Couple builds 'Higher Ground' mixing adventure, purpose, faith. Drizzle ends today; sunny, warmer by weekend. Later today: Bartow County Jail reports.

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

 

Ware Mechanical forecast:

• Drizzle to replaced by fog, then clouds; high of 47; sun returns by Friday for warmer weekend.

Headlines:

• Nathan, Tanya Hicks have built downtown Rome's Higher Ground with a mix of adventure, purpose and honoring Christ. Higher Ground
• Buzz: A surprise outcome on County Commission leadership? Ribbon cutting today for housing authority office. Buzz
• Smile Report: Darlington's Chris Mauer selected for Georgia Music Educators Association District 7 Middle School Honor Jazz Band. Smile
• Georgia Health News: Health care topics grab legislative attention. Health
• Obituaries for Jan. 14: Elizabeth L. George remembered as 'loving, beautiful angel. Plus: Funeral notices.
• Public health restaurant inspections scores for Northwest Georgia. Dining.
• Bartow County Jail reports.

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)

• Georgia Tech eighth, Georgia ninth in final AP football poll of the season
• NFL down to final four teams with league championship games this Sunday.
• Rome Braves set Hot Stove Gathering. Also: Atlanta Braves' 'caravan' heading for Cartersville.

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., we'll be joined by a guest from Shorter University.
• From 8:10 to 9 a.m.:  Dr. Leonard D. Reeves of Georgia Regents University's Rome campus on his Innovation Award as well as medical updates for Northwest Georgia.