As 'mega' Kroger opens, land cleared for newest ALDI. Report card on your credit union. Matthew a threat to Georgia? Weekly soccer report.

Continuing updates all day at www.hometownheadlines.com 

 

Ware Mechanical forecast:

• Mid 80s today, Thursday; upper 70s by Sunday. Weather
• Latest on Hurricane Matthew: What you need to know. Alert

Latest local headlines:

• Business: A look at Floyd County credit unions in 2015, 2014. Business
• Campaign watch: 6 days left to register for Nov. 8 election. Local, national political calendars. Latest candidate profiles. Politics
• Rome Tennis Center gets men's, women's ACC tennis championships in April as conference makes good on pledge to move events from N. Carolina. ACC
• Buzz: John Wisdom ride returns Oct. 15. Chieftains hosts 'Night at the Museum.' Job fair in Dalton. New web home for Highland Rivers. Buzz
• Remembering Gail Cam Sexton Coffman, Ms. Tonya Nicole Dupree, Ms. Fannie M. Fletcher. Obituaries
• Public Health restaurant inspection scores.  Dining
• Area arrest reports brought to you by Dr. Miniyar's Pediatrics. CrimeWatch
  

Also today:

• Campaign watch: Summary of candidate profiles (and links to GHC video interviews). Plus: Local, national political calendars. Politics
• 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

• Arsenal Select's weekly soccer report.
• Rome-Floyd Hall of Fame looks for 'veterans.'
• Berry Vikings: At home vs. Chicago, Saturday at noon.
• Shorter Hawks: Clark Atlanta at Barron Stadium, 7 p.m. Oct. 6.
• John McClellan's high school picks: Rome, Darlington, Cartersville should have no trouble Friday night; 10 area teams off for fall break. McClellan
• Georgia High School Football Daily.
• Georgia Tech:  At Pittsburgh, Saturday at 12:30 p.m.
• UGA: At South Carolina, 7:30 p.m. Saturday.
• Atlanta Falcons: At Broncos, 4:15 p.m. Sunday.

Hometown Headlines Radio Edition, 7-9 a.m., WRGA 98.7 FM.

• Please join our guests including:
• 7:40 a.m.: Updates on Hurricane Matthew from the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency.
• 8:10 a.m.: Berry sophomore Maddie Bess on tonight's Northwest Georgia Fracking Roundtable set for 6 p.m. at the library.
• 8:40 a.m.: Ann Hortman, director of the Rome Sports Commission, on the 2017 ACC men's and women's tennis championships moving to Rome.
• Noon-1 p.m.: We're subbing for Nelle Reagan today on Talk of the Town. Please join our guests Jenny Shealy from Network Day Service Center and Greg Gray from Rockmart.