New details on Marketplace in Cartersville. Cartersville High's appeal for a new region rejected. High of 71 by Saturday. Restaurant scores. Later today: Bartow County Jail reports; Cartersville Police arrest reports.

Today's first headlines from www.bartowheadlines.com:

 

Ware Mechanical Weather

• Look for 71 by Saturday; storms possible by Sunday night.

Headlines

• Rome's new Hampton Inn & Suites opens Jan. 11; job fair to be announced. Opening
• A few more details about Main Street Marketplace quickly rising in Cartersville. Kroger
• At a glance: Big plans for downtown Cedartown and other Northwest Georgia updates. Region
• WIS International sets Dec. 15 job fairs at Rome, Dalton Department of Labor career centers. Jobs
• Georgia's presidential primary ballot set on both sides; vote is March 1. SEC Primary
• Georgia Northwestern offering Accelerated GED Classes in Polk, Chattooga counties. GNTC
• Georgia Health News: WellCare, pediatricians strike 'value' contract. GHN
• Obituaries: Remembering Maureen Fuller Barbogello, Miss Cynthia Denise Daniel, Laura Wiggins Gentry, Mr. Herbert F. Smith Jr. Services
• Public Health restaurant inspections scores.  Dining
• Two suspects -- a 26-year-old woman and a 15-year-old girl -- face 11 counts of stealing items from vehicles. Arrests
• Area arrest reports brought to you by Dr. Miniyar's Pediatrics. CrimeWatch

Holiday Happenings

• Hometown Headlines has teamed with Harbin Clinic to present Holiday Happenings, a digital magazine with details on parades, concerts, performances and live Nativity scenes across Northwest Georgia. You can view it in two formats: Desktop or Mobile
  

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

• Honors for Berry defensive lineman Mamadou Soumahoro.
• Cartersville's bid for a new region rejected; more high school reclassification updates.
• Class AAAA State Championship: Cartersville vs. Buford, Saturday, 4 p.m.,  at The Georgia Dome. Tickets on sale at CHS; pep rally set for Friday afternoon.
• John McClellan's high school championship picks. Buford too much for the Cartersville Purple Hurricanes. Plus: John's picks for all the title games.  McClellan
• Georgia High School Football Daily.
• All the bowl matchups from ESPN. Georgia vs. Penn State on Jan. 2. Click
• The Falcons at Carolina, 1 p.m. Sunday / The latest on the NFL

Hometown Headlines Radio Edition on WRGA 98.7 FM.
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• At 7:40 a.m.: Layla Shipman, chair of the Floyd County Republican Party, on the Trump/Muslim issue and next week's debate-watching party.
• At 8:40 a.m.: Deacon Stuart Neslin, parish administrator at Saint Mary's Catholic Church, on Pope Francis' declaration of the Year of Mercy which started Tuesday.