Regional business updates. High school football preview and links to tonight's scores. Warm weekend; maybe wet, too. Later today: Bartow County Jail reports, Cartersville Police arrest reports

Where Bartow's news day starts – and ends. Updates all day at http://www.bartowheadlines.com:

 

Ware Mechanical forecast:

- High of 84 today; kickoff forecast: 78 with 30% rain chance

Headlines:

• Business: Upgrades begin on new Rome Cleaners spot. More updates from downtown Rome. Downtown
• Berry College breaks ground on 'Valhalla' stadium on Oct. 17. Valhalla
• Weekend: Cardboard challengers (700?) ready to cut loose. Paper Doll paraders, too. Events
• Early voting starts Monday. Peach State returns to Barron on Oct. 25. 'Green Gala' nominees sought. Updates
• Public Health restaurant inspection scores for Northwest Georgia. Dining
• Bartow County Jail reports, Cartersville Police arrest reports.

Regular features:

• Today's business headlines from  Georgia Trend
• Northwest Georgia's best source for job leads. Click Career Builder

Chick-fil-A Dwarf House Sports Report  (click)

College football:

• Delta State pulls away in the second half, beats Shorter 35-20 Thursday night. Hawks
• Norman Arey's Norman's No-Nos:  Huge weekend for Georgia teams; Gators still struggle. Norman Arey.
• Berry Football: The Vikings are off to Centre (Ky.) for a 1:30 p.m. Saturday game. Vikings

High School football:

• Chick-fil-A Dwarf House high school preview/scoreboard: Links to Twitter updates from tonight's games, broadcast times, forecast and more. Updates
• John McClellan's high school picks for Friday: Model back in winner's circle. Rome underdog vs. Dalton. Wins for Darlington, Calhoun, Cartersville. McClellan
• Georgia High School Football Daily.  Rome's Josh Perkins, Jai Creamer, Darlington's Trey Edge among state's best at passing, receiving, rushing. Friday.

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• Roy Mitchell, Floyd County's Teacher of the Year, on his unique teacher habits and skills.
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