Updates on floods and high water. Restaurant gossip. Advance voting continues. Obituaries. Latest sports. Later today: Bartow County Jail reports, Cartersville Police reports.

Where your news day starts: www.bartowheadlines.com:

 

Today's weather:

• Cold day ahead; high of 49 with windchill in the 30s.
• Latest updates on our flooded waterways and other high-water issues.

Today's headlines:

• Dining: Restaurant gossip; the best place to watch the SEC (primary -- and football); and why Irish eyes are smilin.' Restaurants
• Republican Wright Bagby running for County Commissioner Post 2 seat now held by Garry Fricks. Politics
• Floyd should top 2,000 advance voters this afternoon. More honors for Brinson Askew's Richardson. High marks for Georgia Northwestern's paramedic program. Buzz
• Georgia Health News: WellStar closing in on major hospital deals; would make it the biggest health system in Georgia. GHN
• Remembering Mr. James Howard Childers, Mr. David E. Culp Sr., Venica Belinda Rogers, Mr. Ralph Franklin Treadaway. Obituaries
• Latest Public Health restaurant inspection 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 school basketball: Model to play Putnam County on Friday at 4:45 p.m. in Milledgeville; Calhoun boys face Jenkins on Friday at 6:30 p.m. in Augusta.
• PHS Alumni Baseball Game is March 12.
• College and high school updates.
• The Rome Braves announce Fourth Annual No Excuses 5K, Health Walk, & Hot Dog Fun Run will take place on Saturday, April 16.
• AAU Basketball tryouts on March 2-3.

Hometown Headlines Radio Edition on WRGA 98.7 FM.
-Please join us from 7-9 a.m. with our guests including:

• At 7:40 a.m.: From Redmond Regional Medical Center, new heart procedures available for patients with Dr. Chas Jackson, Harbin Clinic Cardiologist.
• At 8:10 a.m.: Brian Guthrie, a co-chair in Floyd County for supporters of Ted Cruz for president, on what we can expect from the SEC Primary and beyond.
• At 8:40 a.m.: Dr. Frank Stephenson,  professor of economics at Berry College, on politics and maybe even baseball.