Code Orange smog alert today for Bartow County, metro Atlanta; high near 90. Ansel Adams exhibit coming to Booth Western Art Museum. Later today: Bartow County Jail reports, Cartersville Police arrest reports

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Ware Mechanical forecast

• Highs near 90 -- and a smog alert for Bartow, metro Atlanta today
• Code Orange smog alert today for Bartow; fifth this season.

Headlines:

• VT buys Capitoline Products. Some local salutes as Georgia Trend celebrates 30 years. McBreakfast all day starting Oct. 6. 400 jobs en route to Dade County. Business
• No cancellation this year as four candidates qualify for three seats on Rome City Commission. Politics
• Marrow donor registry drive set for Sept. 11 at Harbin Clinic's Tony E. Warren Cancer Center. Marrow
• Demolition under way on parts of Rome City Auditorium in advance of major rehab project. Auditorium
• Rome Police: Use caution on area roads this Labor Day weekend. Safety
• Victoria Sweet, author of 'God's Hotel,' to speak at Berry Sept. 29. Lecture
• Coosa Valley: St. Mary's Fall Bazaar Sept. 12. Shorter launches 'Legends of Teaching' scholarship. Ansel Adams event coming to Booth. Gordon sets prostrate screenings. News
• Coosa Valley Credit Union honored with first-place state Dora Maxwell Award for American Flag Project. Flag
• Northwest Georgia Credit Union honored with a 2015 Desjardins Youth Financial Education Award. Youth
• Obituaries:  Remembering Robert Reeps, Bonnie Delimont, Betty Lou Green, Early Jackson, Jimmy Newton, Jewell Fay Woods. 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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Valhalla Rising, a special digital magazine from Hometown Headlines celebrating the opening of Valhalla, the new football stadium and track and field center on the Berry College campus. Click Valhalla.

Berry College Vikings open the 2015 season on the road in Maryville, Tenn., at 1:30 p.m. Saturday. Vikings / Schedule

Shorter University Hawks open the season at home Saturday vs. Faith at 1:30 p.m. at Barron Stadium. Hawks / Schedule

John McClellan's high school picks for this week.  Rough night for Rome. Close win for Cartersville.

Georgia High School Football Daily. A lot of eyes on Cartersville quarterback Trevor Lawrence.

Rome Braves fall 9-3 to Greenville.

Tonight: Final home game of the 2015 season. 7 p.m. vs. Greenville.

Atlanta Braves lose to Marlins, 7-1, at Turner Field.

Today: At home vs. Marlins, 12:10 p.m. start.

Hometown Headlines Radio Edition on WRGA 98.7 FM.
Please join our guests including:

• At 7:40 a.m.: From Shorter University,  Julius Dixon, assistant football head coach and defensive coordinator.
• At 8:40 a.m.: Updates on the YMCA's popular BooFest celebration and what's new in 2015 from Cheryl Bishop and Stephanie McElhone.