Cartersville rainfall toals continue to rise. Final week of campaign 2015. Later today: Bartow County Jail, Cartersville Police arrest reports.

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Ware Mechanical forecast

• Another half inch of rain possible today; sun back by Thursday.

Headlines

• Power out for more than 600 in Rome; several smaller outages in Cartersville.
• Traditional election day just a week away: What you need to know in this final week. Politics
• Early November job fairs offer at least 62 jobs; Dec. 3 to be a big day of openings in Calhoun. Business
• Floyd Sheriff's Posse helps find remains of man missing for more than two years in Newton County. Search
• Georgia Health News: Watch for eye damage from those spooky costume contact lenses. GHN
• Region: Updates from across Northwest Georgia. Region
• Obituaries: Remembering Mrs. Marjorie Hackett Robinson, Miss Ada Olivia Price, Mr. Troy Lee Hulsey, Mr. Guy Milton Welch. Services
• Public Health restaurant inspections scores.  Dining
• Area arrest reports brought to you by Dr. Miniyar's Pediatrics. CrimeWatch

Regular features:

• Your guide to the 2015 election season: Candidates, where/when to vote, additional updates. Politics
• Halloween Happenings: Your guide to area pumpkin patches, fall festivals and "spooky" events. October
• Northwest Georgia traffic conditions via Google Maps or Waze.
• 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

• More honors for Shorter's McCoy.
• Berry gets more poll votes -- even in bye week.
• Olympian due at runners' dinner, half marathon.

HIGH SCHOOLS

• John McClellan's high school picks.  John McClellan's high school predictions: Key wins for Rome, Pepperell, Darlington, Model. Cartersville, Calhoun should win by 30-plus. McClellan
• Cartersville vs. LaFayette in the running for TV game of the week. Vote
• Georgia High School Football Daily.

COLLEGES

• Berry College Vikings at Millsaps, 2 p.m. Saturday. Vikings 
• Shorter Hawks at Florida Institute of Technology, 7 p.m. Saturday. Hawks
• Georgia vs. Florida in Jacksonville, 3:30 p.m. Saturday. UGA.
• Georgia Tech at Virginia, 3 p.m. Saturday. Tech
• Norman Arey's  Norman's No-Nos for upcoming weekend posting this Friday.

PROS

• The Falcons host the Tampa Bay, 1 p.m. Sunday.
• Atlanta Braves open the 2016 season at home vs. Washington on April 4.
  

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