New Hardee's just about ready. Cartersville Medical to host disabilities lunch and learn. Cooler nights this week; upper 40s. Sports updates. Later today: Bartow County Jail reports, Cartersville Police arrest reports

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Ware Mechanical forecast

• Lows in the upper 40s Wednesday and Thursday mornings.

Headlines

• Rome City Commission, Ward Three candidate Q  & As on Riverside Parkway project, the regional hospital site and local jobs. Ward Three
• 50-cent Krystals today only. Cartersville Hardee's about ready. Relief trips to South Carolina expand. Development authority, Greater Rome Chamber updates.  Business
• Two new members join Georgia Northwestern Technical College's Board of Directors. GNTC
• Region: Latest updates from Floyd, Bartow, Gordon and Polk counties. Region
• Health: New cafe at Floyd. Redmond Women's Center hosts Ladies Night Out. Cartersville Medical hosts disabilities lunch-and-learn. Health
• Georgia Health News: Georgia-based group is a titan in public health. GHN
• Obituaries: Remembering Arthur J. Gravley, Joe Perkins, Mrs. Natherlean Smith. Funerals.
• Public Health restaurant inspections scores, brought to you by Dr. Miniyar Pediatrics. No reports Monday. Dining
• Area arrest reports brought to you by Midian Roofing. CrimeWatch

Regular features:

• 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
  
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Chick-fil-A Dwarf House Sports Report

HIGH SCHOOLS

• John McClellan's high school picks: Model over Coosa, rough night for Pepperell; Cartersville, Rome cruise McClellan
• Pepperell and Cartersville games in running for Fox 5 Atlanta's game of the week. Vote
• Georgia High School Football Daily.

COLLEGES

• Berry College Vikings vs. Hendrix at Valhalla, 1 p.m. on Saturday. Vikings / Updated: Valhalla Rising
• Shorter University Hawks at University of West Alabama, 3 p.m. Saturday. Hawks
• Georgia vs. Missouri, 7:30 p.m. Saturday in Athens. UGA.
• Georgia Tech vs. Pittsburgh, 12:30 p.m. Saturday in Atlanta. Tech
• Coming Friday: Norman's No-Nos where Norman Arey picks 15 locks to lose this weekend.

PROS

• Berry's Collin McHugh to pitch deciding playoff game between his Astros and the Royals on Wednesday night. McHugh
• The Falcons  play Thursday at New Orleans, 8:25 p.m.  / The latest on the NFL
• Atlanta Braves open the 2016 season at home vs. Washington on April 4.
  

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Please join our guests including:

• At 7:40 a.m.: As part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a look at Genetics/High Risk/IBIS scoring (which looks at a patient's lifetime risk of breast cancer) with guests Alisha Green and Lindsey Garmon, Nurse Practitioners at  Redmond Women's Center.
• At 8:40 a.m.: Eric Wright president of Fish 4 Him films based in Rome. The current film, Hero's Battle, is about to start production locally and they'll be using local talent.