Cartersville fast-food boom. Major site work for Kroger Marketplace. Updates from across Coosa Valley. Weekend:Tomato Festival, Aladdin Jr. and more. Beautiful weather: 20% rain chance, high near 93. Latest sports updates.

Continuing updates all day from www.hometownheadlines.com and www.bartowheadlines.com :

 

Ware Mechanical forecast

• Drier air will move into the state over the weekend, decreasing storm coverage and lowering the humidity.
• Today: 20% rain chance, high 95, low of 71.

Headlines:

• Cartersville Fast-Food boom: New Hardee's on way as work continues on another McDonald's on Hwy. 41. Fast Food
• Major site work underway for new Kroger Marketplace in Cartersville. Kroger
• Coosa Valley: Rome Symphony BBQ, Floyd Schools reduced lunch applications, Keep Bartow Beautiful silent auction, Paving in Cedartown, Gordon County football clinic. Coosa Valley
• Weekend: Run for Rivers 5K, Swimmable Water weekend, "Aladdin Jr" in Rome, Tomato Festival and Brewery tours in Cartersville. Calendar
• Georgia Health News: Mega-merger would boost Blue Cross in Georgia. Health
• Bartow EMS: Man airlifted to Atlanta Medical Center after motorcycle crash on Hwy. 411. Bartow
• GDOT: Another Megaload coming through state headed to White, GA on Monday. Megaload
• Rome's Steve Cox named Georgia's Assistant District Attorney of the Year. Cox
• Smile Report: Floyd County Schools has 30 AP Scholars for 2015. Smile Report
• Obituaries: Remembering Patricia Edmondson, Robert Gibson and Amelia "Midge" Perry. 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

• Rome falls to Lexington, 3-2.
• Today: At Asheville at 6:05 p.m.
• Atlanta Braves come up short against Cardinals, 4-2.
• Tonight: At St. Louis, 7:15 p.m.
• The Rome Braves 2015 Softball Slam will be held on Oct. 31 & Nov. 1.

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Please join our guests Monday including:

• At 7:40 a.m.: Janet Eberhart, district immunization coordinator for Public Health, on August being Nation Immunization Awareness Month.
• At 8:40 a.m.: Kim Davis of the Sexual Assault Center of Northwest Georgia on the goals for this year's Rome Celebrity Dance Challenge.