LakePoint lands a major new partner. Cartersville tree lighting, parade tonight. New-style traffic light coming to U.S. 41. Public Health restaurant inspection scores for Bartow. Later today: Bartow County Jail reports.

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

 

Ware Mechanical forecast:

We're still eight to nine degrees warmer than normal but that will change by the weekend. High of 68.

Headlines:

• Restaurants: Some new spots nearby and updates on the locals, too. Foodies
• LakePoint lands sports performance/youth training group STACK, Chip Smith. LakePoint
• Georgia DOT to install new-style traffic light on U.S;. 41 near 411 entrance; more to follow. Lights
• Big night in downtown Cartersville with tree lighting at 5:59 p.m., parade to follow. Christmas
• Weekend: Lots of Christmas events. Pearl Harbor, World War II remembrance service. Celebrating Our Lady of Guadalupe. Calendar
• 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)

• Three area players --Darlington's Kearns, Cartersville's Reed and Calhoun's Rice -- to compete in Georgia Junior Bowl in Atlanta Dec. 30. Bowl
• Georgia Highlands College's Men's Basketball team is ranked no. 23 in latest National Junior College Athletic Association Poll
• 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 8:10, Matt Pearce from the Small Business Development Center on  the need to track your marketing during Christmas sales and why it is critical.
  
• 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.