Halloween City coming to Cartersville's former Office Depot spot. Cartersville v. Darlington on WBHF 1450 AM, Bartow Headlines. Weekend events, forecast.

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Today is last day for early booth registration for the Bartow chamber's 2010 Business Showcase. Early registration is $250, but rises to $300 after Sept. 3. This year's event moves to new Brown Center: With the theme  "Roll Out the Red Carpet for Business in Bartow," the Cartersville-Bartow County Chamber of Commerce's annual business showcase is set for 3-7 p.m. Oct. 28. Details: Chamber

-Pioneer Days Parade in downtown Cartersville on Saturday at 10 a.m. Floats, clowns, Shriners and more. Courtesy: DDA Facebook.

Scaring up a little business at former Office Depot

One of the more appealing retail slots on the market--the 33,056-square-foot former home of Circuit City--has a temporary client. Halloween City is opening soon at 2700 Martha Berry Highway near Mount Berry Square. Calling itself the "costume superstore," Halloween City features all sorts of characters and get-ups. That's Fred Flintstone on the right. A Cartersville shop is opening in the former Office Depot at 433 E. Main St. as well. The Rome store is accepting applications for temporary positions via e-mail at enelson@halloweencity.com. The building itself remains up for permanent lease. Details

Weekend football

-Norman Arey's Sports Roundtable. Arey  

-It's the season premiere of Norman's No-Nos, 15 college football teams all but guaranteed to lose this weekend.

-Norman's No-Nos: Hokies upset the Broncos; Notre Dame has no trouble with Purdue.

John McClellan's High School picks, updates for week two. McClellan  

-Rome by 9 over Cass.

-Darlington by 2 over Cartersville.

-Adairsville by 4 over Dade County.

-Woodland defeats S. Forsyth by 7.

WBHF 1450 AM covers Cartersville at Darlington tonight:

-The pregame show starts over the air and via webcast on Bartow Headlines at 5:45 p.m. with the game at 7:30 p.m., post-game and then the scoreboard show.

Tracking Earl, Fiona, Gaston and . . .?

-The tropics erupt as Earl threatens the Eastern Seabord. Latest updates

-Labor Day weekend forecast.

Labor Day updates

-Banks, city, county offices closed Labor Day; no postal service.

-State patrol drops holiday traffic death predictions--kind of. No estimates for the 78-hour Labor Day holiday travel period that begins at 6 p.m. Friday and ends at midnight Labor Day, Monday.  Even more bizarre: They release last year's stats and a cumulative report from recent years. Odd. Click

-Georgia DOT is suspending construction-related lane closures now through 5 a.m. Tuesday.

-Gas averaging $2.52 for a gallon of unleaded: that's up from $2.43 a year ago. Check local, regional prices. Click

-Weekend events: Barbecue, pow-wow, Peter Pan. Click

-Forecast for Labor Day weekend: Mid-80s, low 50s at night. Below

Thursday's Bartow County Jail reports. Intake reports &  Incident reports

Your Labor Day weekend forecast:

-Friday: Sunny with a high of 92, low of 58. 20% rain chance. Gusts: 15 mph.

-Saturday: Big change: High of 82, low of 51.

-Sunday: High of 86, low of 52.

-Monday: Sunny, high of 87, low of 60.

-Forecast: Click  / Regional radar

Shorter Hawks football. Click

-Shorter drops to 0-2 on new season, loses 41-7 to first-year Georgia State.

Norman Arey's Sports Roundtable. Arey   

-Norman's No-Nos: Hokies upset the Broncos; Notre Dame has no trouble with Purdue.

Rome Braves. Click Sports

-West Virginia shuts out Rome Braves, 3-0.

-Friday-Monday in Lexington. 

-Mills Fitzner's 2010 home game photos. Click