Cartersville City Council meets tonight. Later today: Updates jail reports. Mall for sale: $11.8 million. New outlets in Woodstock

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Cartersville City Council meets at 7 tonight.

 

Mount Berry Square mall listed for sale at just under $12 million.

New outlets under way in Woodstock with key leases; due to open in August 2013.

Public health restaurant inspection scores: Two Rome restaurants score in the 60s.

 

Later today: Wednesday's jail reports.

Labor Department seeks employees for NW Georgia jobs.

A small break in the heat.

-Thursday: 60% rain chance, high 82, low 61.

-Friday: 60% rain chance, high 83, low 63.

-Saturday: 30% rain chance, high 88, low 62.

 

Rome chamber endorses T-SPOST referendum.

Hometown Headlines: The Radio Edition.
-7-9 a.m., WRGA 1470 AM. Listen online.
-Please join our guests including Jennifer Hulsey, a Republican candidate for State House District 16; Chris Giddens, a local youth minister, on a big summer of 'geek' blockbuster movies.

Cartersville's Trinity School, Darlington in partnership talks. Carmike 12 to screen Avengers at 12:01 a.m. Friday. 89 Tuesday; another round today. Latest jail reports.

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Darlington, The Trinity School in Cartersville in partnership talks. Move gives Darlington a strategic position in fast-growing Bartow County, I-75 corridor.

Avengers assembled -- at 12:01 a.m. What is expected to be one of the summer's top blockbusters gets early screenings in Rome, Cartersville. You in?

Latest Bartow County Jail reports.

 

What's ahead in Bartow County: How to help Pine Mountain.

Sizzling weather could stretch another week:

-Wednesday: Mostly sunny, high of 89, low of 62.

-Thursday: 20% rain chance, high of 85, low of 61.

-Friday: 20% rain chance, high of 86, low of 63.

 

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-Please join our guests today including Skip Matherly, the new head basketballcoach at Pepperell High; and Dr. Donald Dowless, president of Shorter University, on graduation, changes on campus and what's ahead.　

Rome Braves off Tuesday, in Hagerstown starting tonight.

OSHA cites Calhoun firm over worker safey concerns; gas prices almost 20 cents less than a year ago. More upper 80s this week. Latest jail reports.

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Calhoun firm fined $53,000 by OSHA over safety, 'amputation' concerns.

Surprise: Gas prices today lower than they were a year ago.

Drug drop-off nets 601 pounds of outdated drugs, needles.

After Monday's 88, look for 90 Wednesday, Thursday
-Tuesday: High of 89, low of 62.
-Wednesday: Mostly sunny, high of 90, low of 59.
-Thursday: Sunny, high of 90, low of 56.

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-Please join our guests today including Sue Tarpley, Berry College's Director of the Career Center, on job prospects for the Class of 2012; Layla Shipman, just named National Young Republican of the Year at the Young Republicans Leadership Council in Washington, D.C.; and Darlington and FSU star punter Shawn Powell on signing with the Buffalo Bills.

 

Kannapolis beats Rome Braves, 7-0; Braves off today, on the road Wednesday-May 9

Gas down 7 cents a gallon. Look for a high of 90 today. Senate District 52 race drawing a crowd. Latest jail reports.

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What's buzzing in Northwest Georgia. Click Buzz
-Kyle Hensel 's new mission: Within the next four weeks, the Small Business Development Center returns to Rome to bring free advice to current and aspiring business owners as well as more tools to make the job even smoother.
-Suddenly crowded Senate District 52 race: Now too many candidates vs. too few?
-Tom Graves for VP? The congressman's late endorsement of Mitt Romney and his ties to the tea party, Club for Growth ignites a bit of speculation.

Former Mohawk plant in Shannon sells for $5.6 million: Ashley Capital LLC has purchased the 566,000-square-foot campus at 212 Burlington Drive in Shannon for $5.6 million, according to CoStar Group.

Georgia gas prices fall another 7 cents a gallon; average cost: $369. AAA South

Warm week ahead

-Monday: Mostly sunny, high of 90, low of 59.

-Tuesday: 20% rain chance, high of 87, low of 60.

-Wednesday: Mostly sunny, high of 88, low of 57.

 

Later today: Bartow  County Jail reports.

