Beautiful Sunday ahead, high near 62. Week ahead: It's Christmas Parade time in Cartersville, Rome and Cedartown. Post-Thanksgiving rush on Christmas trees. Latest sports updates. Later today: Bartow County Jail, Cartersville Police arrest reports.

Where Bartow's news day starts – and ends. Continuing coverage at www.bartowheadlines.com:

 

Ware Mechanical forecast:

-Mostly sunny, high of 62, low of 44. Rain ahead Monday.

Headlines:

• Week ahead: It's Christmas parade time in Rome, Cartersville and Cedartown! Parade
• Post-Thanksgiving rush for Christmas Trees underway; Mark calendar to 'Bring One for the Chipper' on Jan. 3. Trees
• Today: Shorter's Feaste of Caroles and local Advent services. Sunday
• Public Health restaurant inspection scores for Northwest Georgia. Next updates Tuesday. Dining
• Bartow County Jail reports. 

Regular features:

• Christmas events in Northwest Georgia this season. Parades, performances and more.  Christmas
• 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)

• Georgia Tech tops Georgia in OT, 30-24.
• Norman Arey's Norman's No-Nos: How did Norman do?
• John McCellan's high school football playoff picks: Coming Monday.
• Georgia High School Football Daily returns Monday.

Hometown Headlines Radio Edition on WRGA 98.7 FM & 1470 AM

• 7-9 a.m. Click to listen live online
• Please join our guests Monday including:
• Mike Buck, Rome's newly appointed school superintendent.
• Kristi Kent on the upcoming Winter Art Market at Rome Civic Center.
• Ken Davis from Georgia Emergency Management on a new winter weather awareness campaign.