Cartersville's Anheuser-Busch brewery brewing water for flood victims. Commercial air service in Dallas a step closer. Northwest Georgia, in quake zone, prepares for a drill. 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

• Rain due on Friday also could bring cooler days, perhaps 10 degrees lower than today.

Headlines:

• Cartersville's Anheuser-Busch brewery sending water to Carolina flood victims. Other ways you can help. Water
• Could new partnership bring commercial air service to nearby Silver Comet Field in Paulding County? Airport
• Shake? Rattled? Roll! Regional drill next week offers tips on what to do when -- not if -- strong earthquakes rock our area. Drill
• Region: Latest updates from Floyd, Bartow, Gordon, Polk counties. Region
• Latest updates from the Coosa Valley Fair; today's schedule. Fair
• Weekend: Coosa Valley Fair, chili cookout, Democrats' Georgia Giants dinner, Shorter homecoming dominate the weekend. Weekend
• Keith Mickler: Too late to take out the fire ants? No-no. Some tips on fall protection. Column
• Obituaries:  Remembering April Marie Roberson Farrer, Mary Frances "Honey" Highfield Otting. 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

• Cedartown at Callaway tonight; listen at 1340 AM. Darlington-at-Dade County game to be webcast.
• John McClellan's high school picks: Rome by 2 over Dalton. Darlington, Pepperell, Cartersville, Calhoun wins. McClellan
• Georgia High School Football Daily.

COLLEGES

• Former Berry pitcher Collin McHugh starting tonight as Houston faces Kansas City in baseball playoffs.
• 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.

PROS

• 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.: Public Health Breast and Cervical Cancer Program Coordinator Anne Murphy on what services are available in our area.
• At 8:40 a.m.: Liz Tierney on the Rome Wine & Jazz Festival on Oct. 16 from 7-10 p.m. benefiting the Rome Symphony Orchestra.