Cartersville vs. Buford: huge game attracts GPB TV audience. Latest Public Health dining scores. Cooler, more rain through Saturday night. Later today: Bartow County Jail reports.

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

 

Ware Mechanical forecast:

• Rain and cooler. High of  65, low of 54. Rain: 30% to 60% chance.
  

Headlines:

• Knucklehead Cafe in Rockmart mixes in 'Runnin' Wild' ingredients. Knucklehead
• They're real: Research firm is making calls locally about a potential retirement community on Berry College property. Retirement
• State's technical college board OK's Gretchen Corbin's nomination to serve as next commissioner. Corbin
• Georgia Highlands again honored for 'best practices in military and veteran education.' GHC
• Weekend: Can-a-thon today until noon. Plus: Christmas events. Pearl Harbor/World War II remembrance service. Winter Art Market. Celebrating Our Lady of Guadalupe. Calendar
• Georgia Northwestern one of three colleges working on programs to prevent domestic violence. GNTC
• 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)

• Rome Braves add 'alternate' logo for 13th season; gear with new logo already on sale. Braves
• Semi-final throwdowns as Cartersville hosts Buford, Calhoun hosts Westminister tonight.
• John McCellan's high school football playoff picks: Cartersville falls to Buford; Calhoun edged by Westminster.
• Georgia High School Football Daily.
• Norman Arey's Norman's No-Nos: Absolute chaos erupts at Tech takes down the formerly unbeaten Seminoles
• 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:
• We'll have updates from Randy Quick at 7:20 and 8:50 a.m. on the Can-a-thon at The Forum this morning (6 a.m.-noon)
• At 7:40 a.m., Sgt. Chris Fincher of the Floyd County Police Department on the rash of armed robberies in our community during the Christmas holidays and what to do about them.
• At 8:10 a.m., Greg Howard and Taylor Moore from Berry Student Enteprises on Saturday's Community Christmas Sale.
• At 8:40 a.m. Hometown Headlines/WRGA News Roundtable.