Read the FBI's 2015 crime report for Northwest Georgia. Rome OKs 'Duck Pond' project. Fall finally arriving. Local sports updates. Falcons get a big win Monday night.

Continuing updates all day at www.hometownheadlines.com

 

Ware Mechanical forecast:

• TGIF! (Thank God It's Fall). 75 by Wednesday with a low near 50 Friday morning. Weather

Latest local headlines:

• FBI posts crime reports for our communities in 2015. Numbers reflect violent year in Floyd County. Crime
• Rome City Commission OK's development plan for Duck Pond by 5-3 following marathon discussion. Vote
• Health: Harbin Clinic Immediate Care now offers appointments as well as walk-in service. Health
• Education: 'Rome High News' takes students, parents inside what's happening on, off the campus with the Wolves. RHS
• Buzz Tuesday: Great Locomotive Chase Festival this weekend in Adairsville. Honors for Polk Medical's Gorman. 4-H members master LEGO build contest. Buzz
• Georgia Health News: Kaiser again ranked No. 1 health plan in the state. Health
• Remembering Elizabeth Gayle (Ware) Bowman, Mr. George Neal Jr., Reginald D Petty, Mrs. Mildred Kathleen Pollard Winters. 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

• Atlanta Falcons updates.
• More honors for Berry's Blanchard.
• Friday's Armuchee-Coosa game gets personal.
• Half marathon, banquet set for December.
• 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.
• 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.

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• 7:40 a.m.: The Coosa Valley Fair opens in one week. We get a preview from John Garner and Gene Richardson.
• 8:10 a.m.: Michael Smith, the Democratic Party of Georgia's communications chief, on his take aways from Monday night's presidential debate.
• 8:40 a.m.:  Jennifer Hazelton, communications director for the Trump-Pence campaign in Georgia, with her thoughts on the debate.