Latest Bartow County Public Health restaurant reports. Visitors Bureau using texts, tweets to keep businesses in touch with surging tourism from LakePoint. Busy, soggy weekend ahead in Bartow County. Later today: Jail, Cartersville arrest reports

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Ware Mechanical forecast:

At least 1.5 to perhaps 1.75 inches of rain are on tap for the next two days as a lingering storm system will hang over much of Northwest Georgia. There's a chance of thunderstorms as well. Temperatures will stay in the mid 80s with more rain next week.

Headlines:

• Big day for next steps in restaurant, retail, hotel projects. Projects
• Restaurants: Jefferson's celebrates 10 years on Broad. Schroeder's adding wine? Permits sought for Ichiban, O'Charley's. Restaurants
• Shorter Hawks' sports moving to 99.5 The Jock FM starting with football season. Hawks
• Cartersville-Bartow visitors bureau adds Twitter, text to alert merchants of booming tourism from LakePoint, others. Visitors
• Weekend:  Farmers markets. Legally Blonde. Free summer concert in Cartersville. Homespun Festival in Rockmart. Details
• What's ahead: County Commission meeting, special services at Greater Bethlehem Temple, special show at Paradise Gardens. Agenda
• Northwest Georgia Credit Union employees help student summer lunch program. Smile Report
• Expanded: Daily Public Health restaurant inspection scores for all five area counties each Tuesday through Saturday. Including Floyd, Bartow, Gordon, Polk and Chattooga counties. Dining
  
• Bartow County Jail reports; Cartersville Police arrest reports.

Regular features:

• Northwest Georgia's best source for job leads. Click Career Builder
• It's not to late to join dozens of summer camps under way in our area. Summer Camp
  

Chick-fil-A Dwarf House Sports Report

•  Rome Braves strike out 13 in 6-4 win over Greenville.
• Tonight-Monday: In West Virginia.
• Home game photos by Mills Fitzner. Gallery 
  
• Parks & Rec Fall Youth Sports registration begins
• 2014 high school football schedules. Football
  
• Links to latest updates from Berry, Shorter (updated football information), Georgia Northwestern and Georgia Highlands.
  

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