High on the school's high SAT scores.