Cartersville brewery tour, tomato festival on Saturday. Back to the 90s today after brief break. New southern restaurant in Cedartown. Later today: Bartow County Jail reports, Cartersville Police arrest reports.

Continuing updates all day from www.bartowheadlines.com:

 

Ware Mechanical forecast

• Break from the summer bake is over; heat index of 99 today. Also: Latest weather video.

Headlines:

• Lithonia man charged with murder outside downtown Rome bar in late May.
• Dr. Miniyar's Pediatrics more than doubling size of Rome office, branching into Cedartown this fall. Health
• Cedar & Smoke opens in Cedartown with 'contemporary' southern classics. Today's 'blue plate:' fried chicken. Food and drink
• Sign(s) of the times at Charles Hight Square. Business
• Weekend: Free concert tonight in Cedartown. 'Aladdin Jr.' in Rome. Tomato festival, brewery tour. Calendar
• Coosa Valley: Tillman Clocktower deadline nears. Summer Santa in Calhoun. August paddle to help Etowah. News
• Georgia Highlands offers students a chance to pay by the month. GHC
• Georgia Health News: WellStar turns its attention to Tenet's five metro Atlanta hospitals. GHN
• Obituaries: Remembering Betty Penson, Sylvia Ann Mesaros, Barbara Grogan. Funerals
• Public Health restaurant inspections scores, brought to you by Dr. Miniyar Pediatrics.  Dining
• Area arrest reports brought to you by Midian Roofing. CrimeWatch

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Chick-fil-A Dwarf House Sports Report

High school football scrimmages begin three weeks from tonight; Darlington's schedule.

Rome Braves fall 4-3 to Legends.

Today: At Lexington at 7:05 p.m.

Atlanta Braves were off Thursday.

Tonight: At St. Louis, 8:15 p.m.

 

Hometown Headlines Radio Edition, WRGA 98.7 FM

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• At 7:40 a.m.: John McClellan on high school football 2015.
• At 8:10 a.m.: Charlie Williams of Charles Williams REIC on the new apartments planned on Riverside Parkway.
• At 8:40 a.m.: U.S. Rep. Tom Graves on his efforts to let trained service personnel carry weapons at recruiting stations in the wake of the Chattanooga massacre.