Georgia delegates respond to Boehner's resignation. More local GOP changes? Energy-efficient Sales Tax Holiday coming soon. More rain ahead. Busy weekend guide. Latest updates from across the region. High school scoreboard.

Keeping you covered all weekend long at www.hometownheadlines.com and www.bartowheadlines.com: 

Ware Mechanical forecast

• Soggy weekend ahead: 50% rain chance today, high near 75.
• Rome received nearly 2 inches of rain on Friday and Cartersville had just over 2.5 inches.

Headlines:

• Georgia delegation respond to Boehner's resignation announcement; Some eyeing leadership positions. Politics
• Georgia Sales Tax Holiday on energy-efficient and water-efficient products on Oct. 2-4. Tax Free
• Weekend: Rome River Jam, Cave Spring Pig-Out, Marching band festival, Rummage sale, brewery tours, 'Down Home Diva' concert and more. Calendar
• The Region: Chiaha Harvest Fair, drug drop-off event, Brunswick Stew sale, Gordon Fire Dept. update, Cedartown Fall Festival. Region
• Georgia Health News: Piedmont, WellStar cutting back on health plan. Health
• Tellus Science Museum dedicates Planetarium to Commander Robert Bentley. Tellus
• Obituaries: Remembering Alice Croy Garza. Funerals
• Public Health restaurant inspections scores, brought to you by Dr. Miniyar Pediatrics.  Dining
• Area arrest reports brought to you by Midian Roofing. CrimeWatch

Advertising

• Hardy Realty's Open House gallery for Sunday: 11 homes from Rome to Mentone. Open house

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

• Friday night high school football: Big wins for Pepperell, Model, Darlington, Cartersville, Woodland, Calhoun
• John McClellan's high school picks: How did John do?
• Georgia High School Football Daily. Returns Monday.

COLLEGES

• Norman Arey's Norman's No-Nos: Maybe things get back to normal -- but what is normal? No-Nos
• Berry College Vikings at Sewanee, 2 p.m. Saturday. Vikings / Game preview page
• Track Berry's season, from the opening to Valhalla to the latest games. Click Valhalla Rising.
• Shorter University Hawks at Southeast Missouri State, 2 p.m. Saturday. Hawks / Game preview
• Georgia hosts Southern University, noon Saturday at Athens. UGA 
• Georgia Tech at Duke, noon Saturday. Tech

PROS

• The Falcons at Dallas,  1 p.m. Sunday / The latest on the NFL
• Atlanta Braves fall 12-11 to Marlins. Tonight: 7:10 at the Marlins.
  

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