Cartersville's summer of 2015: Hotter, drier than normal, according to the National Weather Service. More accolades for 'Canes quarterback. Duck Derby scholarship news. Latest sports updates. Later today: Bartow County Jail reports, Cartersville Police arr

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Ware Mechanical forecast

• Warm weekend ahead, upper 80s, and then down again to the low 80s.

Headlines:

• Southern Company to showcase trend-setting Cedartown Battery Energy Storage Project on Thursday. Battery
• Cartersville's Summer of 2015 by the numbers: Hotter, drier than most years. Summer
• Rome woman builds from GED diploma to presenter at Techincal College System leadership conference. GOAL
• Awards presented from this year's Rome International Film Festival. RIFF
• Coosa Valley: Friends for Life Banquet Oct 15. River City Bank's boiled peanut sale to benefit Alzheimers Walk. Duck Derby scholarship news. News
• Obituaries: Remembering Jeff Nolan, James T. Pope. 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 SCHOOLS

• John McClellan's high school picks for this Friday:  Pepperell by 4 over Chattooga; double digit wins for Darlington, Rome
• Pepperell in the running for game of the week -- on two Atlanta TV stations.
• Georgia High School Football Daily. Canes quarterback Trevor Lawrence moving up in Player of the Year watch.

COLLEGES

• Big honors for Berry's punter/kicker.
• Updated: Berry College Vikings host Rhodes, 1 p.m. Saturday. Vikings 
• Upated: Shorter University Hawks hit the road Saturday vs. Kennesaw State, 1 p.m. Hawks
• 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 week two. Falcons / The latest on the NFL

BASEBALL

• Atlanta Braves  host Toronto tonight at 7:10

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• At 7:40 a.m.: Update from Shorter University.
• At 8:10 a.m.: From the city of Rome: Howard Gibson and Bekki Fox with updates on Rome's neighborhoods.