Brutally cold weather tonight, Thursday; wind chill could dip to one below. Continuing updates. Loudermilk takes oath of office as family watches. Later today: Bartow County Jail reports.

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Ware Mechanical forecast:

We're in for two ugly days, first with high winds and strong gusts today amid plunging temperatures followed by overnight wind chills to one below by 5 a.m. Thursday. The 8 a.m. Thursday wind chill forecast: 3 degrees. Updates all day.

Headlines:

• Weather watch: Wind advisory today, 10 a.m.-10 p.m.; gusts to 35 mph. Arctic blast
• Berry eagle's first egg of the season is in the next. First photo (and audio from one camera). Eagles
• Restaurants: Works begins on new East Rome Mexican spot. Raftery new general manager at Olive Garden. Updates
• Perdue takes office as Georgia's junior U.S. senator (photo and video). Perdue
• Graves, Loudermilk among majority voting to re-elect John Boehner as House speaker. House
• Loudermilk joins Congress as his family takes part in swearing-in ceremonies. Loudermilk
• Second Avenue lane to close Monday for work on downtown Rome's Greystone building. Traffic
• Big changes at Wade Green/I-75 intersection await Atlanta-bound commuters. DOT
• Georgia Health News: Medicaid doctors see pay bump disappear. Health
• 2015 Georgia Ag Forecast set for Jan. 15 at Brown Center in Cartersville. Ag
• OSHA cites Dalton's MFG Chemical for 'repeated safety hazards after two workers injured, one fatally.' OSHA
• Obituaries for Wednesday, Jan. 7. Obituaries
• Public health restaurant inspections scores for Northwest Georgia. Dining.
• Bartow County Jail reports.

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Chick-fil-A Dwarf House Sports Report  (click)

• Atlanta Braves' John Smoltz elected to Major League Baseball's Half of Fame on first ballot (with Rome photos by Mills Fitzner)
• Jan. 12: College Football Championship: Ohio State vs. Oregon, 8:30 p.m., ESPN.
• 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 including:
• At 7:40 a.m.: Shorter University's men's lacrosse coach, Jason Childs, on the season about to get under way.
• At 8:10 a.m.: Kevin Ellis talks about the 10th Annual Three Rivers Invitational Bullriding at The Forum Friday and Saturday nights.
• At 8:40 a.m.: Sgt. Chris Fincher of the Floyd County Police Department on recent rash of armed robberies.