Bartow's unemployment report for September. Aftermath from Wednesday's storms. High school football updates including new classifications. Later today: Bartow County Jail reports, Cartersville Police arrest reports.

Your news day starts at www.bartowheadlines.com:

 

Ware Mechanical forecast

• The latest on the aftermath from Wednesday's storms; weekend forecast.
• 2 inches of rain in Rome; 1.92 in Cartersville. Clear skies after fog start. 27 by Monday morning.

Headlines

• September jobs report: 700-job jump in local labor force but first-time jobless claims up across the region  Jobs
• At a glance: Free gift wrap? Give blood Nov. 27. Plus: Other events happening across Northwest Georgia. Briefly
• Weekend: Noon Optimist Club's Pancake Breakfast. Friday, Saturday: The Nutcracker. Downtown Rome open house. Weekend
• Georgia Health News: RSV -- little-known virus poses danger to babies. GHN
• Obituaries: Services set for Mr. Howard Lynn Byess, J. W. Conaway, Mr. Robert L. Turner. Services
• Public Health restaurant inspections scores.  Dining
• Area arrest reports brought to you by Dr. Miniyar's Pediatrics. 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

• Few changes in local high school classifications.
• John McClellan's high school playoff picks. McClellan
• Georgia High School Football Daily.

COLLEGES

• Six Shorter Hawks have been named All-Gulf South Conference standouts.
• Changes ahead for Berry College football.
• Georgia vs. Georgia Southern, noon Saturday. UGA.
• Georgia Tech at Miami, 12:30 p.m. Saturday.  Tech 
• Coming Friday: Norman Arey's Norman's No Nos.

PROS

• The Falcons host the Indianapolis Colts Sunday at 1 p.m. / The NFL

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

• At 7:40 a.m.: Rome High Head Football Coach John Reid.
• At 8:40 a.m.: Brooks Mathis, a Rome native serving as vice president and executive director of Economic Development and part of Cobb EDGE, on that community's sports boom.