Big weekend with May Market at Rose Lawn, First Friday luau. Latest regional updates. Perfect weekend weather. 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

• Gorgeous weekend ahead, including clear skies and warmer temperatures

Headlines:

• Salary range for new parks & rec director: $60,000 to $94,000 plus benefits, incentives. Director
• Two men held on gambling charges following arrest at Rome convenience store. Gambling
• AAA: We're paying more for gas today than any time so far in 2015
• Floyd County School System looking at additional changes as spending scandal aftermath continues. WRGA
• Rome Police, Center for Independent Living educating motorists on handicapped parking; stricter enforcement, possible $500 fines start Monday. RPD
• Weekend: Ideal weather for block party, luau, May Market, Tri for the Kids, other events. Calendar
• Coosa Valley: Lots of school updates from testing to summer activities. Polk County Relay for Life is Saturday. Coosa Valley
• Unity Christian's Southern Affair fund-raiser earns $135,000 in donations. UCS
• Georgia Health News: As state's smog season begins, some better news about air quality -- but still major issues as well. GHN
• Remembering Jesse Cantrell, John Grogan, Vivian Noles, Kenneth Smith. Obituaries
• Public health restaurant inspections scores for Northwest Georgia brought to you by Dr. Miniyar Pediatrics.   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

• Shorter, Rome host NCCAA track and field national championships this weekend.
• Rome Braves win 5-2 vs. Lexington.
• Mills Fitzner's photos from the 2015 season.
• Latest high school updates. Baseball playoffs begin. Soccer updates.
• Local college sports updates.
• Atlanta Braves host the Reds.

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

• At 7:40 a.m.: Jay Shell, chair of the Downtown Development Authority's promotions committee and owner of Brewhouse Music& Grill on tonight's block party opening the First Friday concert season.