One more day of sizzling weather and then some relief. Regional business updates. Later today: Bartow County Jail reports, Cartersville Police updates.

The local news you need throughout your busy day from www.bartowheadlines.com:

 

• Today: High of 93, upper 80s Saturday, Fathers Day. Weather

Today's headlines:

• Goat's General Store, Troy's barbecue, Forum seek licenses from Rome's Alcohol Control Commission. Licenses
• Buzz: Downtown Rome Tour of Homes benefit is July 9. GNTC, partners honored; open house at Gordon campus. Endocrinologist joins Gordon physicians. Buzz
• Georgia Health News: Polk Medical Center, L.A. hospital sue Blue Cross/Blue Shield over payments directly to patients, not healthcare providers. Health
• Remembering Ms. Patricia Diann Causey, Mrs. Gladys Evelyn Gay, Ms. Susie Lee Hudgins, Mr. Edward Howard Kerns, Mr. Willie Turner, Mr. Elduren Whatley Jr. ('Junior'). Obituaries
• Public Health restaurant inspection scores. Dining
  
• Area arrest reports brought to you by Dr. Miniyar's Pediatrics. CrimeWatch

Recommended reads:

• Floyd Schools, first responders produce a chilling video that will change the way you drive, let alone your teenagers. Video
• 2016 Guide to Summer Camps in Northwest Georgia. Camps
• Vacation Bible Schools plan a busy summer. What's ahead. VBS
• 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

• Rome Braves fall 9-1 to Grasshoppers in opener.
• Next: Home today-Sunday vs. Greensboro followed by All-Star break.
• Mills Fitzner's Rome Braves' home game photo gallery.
• Links to high school football schedules this fall.
• Upcoming community sports events.
• Links to sports summer camps. Football, baseball and more.

Hometown Headlines Radio Edition, WRGA 98.7 FM (streaming)

Please join our guests from 7-9 a.m. including:

• At 7:40 a.m.: Joe Cook of Coosa River Basin Initiative on Paddle Georgia, which ends in Rome next Friday.
• At 8:10 a.m.: Jay Shell of Brewhouse Music & Grill and the Floyd County Board of Education on his family's trip to Orlando and what they saw amid so many tragic turns for that community.
• At 8:40 a.m.: Hometown Headlines/WRGA News Roundtable.