Cartersville falls to Buford, Calhoun advances to championship. Soggy Saturday ahead. Weekend guide. Latest Public Health dining scores. Later today: Bartow County Jail reports.

Where Bartow County's news day starts – and ends. Continuing coverage at www.bartowheadlines.com:

 

Ware Mechanical forecast:

• Soggy Saturday ahead with 100% rain chance, up to half-inch of rain. High near 66, low of 38.

Headlines:

• Auto Zone now open on Turner McCall, Hardee's next up. Auto Zone
• Ground breaking Thursday for future Catoosa County Campus of Georgia Northwestern Technical College. GNTC
• Gingrey's official papers to become part of Kennesaw State's archives; to be open for public research. Gingrey
• Rome among spots listed in ConventionSouth as 'rising destinations for meetings.' Rome
• Salvation Army's Can-a-thon final count: 71,975 cans...more than 5,000 over last year's total. Cans
• Smile Report: Armuchee Middle collects 8 wins at Tech Fair. Armuchee
• Weekend: Christmas events. Arts market. Berry Student Enterprises market. Pearl Harbor/World War II remembrance service. Calendar
• Latest updates to our Christmas Headlines report. Listings
• Public Health restaurant inspection scores for Northwest Georgia. Dining
• Bartow County Jail 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)

• High school football: Calhoun advances, Cartersville out. Calhoun plays Washington Co., Friday at 4:30 p.m., Georgia Dome.
• John McCellan's high school football playoff picks: How did he do?
• Norman Arey's Norman's No-Nos: Absolute chaos erupts at Tech takes down the formerly unbeaten Seminoles
• SEC Championship, Alabama vs. Missouri, 4 this afternoon at the Georgia Dome.
• ACC Championship, Georgia Tech vs. Florida State, 8 tonight 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 Monday including:
• At 7:40 a.m., Public Health's Immunizations Coordinator Janet Eberhart on National Influenza Vaccination Week
• At 8:10 a.m., Mark Cochran of Cevian Design Lab on the latest plans for the Tennis Center of Georgia.