After a high of 72 on Tuesday (record is 75), slightly cooler today in Bartow. 30% rain chance. ALDI to have 17,000 square feet under roof, 81 parking spaces. Public Health restaurant scores for Bartow. Later today: Bartow County Jail, Cartersville Police

For today's continuing updates, please see www.bartowheadlines.com:

 

Ware Mechanical forecast:

•  Fog, then drizzle, high of  68. 30% rain chance. Tuesday's high matched Monday's: 71 degrees.

Headlines:

• Brian Barcomb resigning from Floyd Board of Education as big year of change continues. Floyd schools
• Record crowd of 20,000-plus pack Christmas Parade. See 2014 winners' list; also photos. Parade
• Blowout & Weave Bar coming to Rome Center near E. Rome Walmart. Plus: Business updates on ALDI in Cartersville. Business
• Planning Commission to discuss special events in Agricultural/Residential zones. Planning
• Buzz: Layla Shipman seeks re-election as Floyd GOP chair. CRBI's 'Greenie Awards' nominations due Friday. Buzz
• Dec. 13 ribbon cutting set for downtown Rome visitors center across from Town Green. Downtown
• Crimewatch: Floyd County Police seeks witnesses to Dollar General robbery. Crime
• Public Health restaurant inspection scores for Northwest Georgia. Dining
• Bartow County Jail reports, Cartersville Police arrest reports

Regular features:

• Christmas events in Northwest Georgia this season. Parades, performances and more.  Christmas
• 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)

• The Rome Braves set 'big' announcement for noon Thursday.
• John McCellan's high school football playoff picks: Cartersville falls to Buford; Calhoun edged by Westminster. McClellan
• Georgia High School Football Daily.
• Coming Friday: Norman Arey's conference championship picks: Who's going to lose?
• SEC Championship, Alabama vs. Missouri, 4 p.m. Saturday at the Georgia Done.
• ACC Championship, Georgia Tech vs. Florida State, 8 p.m. Saturday in Charlotte.

Hometown Headlines Radio Edition on WRGA 98.7 FM & 1470 AM

• 7-9 a.m. Click to listen live online
• Please join our guests including:
• At 7:40 a.m., Shorter Hawks basketball coach Chad Warner on the team's hot start.
• At 8:10 a.m., Gary Chagnon of Action Ministries Rome on the Walmart Holiday Makeover Campaign that could give the food pantry a $20,000 makeover.
• At 8:40 a.m., Barbara Massey Reece on the Second Annual Remembrance Service in Summerville on Dec. 7, the 73rd anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor.