Cartersville Police Chief Tommy Culpepper retiring. Meet new Cartersville downtown director tonight. Big weekend here for cycling, zucchini. More sweltering weather. Later today: Bartow County Jail reports, Cartersville Police arrest reports

Continuing coverage all day from www.bartowheadlines.com:

 

Ware Mechanical forecast

• Even warmer today, Wednesday; relief on the way by Friday
• Tips on staying cool plus a guide to local cooling stations. Safety

Headlines:

• Great Harvest Bread Co. on Broad Street closing June 30; second downtown shocker this month. Great Harvest
• Restaurants: Pick-o-Deli celebrates with veggies. Several Partridge updates. News from Brewhouse and Jefferson's in Cedartown. Restaurants
• Cave Spring teen drowns on Weiss Lake, according to radio station WEIS. Drowning
• Cartersville Police Chief Tommy Culpepper retiring Nov. 30; awaiting kidney transplant. Chief
• Developer decides 'to can' plans for 20-acre 'material recovery plant' south of Rockmart, cites opposition. Polk
• Darlington, Berry graduate Elliott Echols of Calhoun named to MaverickPAC's Future 40 list as he leads the Republican Leadership Initiative. Politics
• More changes at the Rome News: sports editor sought on brink of football season. Help wanted.
• WRGA reports on extended Rome City Commission meeting. WRGA
• From 911: Be ready for things that go boom in the night (early Wednesday). Boom
• Coosa Valley: Doc Holliday expert due in Rome July 9. Help wanted at Floyd schools. Century Ride, Zucchini festival this Saturday. Coosa Valley
• Georgia Health News: Former patient helps out at free dental clinic. 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

• Shorter Hall of Fame basketball star J.J. Merritt returns to the Hawks as an assistant coach.
• Five Rome Braves on the field tonight for league All-Star showdown. Schedule
• Rome Braves off until Thursday; All-Star break
• Atlanta Braves were off Monday. Tonight: At Nationals, 7:05 p.m.

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

• Please join our guests including:
• At 7:40 a.m.: Capt. Douglas McClure of the Salvation Army and Cadet Nicolas Arroqui on the group's summer camp programs.
• At 8:10 a.m.: Michael Thurmond, superintendent of the DeKalb County School System and former Georgia's former Commissioner of Labor, who is the guest speaker at Friday night's Annual Freedom Fund Banquet.
• At 8:40 a.m. Chris Giddens, minister of children at Pleasant Valley South Baptist Church, on what we tell our kids -- and perhaps each other -- about the Charleston massacre.