Johnny Mitchell's Smokehouse closes Euharlee location. Photo galleries and results from Peach State, Zombies and Block Party. Another restaurant coming to Broad St.? Today: Chiaha, Cowboys and Sunday voting. The week ahead in NW Georgia. Sports updates.

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Ware Mechanical forecast

• Patchy fog again this morning. Today: Cloudy, 20% rain chance, high near 75.
• The remnants of Hurricane Patricia will bring rains to much of Georgia next week. Up to 2 inches possible in our area. A few thunderstorms are even possible by Wednesday.

Headlines

• Johnny Mitchell's Smokehouse closes iconic Euharlee location to focus on new Cartersville restaurant. Smokehouse
• This week: Advance voting continues, Rome and Floyd Commissions meet, political forum and lots of Halloween happenings. Week
• Another new restaurant coming to Broad St? Sale pending on former Greener Burger location. Broad St.
• Father Patrick Kingery, pastor at Saint Mary's since 2006, taking a sabbatical before next assignment. Kingery
• Photo gallery: Zombies and apocalyptic fun fill downtown streets. Plus Zombie-thon 5K results.  Zombies
• Photo Gallery and results: Bands from across the region compete at Peach State Marching Band Festival. Peach State
• Today: Chiaha Harvest Fair, Cowboy Festival wrap up. RLT's 'Addams Family'. Plus, Sunday voting in Floyd. Sunday
• Obituaries: Services Tuesday for Dr. Richard Cowan. Remembering Betty Davis, Juanita "Nennie" Davis, Robert Holder, Lila Ivester and Annie Searcy. Funerals
• Public Health restaurant inspections scores.  Dining
• Area arrest reports brought to you by Dr. Miniyar's Pediatrics. CrimeWatch

Advertising

• Hardy Realty's Open House Gallery for today: Four homes from Rome to Buchanan. (desktop and mobile editions). Open Houses

Regular features:

• Your guide to the 2015 election season: Candidates, where/when to vote, additional updates. Politics
• Halloween Happenings: Your guide to area pumpkin patches, fall festivals and "spooky" events. October
• 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

• John McClellan's high school picks for next Friday coming Monday.
• Coming Sunday afternoon: Latest high school and college football rankings.
• Georgia High School Football Daily. Returns Monday.

COLLEGES

• Norman Arey's Norman's No-Nos: How did Norman do?. No-Nos
• Shorter Hawks at Florida Institute of Technology, 7 p.m. Oct. 31. Hawks
• Berry College Vikings off this week. Return to action Oct. 31 at Millsaps, 2 p.m. Vikings 
• Georgia off this week. Next: Oct. 31 vs. Florida in Jacksonville. UGA.
• Georgia Tech stuns Florida State, 22-16. Tech

PROS

• The Falcons at Titans, 1 p.m. Sunday / The latest on the NFL
• Atlanta Braves open the 2016 season at home vs. Washington on April 4.
  

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• At 7:40 a.m.: Georgia Highlands basketball coaches Phil Gaffney (men's) and Brandan Harrell (women's) on the new season
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