Cartersville Medical Center adding wound center. Public Health restaurant scores. A brief break in the weather. Later today: Bartow County Jail reports, Cartersville Police arrest reports

Continuing updates all day from www.bartowheadlines.com:

 

Ware Mechanical forecast

• Less humid but still a bit warmer than normal throughout the weekend.

Headlines:

• Rome City Commissioner Kim Canada will not seek new term this fall. Canada
• The Shoe Box, the spinoff from GoGo Running, opens in time for Sales Tax Holiday today, Saturday. Open
• Business: Stonehaven bringing something different to Broad Street. Wells Fargo adds bling to new offices. Business
• Remembering Ben Lucas: Radio host, Realtor, city commissioner, community volunteer. Ben Lucas
• Downtown Loft Tour from DDA, Heritage First to benefit Cancer Navigators. Loft tours
• Cartersville Medical Center adding Advanced Wound Healing Center next month. Health
• Berry College goes tobacco free starting Saturday, including e-cigs, vapor and chew. Tobacco
• Smile Report: Darlington's Madison Vaughn uses service project to stock library for Floyd County Jail inmates. Smile
• Politics: Floyd GOP women meet Tuesday; to hear from Graves. 11th annual rally at Tillman Hangar set for Aug. 15; Isakson to attend. Graves forum in Rome Aug. 19. Politics
• Coosa Valley: Meet North Rome yard of the month winners. Back to school updates. Helping Habitat. News
• Weekend: Sales Tax Holiday today, Saturday; Braves have big weekend home stand; Midnight Madness tonight at Pepperell. Calendar
• Georgia Health News: Northside Hospital buys 22 imaging centers around Georgia. GHN
• Obituaries: Remembering Horace McDaniel, Beatrice Anita Howell. Funerals
• 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:

• 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

Berry Vikings football, men's and women's basketball, other shows to air on WRGA starting Aug. 29.

Tonight: Pepperell  High Dragons' Midnight Madness football tailgate, 8 p.m.-midnight. Scrimmage at 12:01 a.m.

Rome Braves drop opener to Augusta, 5-3.

Tonight: Home vs Augusta, 7 p.m.

Atlanta Braves, 'Miller Time' come up short again. Phillies win, 4-1. 

Tonight: At Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m.

 

Hometown Headlines Radio Edition, WRGA 98.7 FM

• Please join our guests including:
• At 7:40 a.m.: Cedartown Police Chief Jamie Newsome on the joint drug investigation that ended with 22 arrests this week.
• At 8:10 a.m.: Carson Earnest, a rising junior at Unity Christian School, on the new year ahead for the Lions.
• At 8:40 a.m.: Nelle Reagan joins us to remember the life and career of Ben Lucas.