Gas prices still 20 cents higher a week after pipeline fix. Drought worsens; Rome nearly 11 inches behind. Norman's No Nos: Another bad week for UGA, Tech. Cool Saturday, warmer Sunday

Continuing updates all day at www.hometownheadlines.com 

 

Ware Mechanical forecast:

• Weekend starts with mid 70s, back to mid 80s on Sundays. Overnight: Low 50s. Weather

Today's local headlines:

• Business: A week after fuel line restored, gas prices remain around 20 cents above where they were on Sept. 13. Some outages as fall break begins. Gas
• Drought worsens and things don't look good through Dec. 31. Rome's rainfall totals are off by 10.71 inches; Cartersville, 5.03 inches. Drought
• Buzz: Trinity UMC's Pumpkin Patch opens Monday. Floyd County Master Gardeners returning to Chiaha Oct. 22-23. Buzz
• Education: Honors for Darlington Dean of College Guidance Sam Moss. Highlands offers classes with local schools. Education
• Weekend: Berry's Mountain Day celebrations, a Peter Pan story you won't believe, Duck Dash, NAMI walk and locomotive chase. Weekend
• Remembering Mr. Harold P. Alexander, Howard Steve Anderson, Mrs. Irene Martha Gravitte Hicks, Mrs. Barbara Ann Lowe. Obituaries
• Public Health restaurant inspection scores.  Dining
• Area arrest reports brought to you by Dr. Miniyar's Pediatrics. CrimeWatch
  

Also today:

• Campaign watch: Summary of candidate profiles (and links to GHC video interviews). Plus: Local, national political calendars. Politics
• Fall festivals, pumpkin farms and leaf season. Your Northwest Georgia wrap-up. Fall
• Traffic: Georgia DOT, Google Maps or Waze.
• State business headlines: Georgia Trend
• Northwest Georgia jobs: Career Builder
  

Chick-fil-A Dwarf House Sports Report

• Norman Arey's Norman's No Nos: Dawgs lose two in a row; Tech loses to ex-Dawg coach. No No
• Posting at 5 p.m.: Friday night scoreboard: Updates throughout the night and final scores. Also: Your kickoff forecast.  Scoreboard
• Shorter Hawks lose 43-28: Next: Clark Atlanta at Barron Stadium, 7 p.m. Oct. 6.
• Berry Vikings: At Washington (Mo.), 7 p.m. Saturday.
• John McClellan's high school picks: 'Most important night' this season -- Pepperell by 1 over Model. Rome by 2 over Carrollton. Darlington by 11 over Mt. Zion. Cartersville, Calhoun cruise.   McClellan
• Georgia High School Football Daily
• Georgia Tech:  Next up: Miami at home, noon Saturday.
• UGA: Next: Home Saturday vs. Tennessee, 3:30 p.m.
• Atlanta Braves: Tigers in today-Sunday (end of season).
• Atlanta Falcons: Home Sunday vs. Panthers, 1 p.m., Fox.

Hometown Headlines Radio Edition, 7-9 a.m., WRGA 98.7 FM.

• Please join our guests including:
• 7:40 a.m. High school rivalry day as Floyd County School Board members Chip Hood (Armuchee) and Jay Shell (Coosa) have a smackoff on who will win tonight. Your referee: Dr. John Jackson, superintendent of Floyd County Schools.
• 8:10 a.m.: Andrea Pitts on the pageants at next week's Coosa Valley Fair. Joining her: Miss Rome.
• 8:40 a.m.: Hometown Headlines/WRGA News Roundtable.

As North Rome rebound continues, what's next? Investigator praised for helping critically injured officer. State Supreme Court gets 'Stop the Dump' case. John McClellan's high school picks. Beautiful fall weekend starts today.

Continuing updates all day at www.hometownheadlines.com 

 

Ware Mechanical forecast:

• Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 74. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 15 mph.  Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 50. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening. Weather

Latest local headlines:

• Through community and private investment, North Rome is getting a new look. What's next: Moving the recycling center? North Rome
• Georgia Supreme Court arguments set for Monday in Bartow's 'Stop the Dump' case. Supreme court
• Chief Bill Shiflett commends Scott Weaver for helping injured officer: 'Scott, using his bloody hand, held the bloody hand of Officer Broome the whole time while the medics worked on Officer Broome.' Scott Weaver
• Business: August looks like a good month for the Greater Rome Board of Realtors. The debut of the 'Brew Dog.' Business
• Buzz: School Board meets Oct. 13. Job fair a week away. Rome roundtable on 'fracking' is Wednesday. 'Free Dump Day' for Lindale Oct. 15. Buzz
• Weekend: Berry's Mountain Day celebrations, a Peter Pan story you won't believe, Duck Dash, NAMI walk and locomotive chase. Weekend
• Remembering Mr. Robert 'Paw Paw Vick' Vuckovich. Obituaries
• Public Health restaurant inspection scores.  Dining
  
• Area arrest reports brought to you by Dr. Miniyar's Pediatrics. CrimeWatch
  

Also today:

