Latest jobs update for Bartow County: Unemployment rate drops. Two huge wins for Cartersville High baseball. New traffic lights for Bartow. Later today: Bartow County Jail reports, Cartersville Police arrest reports.

For continuing news, sports and weather updates, please stay with www.bartowheadlines.com:

 

Ware Mechanical forecast

• Clouds today; rain back late Friday; weekend washout likely.

Headlines:

• Bartow's unemployment down in March; 2,885 people looking for work.
• Former Rome worker charged with steadling $121,000.
• New tribute to Rome native, naval aviation pioneer Admiral John Towers to be placed downtown on Friday. Towers
• Former students in Shorter identity theft case challenge university's motion to dismiss their claims. Shorter
• Business: First quarter report from Synovus (Citizens First, GB&T). Young Professionals meeting at Oak Hill May 5. Business
• Red Cross staging damage assessment exercise in Calhoun on Saturday. Storm season
• Across the Coosa Valley: New traffic lights in Bartow. A 'romp' around Rome. Skin cancer screening in Calhoun. 'Hompesun' trivia in Rockmart. Coosa Valley
• Georgia Health News: Agency fires back over nursing home payments. GHN
• Public health restaurant inspections scores for Northwest Georgia.   Dining.
• Bartow County Jail reports brought to you by Midian Roofing. CrimeWatch
  

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• Northwest Georgia traffic conditions via Google Maps or Waze.
• 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

• Rome Braves fall 9-5 in Savannah; home tonight vs. Augusta, 7 p.m.
• Mills Fitzner's photos from the 2015 season. Gallery
• Latest high school updates. Baseball, tennis.
• Local college sports updates.
• Atlanta Braves edged 3-2 by New York; vs. Mets today at 1:10 p.m.

Hometown Headlines Radio Edition, 7-9 a.m., WRGA (98.7 FM or 1470 AM). Our guests include:

• At 7:40 a.m.: Alisha Green, Redmond Women's Center Nurse Practitioner and  Becky Young, Lead Mammography Tech at Redmond Women's Center, kicking off Redmond's MammalGram Challenge and Mondays For Moms awareness campaign.
• From 8:10 until 9 a.m.: Mary Hardin Thornton and Charles Love on North Rome, including on 'Love the Braves, Love the Earth' Block Party this Friday.