Duck Derby a success despite the rain. Clearing skies, sunny and 78. Coosa Valley Fair updates. Later today: Bartow County Jail reports, Cartersville Police arrest reports

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Ware Mechanical forecast

• Fall's finest forecast for fall's finest fair tonight. 78 and 9-mph breeze at 5 p.m. grand opening.

Headlines:

• Dining: One less frozen yogurt spot? One less Wendy's (for now). Freebie alert at Chick-fil-A today. CiCi's is back. Food
• Saturday's Cardboard Challenge kicks off Geek Week Rome 2015 Geek
• Coosa Valley Fair: Latest exhibit results; this evening's fair schedule. Fair
• Agenda: Rain didn't stop Duck Derby. Busy Tuesday with School Board meeting, commission meetings, Concert of Prayer and Floyd GOP Women. Agenda
• Region: Busy week of meetings. Polk deputies warn of scam. Learn about Rome trees. GNTC offers free sample GED tests. Region
• Georgia Health News: Unsuccessful bidders protest state contract. GHC
• Obituaries:  Mildred (Millie) Ardelia McBrayer Ruland, Mr. Enoch "Bill" Jackson, Rev. Roger Lewis Loveless Sr., Sara Louise McCollum. 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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• 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

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HIGH SCHOOLS

• Pepperell High reunion in Athens last Saturday: one from Alabama, one from Georgia.
• John McClellan's high school picks: Rome by 2 over Dalton. Darlington, Pepperell, Cartersville, Calhoun wins. McClellan
• Georgia High School Football Daily.

COLLEGES

• Great CBS video about Nick Chubb, Chubb Town.
• 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
• Honors for Shorter Hawk quarterback Aaron Bryant
• 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.
  

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• At 8:40 a.m.: U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson on the latest news for veterans, Washington and international relations, and maybe Mitch McConnell's fate.