How local hospitals rank in Georgia Trend survey. 'Ebola Air' profiles Phoenix Air. Cartersville-Buford game will be televised Friday night. Local educators on governor's advisory board. Later today: Bartow County Jail, Cartersville Police arrest reports

 

Ware Mechanical forecast:

• .Around 60 as the Rome Christmas parade starts tonight. High of 70, low of 44; slight rain chance overnight.

Headlines:

• Georgia Trend's 2014 Top Hospitals includes Floyd (teaching), Redmond (midsized), Gordon and Cartersville (small) and Polk (rural). Health
• Final days for Garrett's Salvage on Ga. 20. Parks & Rec names Aronhalt new communications director. Business
• 'Ebola Air:' Read the incredible Daily Beast story on Cartersville's Phoenix Air -- and an ongoing mission most would fear. Daily Beast
• Pearl Harbor's 73rd anniversary observance part of Second Annual Remembrance Service this Sunday. Veterans
• Tonight's parade in downtown Rome just part of a busy Christmas season in Northwest Georgia. Christmas season
• Deal announces members of Education Advisory Boards; includes representatives from Bartow, Gordon counties. Education
• No new Public Health restaurant inspection scores for Northwest Georgia. Dining
• Bartow County Jail, 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)

• Loran Smith in Georgia Trends says 'Cedartown has more Georgia Sports Hall of Famers per square mile than any town in the state.' Polk
• John McCellan's high school football playoff picks: Cartersville falls to Buford; Calhoun edged by Westminster. McClellan
• Cartersville-Buford game to be televised by Georgia Public Broadcasting Friday night.
• Georgia High School Football Daily.
• Shorter Hawks assess 2014 season, talking recruiting for 2015.
• 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., Rome City Commissioner Buzz Wachsteter on transportation funding.
• At 8:10 a.m. Janet Byington of the Rome Christmas Parade on what to expect tonight beginning at 6:30 p.m. in downtown Rome.
• At 8:40 a.m., Capt. Douglas McClure of the Salvation Army on Friday's can-a-thon returning to The Forum.