A resolution to live: Roman woman loses 200 pounds with diet, exercise --and resolve. 'First Day Hikes' coming to Etowah Mounds, Red Top Thursday. Year to end on chilly note. Later today: Bartow County Jail reports

Get the first look at today's top headlines and at what's ahead at www.bartowheadlines.com:

 

Headlines:

• Ellyn Houston's 200-pound weight-loss journey with diet, exercise -- and resolve. Health
• Top stories to watch in 2015. Sports centers (three) to dominate development. Business
• What's ahead this week in Northwest Georgia: A 'Possom Drop,' a polar plunge, First Day hikes, feeding Chipper. Calendar
• Salvation Army seeks year-end contributions, donations. Year-end
• Public health restaurant inspections scores for Northwest Georgia resume Tuesday. Dining.
• Floyd County Jail reports. CrimeWatch

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• 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)

• Falcons blasted by Carolina, 34-3, as Panthers take division title; changes coming for Atlanta?
• Full day of college bowls.
• Norman Arey's Norman's No-Nos, bowl edition: In the really big game, it looks to me like Alabama will finally meet FSU.
• Bowl season: Georgia going to Belk Bowl vs. Louisville; Georgia Tech vs.  Mississippi State in Orange Bowl. SEC has 12 teams bowl-bound.
• This week's college football bowls, times, teams and broadcasts.
• Links to latest local college results.

Hometown Headlines Radio Edition on WRGA 98.7 FM & 1470 AM

• 7-9 a.m. Click to listen live online
• Please join our guests Monday including:
• At 7:40 a.m., Mary Hardin Thornton from Keep Rome-Floyd Beautiful on Jan. 3's 'Bring One for the Chipper.'
• At 8:10 a.m., Shorter University baseball coach Matt Larry joins us to talk about the season ahead.
• At 8:40 a.m., Capt. Douglas McClure from The Salvation Army.