Hardee's opens in downtown Cartersville; more coming? Cartersville site of region's third career fair next week. Elections updates. Skies clearing later today. Due this morning: Bartow County Jail, Cartersville Police arrest reports

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Headlines

• Restaurant boom in downtown Rome? New Hardee's opens; more on the way? Johnny Mitchell's, Sixes Tavern big adds to West End. Dining
• More jobs: Third career fair for next week announced. Here's the schedule. Jobs
• Rome man, 26, indicted on federal counts of enticing minors to produce child pornography. Indictment
• Politics: Updates on Gordon County, Rome, Cave Spring elections as advance voting deadline nears. Vote
• City of Rome teams with EveryoneOn to help low-income families get Internet access. Everyone
• Fear This, a critical skills driving program for teens, set for Nov. 21, 22. How to sign up. Fear This
• Sixth Annual Table Talk Teen Forum to hear from DUI driver convicted of vehicular homicide. Teens
• Region: What's ahead in Northwest Georgia: spooky science, the state of Polk County, college updates. Region
• Smile Report: Smile Report: Three Cedartown High students to represent the U.S. in the First Parliamentary Debate Personnel Development World Cup. Smile
• Obituaries:  Remembering Mrs. Anna Marie Davis, Mr. Franklin A. "Butch" Adams. 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

Brad Bohannon, the 2015 Baseball America and American Baseball Coaches Association National Assistant Coach of the Year, has been hired as an assistant coach at Auburn.

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
• Vote by today's noon deadline: 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.
  

Hometown Headlines Radio Edition on WRGA 98.7 FM.
Please join our guests including:

• At 7:40 a.m.: From Shorter University,
• At 8:10 a.m.: Kristi Kent, Director of Communications for the city of Rome, on the new EveryoneOn program opening up Internet service to low-income families.