Bartow's heat index to hit 107 degrees today. Latest community updates

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Heat index of 107 forecast for today; high of 98

-Heat advisory in effect until 8 p.m. Thursday. High daytime temps, warmer nights not allowing enough cooling. Advisory

-Wednesday: High of 98, low of 73. 20% rain chance. Heat index of 107.

-Thursday: High of 97; low of 73. 40% rain chance. Heat index of 103.

-Forecast: Click  / Regional animated radar

 

Unity National's former operations center on the market:  The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. is selling the 9,000-square-foot former operations center of Unity National Bank. Unity closed in March and its bank offices are now part of Bank of the Ozarks. Click

Bartow County Board of Education tribunal set for 9 this morning. Agenda

Hospital blood drives giving a boost to local supply: (Media Release) In addition to providing life-saving medical services, Cartersville Medical Center is giving back to the community in another capacity: blood donations. According to Blood Assurance, blood donors at Cartersville Medical Center ranked as the second largest donor group in the Blood Assurance service region. 564 units of blood were collected in 2009 at blood drives hosted by Cartersville Medical Center. Blood Assurance, the non-profit regional blood center, is the only provider of blood for Cartersville Medical Center. The organization hosts more than 2,000 blood drives each year and collects approximately 100,000 units of blood for use by area hospitals. In 2009, Cartersville Medical Center used 2,583 units to treat patients in need of blood transfusions. To be eligible to donate, you must be at least 17 years old (16 years old with parental consent), weigh at least 110 pounds and be in good health. For more information on blood drives held at Cartersville Medical Center, please contact Paul Check, laboratory services director, at 770-387-8191.

Politics:

-Bartow County Elections Supervisor, Joseph Kirk expects 10 percent turnout Tuesday.

-Advance voting continues through Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m., at the Bartow County Annex Building, 105 N. Bartow St., or Cartersville Civic Center, 435 W. Main St. Primary runoff ballot

Tuesday's Bartow County Jail reports. Click & Click

-City of Cartersville's Fire Hydrant Testing locations: Aug. 3-5 and Aug. 9-10

Media

-Rockmart's 'Hometown 1220' on the way; Shannon returns:By the middle of next week, you'll be hearing a new sound, an old friend and a new direction at 1220 AM WZOT. The station will be known as Hometown 1220, playing classic country music, midday broadcasts of conservative talker Michael Savage and Rockmart High football games. Anchoring the morning show beginning at 6 each weekday will be Bob Shannon, right, a longtime Northwest Georgia radio personality most recently in Dalton and previously at WGAA in Cedartown. Click

Dining & Drink

-Rome Beer Festival returns Sept. 18: The third edition again benefits the Rome Area Council for the Arts and is set for 1-5 p.m. at Heritage Park. The 2010 edition will feature 50-plus beers. Tickets are $25 if ordered by Aug. 15; $30 afterward. No one under 21 admitted. You can purchase them at The Forum. For more, see the festival's Facebook page.

-Aug. 27/Wine dinner at Johnny Mitchell's Smokehouse Barbecue: The Euharlee hot spot plans three glasses of wine to go with pork tenderloin, smoke salmon, fried green tomatoes and panna cotta with fresh berries. Starts at 7 p.m.; $35 per person. Click Facebook.

Norman Arey's Sports Roundtable. Arey 

-Tim Tebow already has his own Nike shoe; is Ole Miss' Houston Nutt a dirty coach?

Rome Braves. Click Sports

-Braves take second straight vs. Savannah, 7-4.

-SandGnats at Rome, 1 p.m. Wednesday.

-Mills Fitzner's latest home game photos. (Click)