How you can ease the foster care crisis. Business Monday: Cartersville Medical's new ER opens. Cooler today, maybe 'wintry mix' overnight Tuesday, cold Wednesday. Gas prices up 7 cents but far lower than a year ago. Later today: Bartow County Jail reports

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Ware Mechanical weather: -Temperatures return to normal today  with much cooler air on the way for Wednesday, Thursday. There's a chance of wintry precipitation Tuesday night/Wednesday morning in some parts of North Georgia.   Today's headlines:  -Floyd County's foster care crisis: How you can help. -Business Monday: Things are sizzling at Cookout Burger location. Stacker'z opens in Silver Creek. Cartersville Medical's new ER opens. -Latest gas prices:  Gas prices jumped 7 cents last week; still almost 50 cents a gallon less than a year ago   Today's jail reports. -4 and 8 a.m., again at 8 p.m. seven days a week.

Chick-fil-A Dwarf House Sports Report   Berry women, men split basketball series with Birmingham Southern. Shorter Hawks baseball sweeps Christian Brothers.  Links to latest updates from Berry, Shorter, Georgia Northwestern and Georgia Highlands.

Your  Ware Mechanical forecast: -Monday: Mostly sunny, high of 61, low of 34. -Get your three-day forecast and updated weather links at Hometown Headlines.

Hometown Headlines Radio Edition 7-9 a.m. weekdays. Listen live online atwrga.streamon.fm  -Please join our guests Monday: -Secretary of State Brian Kemp on the bid to hold Georgia's presidential primary on March 1, 2016. -Chris Kozelle of Berry College on the explosion of interest in the eagles nests on campus, especially Saturday's hatching of one of two eggs in the nest near Krannert Center.