• Campaign watch: Summary of candidate profiles (and links to GHC video interviews). Plus: Local, national political calendars. Politics
• Fall festivals, pumpkin farms and leaf season. Your Northwest Georgia wrap-up. Fall
• Traffic: Georgia DOT, Google Maps or Waze.
• State business headlines: Georgia Trend
  
• Northwest Georgia jobs: Career Builder
  

Chick-fil-A Dwarf House Sports Report

• Shorter Hawks: Home tonight at 7 vs. West Alabama.
• Berry Vikings: At Washington (Mo.), 7 p.m. Saturday.
• John McClellan's high school picks:  Week 6 picks.
• Georgia High School Football Daily:
• Norman Arey's Norman's No Nos: Next picks due Friday morning.
• Georgia Tech:  Next up: Miami at home, noon Saturday.
• UGA: Next: Home Saturday vs. Tennessee, 3:30 p.m.
• Atlanta Braves: At home vs. Phillies today; Tigers in town Friday-Sunday (end of season).
• Atlanta Falcons: Home Sunday vs. Panthers, 1 p.m., Fox.

Hometown Headlines Radio Edition, 7-9 a.m., WRGA 98.7 FM.

• Please join our guests including:
• 7:40 a.m.: Bill Shiflett, Floyd County Chief of Police, on his commendation for the work done by Scott Weaver thet night Officer Brandon Broome was injured in a horrific collision.
• 8:10 a.m.: Dr. Brian Carroll, chair of communication at Berry College and avid baseball fan, on the 2016 Atlanta Braves -- and what's next.
• 8:40 a.m.: Willie Green III, Floyd County's elections supervisor, on absentee and advance voting as well as where to vote early this fall.

$1 million donated for Berry theatre. School-by-school SAT scores. Business: Update on Kroger opening; new wings place. Even cooler Thursday, Friday. Weekly soccer report.

Today's first headlines and continuing news updates all day at www.hometownheadlines.com

 

 

Ware Mechanical forecast:

• Thursday, Friday forecasts look ideal -- low to mid 70s; overnight, low 50s. Weather

Latest local headlines:

• Education: Atlanta philanthropist gives $1 million for Berry College theatre. Berry
• Business: Kroger Marketplace grand opening is 10 a.m. Oct. 5. Wing Me Up opens up in Calhoun. Business
• Buzz: Forum on skate park Oct. 19. Road improvements under way. Notary training set for two sessions on Oct. 6. Buzz
• Georgia students see rise in traditional SAT scores; we have the school-by-school score and count on test-takers. Education
• Education: Josh Hart from West End Elementary earns first place honors in the Fall Sixth Grade Berry College Mathematics Contest. Education
• Georgia Health News: Rural hospitals see ray of hope in tax credits. Health
• Remembering Mr. Harold P. Crawford, Mr. Reginald Dwain Petty, Mr. Daniel Porter, Mr. Tracy Lee Snyder, Mrs. Sara Adams Wood. Obituaries
• Public Health restaurant inspection scores.  Dining
• Area arrest reports brought to you by Dr. Miniyar's Pediatrics. CrimeWatch
  

Also today:

• Fall festivals, pumpkin farms and leaf season. Your Northwest Georgia wrap-up. Fall
• Traffic: Georgia DOT, Google Maps or Waze.
• State business headlines: Georgia Trend
• Northwest Georgia jobs: Career Builder
  

Chick-fil-A Dwarf House Sports Report

• Busy weekly soccer report.
• High schools ready for rivalry Friday; for Model, '79 champs reunion.
• Berry Vikings: At Washington (Mo.), 7 p.m. Saturday.
• Shorter Hawks: Home Thursday at 7 p.m. vs. West Alabama.
• John McClellan's high school picks:  Week 6 picks coming this week.
• Georgia High School Football Daily:
• Norman Arey's Norman's No Nos: Next picks due Friday morning.
• Georgia Tech:  Next up: Miami at home, noon Saturday.
• UGA: Ole Miss pounds Dogs. Next: Home Saturday vs. Tennessee, 3:30 p.m.
• Atlanta Braves: At home vs. Phillies today-Thursday.
• Atlanta Falcons: Home Sunday vs. Panthers, 1 p.m., Fox.

Hometown Headlines Radio Edition, 7-9 a.m., WRGA 98.7 FM.

• Please join our guests including:
• 7:40 a.m.: Charles Love of the North Rome community on the bid to move the recycling center.
• 8:40 a.m.: Willie Green III, Floyd County's election supervisor, on what to know as we get closer to the Nov. 8 election.

 

Read the FBI's 2015 crime report for Northwest Georgia. Rome OKs 'Duck Pond' project. Fall finally arriving. Local sports updates. Falcons get a big win Monday night.

