'Bigger' baseball plans at LakePoint? Smoothie King coming to Rome. Loudermilk sets town hall meeting. More heat today; air quality alert, too. Later today: Bartow County Jail reports, Cartersville Police arrest reports.

For continuing updates and latest news, see www.bartowheadlines.com:

 

Ware Mechanical forecast

• Another round of mid to upper 90s with a heat index approaching 100 degrees.
• Tips on staying cool plus a guide to local cooling stations. Safety

Headlines:

• 'Bigger' baseball at LakePoint? Nothing involving the Braves except the previously announced clubhouse store. Baseball
• Business: Yellow Door Antiques opens. Those tiny cabins. Green light for Buchanan's. Business
• Smoothie King coming to the corner of Turner McCall and Martha Berry. Smoothie
• Cave Spring Pharmacy the second independent to close in recent weeks in Floyd County. Closings
• Berry's Dr. Brian Carroll named educator of the year (newspaper/online news) by the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. Carroll
• Coosa Valley: Freedom Fund Banquet is June 26. Loudermilk plans town hall. Ham radio exercise set. Good grief: Charlie Brown in Cedartown. Coosa Valley
• Manufacturing jobs, Rome City Schools opportunities among offerings of upcoming career fairs. Jobs
• Seth Ingram named executive director of the Rome International Film Festival. RIFF
• Georgia Health News: Childkind assists parents of fragile children. GHN
• Public Health restaurant inspections scores, brought to you by Dr. Miniyar Pediatrics. Dining
• Area arrest reports brought to you by Midian Roofing. CrimeWatch

Regular features:

• Our list of summer camps across Northwest Georgia. Camps
• Big plans for Vacation Bible School this summer. VBS
• 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 to Hickory, 7-6.
• Today: At home vs. Hickory, 7 p.m.
• Latest Rome Braves roster moves.
• Atlanta Braves fall to Boston at Fenway, 9-4.
• Today: Boston Red Sox at Turner Field, 7:10 p.m.

Hometown Headlines on the radio, 7-9 a.m. WRGA 98.7 FM

• Please join our guest today including:
• At 7:40 a.m.: Shorter University's JJ Merritt, the new assistant men's basketball coach.
• At 8:10 a.m.: Detective Joe Costolnick and Lt. Chris DeHart of the Rome Police Department on Operation Thunder Rolling.
• At 8:40 a.m.: Dr. Brian Carroll, chair of Berry's communication department, on his new book, "A Devil's Bargain," due next month.