August jobs report: Drop in Bartow first-time jobless claims. BFS USA career fair set for Sept. 23 at chamber. Disney Night at Cartersville High. Warmer weekend ahead. Later today: Bartow County Jail reports, Cartersville Police arrest reports

Lose 'wait' when it comes to your key local news. Continuing updates from www.bartowheadlines.com:

 

Ware Mechanical forecast

• Upper 80s return this weekend and then another round of cooler weather.

Headlines:

• J.R. Cricket's probably a month away. Plus: Restaurants say 'thanks' and with good reason. Plus: Free queso. Restaurants
• August employment. Jobs
• Pepperell High's homecoming parade returns at 5 p.m. Thursday. Parade
• Coosa Valley: Sheriff's Office cooking butts, ribs to help colleagues. NRA Friends banquet tonight. Exchange Club raises $1,600 for car seats. 'Disney Night' in Cartersville. News
• BFS USA sets career fair for Sept. 23 at the Cartersville-Bartow Chamber office on Main Street. Jobs
• Georgia Health News: State's number of uninsured drops but still fourth highest in the nation. GHN
• Obituaries: Remembering William (Bill) G. Rudolph, Mrs. Tebit H. King, Virginia Lee Barrett Jenkins. 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

HIGH SCHOOLS

• John McClellan's high school picks for this Friday:  Pepperell by 4 over Chattooga; double digit wins for Darlington, Rome
• Final day to vote:  Pepperell in the running for game of the week -- on two Atlanta TV stations.
• Georgia High School Football Daily

COLLEGES

• Berry College Vikings host Rhodes, 1 p.m. Saturday. Vikings 
• Shorter University Hawks hit the road Saturday vs. Kennesaw State, 1 p.m. Hawks
• Posting Friday: Norman Arey's Norman's No-Nos where Norman picks 15 guaranteed college football losers for the weekend.
• Georgia hosts South Carolina at 6 p.m. Saturday.
• Georgia Tech at Notre Dame, 3:30 p.m. Saturday on NBC.

PROS

• The Falcons prepare for the New York Football Giants at 1 p.m. Sunday.  / The latest on the NFL

BASEBALL

• Atlanta Braves hammered, 9-1 ; host Toronto tonight at 7:10

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Please join our guests including:

• At 7:40 a.m.: Chris Carey from Logical Systems on the return of the Cardboard Challenge on Oct. 10 at the Georgia Northwestern Technical College Aviation Center at Richard B. Russell Airport/Towers Field.
• At 8:10 a.m.:  8:10 a.m.: Michael Skeen, Director of Public Works, on the Rome/Floyd Recycling Center hosting a Residential Household Hazardous Waste and Electronics Recycling event this Saturday.