As two more die in Bartow accidents, state's annual fatality count soaring. LakePoint's Sleep Inn/MainStay Suites now open. Great fall weather. Later today: Bartow County Jail reports, Cartersville Police arrest reports.

Your first news each weekday starting at 5 a.m. at www.bartowheadlines.com:

 

Ware Mechanical forecast

• Low 80s through Thursday; some rain, cooler weekend ahead

Headlines:

• As two more die in separate Bartow accidents, death count on Georgia in 2015 could be highest since 2009. Fatalities
• Creekside Restaurant, home of the 'Liars Table' in Cave Spring, up for Internet auction Oct. 21. Restaurant
• LakePoint's latest -- the co-branded Sleep Inn & MainStay Suites -- open in Emerson. LakePoint
• Latest updates from the Coosa Valley Fair. Kids Day Schedule plus latest exhibit results. Fair
• Region: Wine & Jazz festival set. Darlington to stage 'A Doll's House.' Bartow continues road work. Stellar astronomy at Tellus. News
• Georgia Health News: Grady backs away from deal to purchase troubled Southern Regional Medical Center. GHN
• Obituaries: Remembering Pluma Evelyn Bing Itson. 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

• John McClellan's high school picks: Rome by 2 over Dalton. Darlington, Pepperell, Cartersville, Calhoun wins. McClellan
• Georgia High School Football Daily.
• Plus: Youth soccer updates.
• Berry College Vikings at Chicago, 1 p.m. Saturday Vikings 
• Shorter University Hawks vs. Delta State, 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Barron Stadium. Hawks
• Georgia at Tennessee, 3:30 p.m. Saturday. UGA 
• Georgia Tech at Clemson Saturday. Tech
• Norman Arey's No-Nos: Coming Friday.
• The Falcons host the Redskins, 1 p.m. /The latest on the NFL
• Atlanta Braves open the 2016 season at home vs. Washington on April 4.

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

• At 7:40 a.m.: From Shorter University, golf coach Lane Pace.
• From 8:10 until 9 a.m.: From the Floyd County Board of Education, Chip Hood and Jay Shell with interim Superintendent Dr. John Jackson.