Northwest Georgia churches preparing for Christmas. Cartersville wins state AAAA football title. Keep an eye on the overnight weather; storms possible. What's ahead this week.

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

 

Ware Mechanical Weather

• Ware Mechanical forecast: Latest models have rain, winds passing through Northwest Georgia by sunrise Monday.
• Updated weather coverage all day on Hometown Headlines

Headlines

• Northwest Georgia churches preparing Christmas celebrations. Services
• Today: Festival of Our Lady of Guadalupe, including parade along Broad Street. Plus: Living Nativity at Spring Creek Baptist Church. Today
• This week: This week: Busy week of meetings; Toys for Tots distribution and Shop With a Cop. Agenda
• Obituaries: Remembering Mr. Wallace Russell, Paul Holcombe Scott, Martha Chapman Hunt. Services
• Public Health restaurant inspections scores returns Tuesday.  Dining
  
• 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
  
• Final day of 'White Christmas.'

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

• Class AAAA State Championship: Cartersville shuts out Buford, wins state title, 10-0.
• John McClellan's high school championship picks. How did John do?  McClellan
• Georgia High School Football Daily returns Monday.
• 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.
Please join our guests Monday including:

• At 7:40 a.m.: Rome City Commissioner Evie McNiece on the latest with the Department of Revenue.
• At 8:40 a.m.: Dr. Brian Carroll, chair of Berry's Communication Department, on special sports series you'll soon be reading.