Tonight's Wheel of Fortune: Cartersville student goes for a spin. John McClellan: Buford too tough for Cartersville? Buzz: LakePoint at 5 years, tennis center growing? Gas prices down, temperatures up. Later today: Bartow County Jail reports, Cartersville

Today's first headlines from www.bartowheadlines.com:

 

Ware Mechanical Weather

• Mostly clear through Thursday with slightly higher temperatures for this time of year.

Headlines

• 'Wheel of Fortune' dream becomes reality tonight for Cartersville's Sam Philliber, a Georgia Highlands student. Wheel
• Buzz: Help wanted at Shorter sports. Tennis center growing? Five years of LakePoint. Retire at Berry update. Business
• Festival of Our Lady of Guadalupe is Sunday, Dec. 13. Presented by the Hispanic community of St. Mary's, the festival is open to all. Guadalupe
• Gas prices slide a few more cents; 64 cents per gallon cheaper than a year ago. Gas
• Agenda: Job fair for new Hampton at LakePoint. Ribbon cutting for new Coosa High. Agenda
• Obituaries: No additional obituaries from Sunday.
• Public Health restaurant inspections scores return Tuesday. Dining
• Area arrest reports brought to you by Dr. Miniyar's Pediatrics. CrimeWatch

Holiday Happenings

• Hometown Headlines has teamed with Harbin Clinic to present Holiday Happenings, a digital magazine with details on parades, concerts, performances and live Nativity scenes across Northwest Georgia. You can view it in two formats: Desktop or Mobile
  

Regular features:

• 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

• Georgia: Kirby Smart officially hired as coach; Bulldogs to play Penn State on Jan. 2 in Jacksonville.
• Darlington grad Will Muschamp named head coach in South Carolina.
• John McClellan's high school championship picks. Buford too much for the Cartersville Purple Hurricanes. Plus: John's picks for all the title games.  McClellan
• Class AAAA State Championship: Cartersville vs. Buford, Saturday, 4 p.m.,  at The Georgia Dome.
• Georgia High School Football Daily.
• Cartersville High's week in sports.
• The Falcons fall at Tampa Bay, 23-19. Next: Falcons at Carolina, 1 p.m. Sunday / The latest on the NFL
  

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• At 7:40 a.m.: Greg Cater with updates from Life Church in Rome.
• At 8:10 a.m.: Janet Eberhart, immunizations coordinator for Public Health, on National Influenza Vaccination Week.
• At 8:40 a.m.: Updates on the Rome/Floyd Library.