Merry Christmas from Hometown Headlines! Today's updates: Big drop in county-by-county unemployment rates. List of Christmas services. Goodwill has tips on its busiest week of donations. Sunny, high of 51

Merry Christmas from www.hometownheadlines.com and from www.bartowheadlines.com:

 

Ware Mechanical forecast: Sunny and a high of 51, low of 30.

Headlines:

• November's jobless rate at lowest level in at least 13 months in Floyd County; Bartow lowest locally at 6.3%. Jobs
• Goodwill's busiest donation week of the year begins Friday. Tips on when, what to give -- and remember to get receipt. Goodwill
• List of Christmas Day services in Northwest Georgia. Christmas
• Public health restaurant inspections scores for Northwest Georgia. Dining.
• Floyd County Jail reports. CrimeWatch

Regular features:

• 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)

• Christmas memories from Shorter's athletics department.
• Coming Friday: Norman Arey's Norman's No-Nos, bowl edition. We'll post Norman's guaranteed bowl losers. Also, Norman joins us on Hometown Headlines Radio Edition beginning at 7:10 a.m. Friday on WRGA 98.7 FM and 1470 AM.
• Bowl season: Georgia going to Belk Bowl vs. Louisville; Georgia Tech vs.  Mississippi State in Orange Bowl. SEC has 12 teams bowl-bound.
• This week's college football bowls, times, teams and broadcasts.
• Links to latest local college results.

Hometown Headlines Radio Edition on WRGA 98.7 FM & 1470 AM

• 7-9 a.m. Click to listen live online
• Please join our guests today as we replay several recent interviews including Capt. Douglas McClure from the Salvation Army and Shorter lacrosse coach Brittni Delaney.