Continuing updates all day at www.hometownheadlines.com

 

Ware Mechanical forecast:

• TGIF! (Thank God It's Fall). 75 by Wednesday with a low near 50 Friday morning. Weather

Latest local headlines:

• FBI posts crime reports for our communities in 2015. Numbers reflect violent year in Floyd County. Crime
• Rome City Commission OK's development plan for Duck Pond by 5-3 following marathon discussion. Vote
• Health: Harbin Clinic Immediate Care now offers appointments as well as walk-in service. Health
• Education: 'Rome High News' takes students, parents inside what's happening on, off the campus with the Wolves. RHS
• Buzz Tuesday: Great Locomotive Chase Festival this weekend in Adairsville. Honors for Polk Medical's Gorman. 4-H members master LEGO build contest. Buzz
• Georgia Health News: Kaiser again ranked No. 1 health plan in the state. Health
• Remembering Elizabeth Gayle (Ware) Bowman, Mr. George Neal Jr., Reginald D Petty, Mrs. Mildred Kathleen Pollard Winters. Obituaries
• Public Health restaurant inspection scores.  Dining
• Area arrest reports brought to you by Dr. Miniyar's Pediatrics. CrimeWatch
  

Also today:

• Fall festivals, pumpkin farms and leaf season. Your Northwest Georgia wrap-up. Fall
• Traffic: Georgia DOT, Google Maps or Waze.
• State business headlines: Georgia Trend
• Northwest Georgia jobs: Career Builder
  

Chick-fil-A Dwarf House Sports Report

• Atlanta Falcons updates.
• More honors for Berry's Blanchard.
• Friday's Armuchee-Coosa game gets personal.
• Half marathon, banquet set for December.
• Berry Vikings: At Washington (Mo.), 7 p.m. Saturday.
• Shorter Hawks: Home Thursday at 7 p.m. vs. West Alabama.
• John McClellan's high school picks:  Week 6 picks coming this week.
• Norman Arey's Norman's No Nos: Next picks due Friday morning.
• Georgia Tech:  Next up: Miami at home, noon Saturday.
• UGA: Ole Miss pounds Dogs. Next: Home Saturday vs. Tennessee, 3:30 p.m.
• Atlanta Braves: At home vs. Phillies today-Thursday.

Hometown Headlines Radio Edition, 7-9 a.m., WRGA 98.7 FM.

• Please join our guests including:
• 7:40 a.m.: The Coosa Valley Fair opens in one week. We get a preview from John Garner and Gene Richardson.
• 8:10 a.m.: Michael Smith, the Democratic Party of Georgia's communications chief, on his take aways from Monday night's presidential debate.
• 8:40 a.m.:  Jennifer Hazelton, communications director for the Trump-Pence campaign in Georgia, with her thoughts on the debate.

School board candidates both oppose state takeover push. Clinton-Trump debate tonight at 9. Free food alert. Mid 70s here by Thursday.

Continuing updates all day at www.hometownheadlines.com 

 

Ware Mechanical forecast:

• Cold front will push mercury to mid 70s by Thursday. Weather

Latest local headlines:

• Campaign 2016: Floyd Board of Education Post 5 candidates both oppose state 'school takeover' proposal, support changes made to school system since maintenance scandal. Politics
• Politics: What you need to now about tonight's presidential debate, including local analysis. Also: Campaign 2016 updates. Politics
• Monday Buzz: Two freebies at Chick-fil-A this Tuesday, Oct. 6. Foundry Growler Station hopes to open by Fiddlin' Fest. Life Chain returns to downtown Rome Sunday. Trinity United Methodist pumpkins arrive Sunday. Buzz
• This week: Rome City Commission's decision on 'Duck Pond.' All week: 'Peter and the Star Catcher.' Duck Dash returns. Week
• Remembering Mr. Kevin O'Bryan Craton, Mr. Allen Murphy. Obituaries
• Public Health restaurant inspection scores return Tuesday.  Dining
• Area arrest reports brought to you by Dr. Miniyar's Pediatrics. CrimeWatch
  

Also today:

• Fall festivals, pumpkin farms and leaf season. Your Northwest Georgia wrap-up. Fall
• Traffic: Georgia DOT, Google Maps or Waze.
• State business headlines: Georgia Trend
• Northwest Georgia jobs: Career Builder
  

Chick-fil-A Dwarf House Sports Report

• Berry Vikings: At Washington (Mo.), 7 p.m. Saturday.
• Shorter Hawks: Home Thursday at 7 p.m. vs. West Alabama.
• John McClellan's high school picks:  Week 6 picks coming this week.
• Norman Arey's Norman's No Nos: Next picks due Friday morning.
• Georgia Tech:  Next up: Miami at home, noon Saturday.
• UGA: Ole Miss pounds Dogs. Next: Home Saturday vs. Tennessee, 3:30 p.m.
• Atlanta Braves: No game Sunday following the death of the Marlins' pitcher. Off Monday. At home vs. Phillies Tuesday-Thursday.
• Atlanta Falcons at New Orleans, tonight at 8:30 p.m. on ESPN.

Hometown Headlines Radio Edition, 7-9 a.m., WRGA 98.7 FM.

• Please join our guests Monday including:
• 7:40 a.m.: Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp on the impact of Facebook's voter registration push on members' news feed. Also: updates on registration with the Nov. 8 election just over six weeks away.
• 8:10 a.m.: Brian Robinson of Robinson Republic sets up tonight's presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.