 

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-Please join our guests today including Sheriff Tim Burkhalter on seeking a third term; Charlie Williams and Jarrett Shadday on Thursday's prayer breakfast; and Hayden Collins on his bid for the Senate 52 seat.

 

Rome Braves fall 8-5 Sunday; play at home today beginning at 10:30 a.m.

Business: Latest spin on frozen yogurt: mobile unit. Political buzz. Latest jail reports. Warmer, mostly dry weekend

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Friday's business:

-United Community reports $11.5 million first quarter profit.

-Jandy's takes frozen yogurt on the road. Next stop: Cedartown.

 

Politics:
-Rome's Layla Shipman up for national honors at Young Republicans Leadership Conference in Washington ... Two GOP debates in Cartersville in early July...

 

Later today: Latest Bartow County Jail reports.

Warmer weekend starts today

-Friday: 30% rain chance, high of 80, low of 58.

-Saturday: 20% rain chance, high of 87, low of 57.

-Sunday: Mostly sunny, high of 84, low of 54.

 

Weekend events list for Northwest Georgia.

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-Please join our guests today including Tricia Seifert on the chamber's fifth edition of Spectrum of Technology, now set for next month; Chuck Hufstetler, who's running for state Senate District 52; and Atlanta's Phil Kent of the American Immigration Control Foundation on reports about the flow of illegals into America finally starting to ease.

 

Rome Braves bounce back, win 6-2.

Bartow's jobless rate drops to 9.3% in March. Hufstetler enters Senate District 52 race. Wind advisory: 35-mph gusts. Latest dining scores.

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Jobless rate drops again March
-Bartow's jobless rate drops to 9.3% in March.

-Floyd, Gordon still in double digits.

-Where jobs are growing -- and slowing.

Chuck Hufstetler returns to politics, seeks GOP nomination for Senate District 52.

 

Later today: Latest Bartow County Jail reports.

Restaurant scores: Good week for Rome schools, coffee shops.

Meet Neal Freeman of Watkins Real Estate Group, one of the partners trying to put LakePoint Sporting Community and Town Center together. Freeman has a passion for baseball and kids,  piece from the Atlanta Business Chronicle shows.

2012 high school football schedules released

-Adairsville opens Aug. 31 by hosting Cass.

-Cartersville hosts Darlington Aug. 31.

-Woodland hosts Allatoona Aug. 31.

Wind advisory today, noon- 8 p.m. Gusts to 35 mph.

-Thursday: 20-30% rain chance, high of 80, low of 60.

-Friday: 30% rain chance, high of 83, low of 59.

-Saturday: Party sunny, high of 84, low of 56.

 

Rome Braves hammered, 24-2, by Hagerstown.

Latest updates on regional banks. Double honors for Broad Street. Spring's back; high of 80. Later today: Jail updates

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Double header for downtown Rome:
-Travel+Leisure ranks Broad Street among top 27 Great Main Streets.
-Downtown Development Authority  accredited by National Main Street Program.

Bank reports
-Big turnaround for Synovus, parent company of Citizens First Bank in Rome and GB&T in Calhoun and Cartersville.
-Regions reports $199 million in first-quarter net income, up from $69 million a year earlier.
-SunTrust's net income rises to $245 million vs. $180 million in the first quarter of 2011.
-United Community Banks' first quarter statement due Thursday.

Wednesday's buzz:
-Model High grad Ben Hawkins pitches Tuesday night during Hagerstown's win over the Rome Braves. Photo/Mills Fitzner.
-Floyd breaks ground on new Rockmart office.
-May 5: Berry College Spring Commencement. Board of Trustee member/alumnus Bert Clark is guest speaker. 
-Tonight's Powerball jackpot at $173 million.

Spring's back; pollen on the rise, too.

-Wednesday: High of 80, low of 55.

-Thursday: 20-30% rain chance, high of 82, low of 60.

-Friday: Party sunny, high of 82, low of 59.

 

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-Please join our guests including Republican Layla Shipman on the Newt Gingrich campaign; Jordan Poole on Finster Fest and the grand reopening of Paradise Gardens; Georgia Emergency Management Director Charley English on Georgia's state of readiness a year after the fatal tornado outbreak.

 

Rome Braves drop opener to Hagerstown, 9-2.