Heat index of 103 today; high, 98. Latest Bartow, regional updates

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Your latest forecast: 103-degree heat index today; Monday's high was 94.

-EMA issues Heat Advisory Information. Details

-Tuesday:  High of 98 with a 30% rain chance.

-Tuesday night: Low of 71; 20% rain chance.

-Wednesday: High of 95, 40% chance of rain.

-Wednesday night: Low of 70, 20% rain chance.

-Extended forecast: Click  / Regional radar

Regional Buzz:

-Tom Graves sworn in as Ninth District congressman, representing parts of Gordon County. Re-election bid for July 20 primary under way. Click

-Gordon County Commission considers 35-acre solar farm at old landfill: This is an interesting idea for using Harris Beamer Landfill, "a county-owned abandoned landfill," as the site for a solar energy farm with that energy sent the North Georgia EMC grid. For project details, click here. For more on the 6 p.m. meeting, click Agenda

-Georgia Northwestern Technical College to hold its first commencement ceremony this Thursday since becoming GNTC. Approximate 370 awards for graduates from Summer/Fall 2009 and Winter/Spring 2010 will be given out. GNTC

-Jim Williams to coach GNTC's women's basketball team. Click

What's ahead in Bartow County:

-6/17: Chattahoochee Tech graduation to feature another big class: After breaking enrollment records for three straight quarters, Chattahoochee Technical College is set to break another record with the number of students graduating during its spring commencement. An estimated 909 graduates will be recognized at the ceremony, only the second for the newly merged school, scheduled for June 17. Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center at 10 a.m.

-6/17: Cartersville City Council, 7 p.m. Hear it live on WBHF 1450 AM or Web cast here on Bartow Headlines. Click Agenda

-6/18: Gospel benefit set for the American Cancer Society: The site is The Church at Liberty Square in Cartersville. Tickets are available at all Bartow County Bank locations. Proceeds go to the American Cancer Society. Performing will be The Gentrys and The Hoppers. For more: Freddie Gunn at 770-382-2572, Pam Brown at 770-655-3853 or Fredia Hall at 770-382-2418.

Tuesday report from the Bartow County Jail. Click

Norman Arey's Sports Roundtable. Arey 

-Make no mistake about it: College football and football only is driving league expansion.

Rome Braves. Sports

-Savannah swamps Braves, 10-4, to take opener.

-RHP Cory Rasmus selected for the 2010 South Atlantic League All Star Team replacing Arodys Vizcaino.

-Tonight: Braves at Savannah.

-Mills Fitzner's home game photos. Click