Heavy rain, flood watch, storms, strong winds make for ugly day ahead; continuing coverage all day. Cartersville/Bartow merchants preparing for Small Business Saturday. Later today: Bartow County Jail reports, Cartersville Police arrest reports.

Where Northwest Georgia's news day starts: www.bartowheadlines.com:

 

Ware Mechanical forecast

• Wind advisory, flood watch, storms, up to 2.5 inches of rain – ugly day ahead.
• We'll have updates all day.

Headlines

• Small Business Saturday, set for Nov. 28, getting more focus this year among Northwest Georgia merchants, business groups. Business
• Graves co-sponsors legislation to halt Syrian resettlement in U.S.; closer look at governor's bid to do the same. Politics
• Floyd Auxiliary donates largest gift ever, $210,000. Anthony Philip Carter, M.D., a third-year resident in Floyd's Family Medicine Residency program, named 2015 Family Medicine Resident of the Year. Health
• Lindale 'costars' in new trailer for 'The Divergent Series: Allegiant.' Lindale
• Thursday's Great American Smoke Out includes the surging number of middle, high schoolers using 'e cigs, 'vapes.' Health
• At a glance: Highlands' NOW classes and what's happening across Northwest Georgia. Briefs
• More than 500 area high school students pack Georgia Northwestern's Transition Fair. GNTC
• Obituaries:  Remembering Mrs. Mary Delora Phillips Wooten, Mr. John William Burchfield, Mrs. Elma Imogene Hester, Mr. Randy Lamar Goolsby, Juanita Inet Silvers. Funerals
• 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

• John McClellan's high school playoff picks: Rome, Cartersville, Calhoun advance; Adairsville, Sonoraville, Trion seasons will end. McClellan
• Rome High Wolves just miss being named Fox 5 Atlanta's Team of the Week. Vote
• Track each local playoff team in their respective brackets.
• Georgia High School Football Daily.

COLLEGES

• Shorter Lady Hawks open season with 19th annual Breast Cancer Awareness Classic
• 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, 15 guaranteed losers in college football this weekend.
• Valhalla Rising: A 49-page digital magazine showcasing the Berry College Vikings magical football season. Click Vahalla Rising.

PROS

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

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

• At 7:40 a.m.: From Shorter University, men's basketball coach Tyler Murray on the new season.
• At 8:10 a.m.: Berry Student Enterprises' Christmas in November sale this Friday and Saturday at Oak Hill with guests Greg Howard and Weaver Ellard.
• At 8:40 a.m.: Jim Butterworth, director of Georgia Emergency Management, on the Syrian resettlement issues and where Georgia stands in light of the governor's declaration.