$1 million donated for Berry theatre. School-by-school SAT scores. Business: Update on Kroger opening; new wings place. Even cooler Thursday, Friday. Weekly soccer report.

Today's first headlines and continuing news updates all day at www.hometownheadlines.com

 

 

Ware Mechanical forecast:

• Thursday, Friday forecasts look ideal -- low to mid 70s; overnight, low 50s. Weather

Latest local headlines:

• Education: Atlanta philanthropist gives $1 million for Berry College theatre. Berry
• Business: Kroger Marketplace grand opening is 10 a.m. Oct. 5. Wing Me Up opens up in Calhoun. Business
• Buzz: Forum on skate park Oct. 19. Road improvements under way. Notary training set for two sessions on Oct. 6. Buzz
• Georgia students see rise in traditional SAT scores; we have the school-by-school score and count on test-takers. Education
• Education: Josh Hart from West End Elementary earns first place honors in the Fall Sixth Grade Berry College Mathematics Contest. Education
• Georgia Health News: Rural hospitals see ray of hope in tax credits. Health
• Remembering Mr. Harold P. Crawford, Mr. Reginald Dwain Petty, Mr. Daniel Porter, Mr. Tracy Lee Snyder, Mrs. Sara Adams Wood. Obituaries
• Public Health restaurant inspection scores.  Dining
• Area arrest reports brought to you by Dr. Miniyar's Pediatrics. CrimeWatch
  

Also today:

• Fall festivals, pumpkin farms and leaf season. Your Northwest Georgia wrap-up. Fall
• Traffic: Georgia DOT, Google Maps or Waze.
• State business headlines: Georgia Trend
• Northwest Georgia jobs: Career Builder
  

Chick-fil-A Dwarf House Sports Report

• Busy weekly soccer report.
• High schools ready for rivalry Friday; for Model, '79 champs reunion.
• Berry Vikings: At Washington (Mo.), 7 p.m. Saturday.
• Shorter Hawks: Home Thursday at 7 p.m. vs. West Alabama.
• John McClellan's high school picks:  Week 6 picks coming this week.
• Georgia High School Football Daily:
• Norman Arey's Norman's No Nos: Next picks due Friday morning.
• Georgia Tech:  Next up: Miami at home, noon Saturday.
• UGA: Ole Miss pounds Dogs. Next: Home Saturday vs. Tennessee, 3:30 p.m.
• Atlanta Braves: At home vs. Phillies today-Thursday.
• Atlanta Falcons: Home Sunday vs. Panthers, 1 p.m., Fox.

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• 7:40 a.m.: Charles Love of the North Rome community on the bid to move the recycling center.
• 8:40 a.m.: Willie Green III, Floyd County's election supervisor, on what to know as we get closer to the Nov. 8 election.