Independence Day 2015: Concerts, parade, fireworks start Friday night. Gas prices drop again. Mid 80s, sunny. Later today: Bartow County Jail report, Cartersville Police arrest report.

For continuing local updates, please see www.bartowheadlines.com:

 

Ware Mechanical forecast

• Mid to upper 80s this week with rain possible by Friday.

Headlines:

• SWAT standoff ends with arrest of 27-year-old Rome man, according to WRGA, jail reports.
• Independence Day weekend a celebration of red, white, blue -- and you -- in Northwest Georgia. Independence Day
• Demolition continues as ALDI prepares to build in Calhoun; third new store in Northwest Georgia. Calhoun
• Gas prices drop again as Independence Day weekend celebrations begin. Gas
• The (short) week: Cedartown 5K Road Race, baseball, planning commission. Week
• Public Health restaurant inspections scores, brought to you by Dr. Miniyar Pediatrics returns Tuesday.  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 beats Augusta, 6-4.
• Augusta at Rome tonight at 7.
• Atlanta Braves edge Pittsburgh, 2-1, on Sunday.
• Off Monday. Tuesday: Washington at Atlanta, 7:10 p.m.

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

• Please join our guests Monday including:
• At 7:40 a.m. Dave Grove of Cedartown on this week's wheelchair races and 5K.
• At 8:10 a.m. Georgia Northwestern Technical College Associate Vice President of Academic Affairs, Dr. Ginger Mathis on the new Catoosa campus.