IRS report: Rough year for Shorter with $6 million loss. Charges filed in Kobe Thomas death; funeral set. Floyd names top teacher. Craft beer, wine festival updates. Busy weekend starts today. Norman's No Nos and high school updates.

Continuing updates all day at www.hometownheadlines.com 

 

Ware Mechanical forecast:

• Slight chance of rain Saturday; weekend highs near 80. Weather

Today's headlines

• Education: IRS report shows rough year for Shorter with loss of $6.3 million, contributions decrease and almost 200 fewer jobs over two years.Shorter
• As family, friends prepare for Kobe Thomas' funeral Saturday, Floyd Police confirm felony charges filed in his death. Kobe
• Craft beer report: Rome City Brewing samples another offering; The Foundry clears big hurdle. Wine: Uncorked 2016, benefiting Rome Symphony, is Nov. 4. Libations
• Education: Armuchee High's Michelle Arp is named Floyd County's Teacher of the Year. Teacher
• Health: Harbin Clinic's Dr. Maxwell Prempeh brings new heart procedure to Cartersville. Movie, discussion to focus on women, Alzheimer's disease. Health
• Weekend: Cardboard Challenge returns. Also: Harbin Hero Hustle, Walk a Mile in Her Shoes. Fiddlin' Fest, Euharlee Covered Bridge Festival.Events
• Remembering Mr. Nathan Lionel "Butch" Huckaby, Mrs. Phyllis Anne Hulsey Ross, Ms. Stella Rose Storey, Mr. Kobe Thomas. Obituaries 
• Public Health restaurant inspection scores. Dining 
• Area arrest reports brought to you by Dr. Miniyar's Pediatrics. Crime
  

Also today:

• Campaign watch: Election headlines; sample ballots; summary of candidate profiles. 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

• Pepperell vs. Rockmart wins Game of the Week votes.
• Friday night: Kickoff forecast, radio and web coverage of tonight's games. Posts today at 4 p.m.
• Norman Arey's Norman's No Nos: Tennessee just isn't ready for The Tide; Ohio State to struggle? No Nos
• John McClellan's high school picks: Rome and Cartersville cruise. Pepperell by 10 over Rockmart. Model by 6 over Chattooga and Darlington by 6 over Trion. McClellan
• Berry Vikings: At Hendrix, 2 p.m. Saturday
• Shorter Hawks:  At North Alabama Saturday at 7 p.m.
• Georgia Tech:  At home vs. Georgia Southern, Saturday at 12:30 p.m. Next:  Oct. 29, homecoming vs. Duke,
• UGA:   At home vs. Vanderbilt, Saturday at noon.
• Atlanta Falcons: At Seahawks, 4:25 p.m. Sunday.

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

• Please join us with guests:
• 7:40 a.m.: Floyd County School Board members Chip Hood and Jay Shell on their Coosa-Armuchee bet plus board updates.
• 8:10 a.m.: Whatever happened to Capt. Douglas McClure from the Salvation Army?
• 8:40 a.m.: Hometown Headlines/WRGA News Roundtable.