Busy fall weekend -- and great weather for it. Latest jail reports. Football updates.

Dazzling fall weekend with highs in the mid 60s, low tonight near freezing. Remember to set clocks back one hour before going to bed as we start Eastern Standard Time Sunday. Busy weekend activities list. Plus: High school and college football updates. Please click http://www.bartowheadlines.com

Letters sought for 411 Connector route. Mohawk earnings down. Latest jail reports. What's ahead in Bartow. Perfect fall weekend. Norman Arey's No-Nos for key SEC Saturday

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Chamber seeks new letters supporting 411 Connector route:

-Citing "a change in leadership at the Georgia Department of Transportation," the Greater Rome Chamber of Commerce is asking members to write a letter to Interim Commissioner Keith Golden supporting the proposed route for connector.

-Radio update at 7:40 a.m. on WRGA/Hometown Radio. 

 

Mohawk Industries Inc. posts third-quarter earnings of $47 million:  Mohawk recently announced plans to idle 227 workers as it closes the spun yarn plant off Huffaker Road in Rome.

 

What's ahead in Bartow County.

 

Later this morning: Updated Bartow County Jail reports.

Weekend calendar

--Perfect forecast: Sunny, highs in the low 60s, lows in the mid-30s.

-Public health restaurant inspection scores: Dining

Norman's No-No's. Norman Arey

-What's on the line for LSU-Alabama? SEC West, SEC and shot at mythical national title. A win but The Tide? No-No, says Norman.

John McClellan's high school football predictions. McClellan

-Calhoun-Pepperell to decide playoff spots. Cedartown, Armuchee, Adairsville, Gordon Central, Cartersville all looking for key wins.

-Radio update at 8:10 a.m. on WRGA/Hometown Radio.

-Where to listen to tonight's games?  

-Get results from all the game at wrgarome.com.

Nov. 5: Shorter (5-3) hopes to cement winning season vs. Union. 

Time change: Please remember to set your clocks back one hour by 2 a.m. Tuesday as we move to Eastern Standard Time. Also, it is a good time to check the batteres in our fire extinguishers. Reminder

 

Shorter Hawks at Union, Ky., this Saturday, noon start.

Rome Braves: Sports

-Friday: Braves, Floyd Police team up for Third Annual Celebrity Shootout.

-Rome Braves' 2012 schedule.

 

Cartersville City Council meets tonight. 90% chance of rain; nice weekend ahead. Latest jail reports. Public health restaurant inspection scores.

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Good numbers for Forestar, company that has active plans to build 2,600 homes, commercial, retail west of Adairsville.

 

Cartersville City Council meets tonight at 7.

 

Another big deal on Broad Street:
-Ira Levy completes purchase of 527 Broad, part of the former J.L. Todd complex. Second closing on Broad this week.

 

What's ahead in Bartow County.

 

Latest jail reports.

 

Soggy day ahead:

-Thursday: 90% rain chance, high of 64, low of 43.

-Friday: High of 64, low of 40.

-Saturday: Sunny, high of 63, low of 37.

 

Public health restaurant inspection scores: Dining

-From a perfect 1-0-0 for the new Partridge a round of mostly high scores in the community, a pretty good week in terms of clean restaurants. But... there were two 70s, one in Rome. 
Powerball: There was one winning ticket sold, in Connecticut, for the $245 million jackpot.   

 

John McClellan's high school football predictions. McClellan

-Calhoun-Pepperell to decide playoff spots. Cedartown, Armuchee, Adairsville, Gordon Central, Cartersville all looking for key wins.

Georgia High School Football Daily.
-Chattahoochee at Rome rated as one of top 10 games this Friday. 

 

Norman's No-No's. Norman Arey
-Norman picks 10 guaranteed losers in college football each Friday.

Shorter Hawks at Union, Ky., this Saturday, noon start.

Rome Braves: Sports

-Friday: Braves, Floyd Police team up for Third Annual Celebrity Shootout.

-Rome Braves' 2012 schedule.

CTC students outfit bus headed for Ghana

Media release: Chattahoochee Technical College Instructor Mike O'Rear and five of his Biomedical Technology Engineering students saw months of hard work culminate in a ceremony Wednesday. The instructor and students handed off the keys to a bus that has been refurbished as a mobile medical unit with equipment they installed.

"I was approached by the people at MedShare about doing this project," explained O'Rear. "They supplied the equipment, and then these students worked to install it and make sure it was working properly."

O'Rear, along with about six students from Chattahoochee Technical College installed the medical instrumentation on a bus that will be shipped to Ghana. Once there, healthcare workers will utilize the equipment and facility to check for hypertension and diabetes in patients while information is transferred back to the United States for analysis.

Dr. Issifu Harruna of the Kibasibi Foundation was on hand to see the now completed bus, which was once used to transport students at the University of Georgia. According to Harruna, the bus will be used primarily in rural Ghana. The bus is named after Harruana's mother, Amina, who accepted the keys to the bus.

This is not the first international project for O'Rear, who traveled to Africa in 2008 with MedShare – an organization that collects donated medical equipment for use in third world countries. However, this is a first chance for many of the students to do such a project　

"This project will help the people of Ghana," said student project leader Charles Cowan. "It will help the world."

For more information on programs at Chattahoochee Technical College, visit www.ChattahoocheeTech.edu or call 77-528-4545.

CTC students outfit bus headed for Ghana

Media release: Chattahoochee Technical College Instructor Mike O'Rear and five of his Biomedical Technology Engineering students saw months of hard work culminate in a ceremony Wednesday. The instructor and students handed off the keys to a bus that has been refurbished as a mobile medical unit with equipment they installed.

"I was approached by the people at MedShare about doing this project," explained O'Rear. "They supplied the equipment, and then these students worked to install it and make sure it was working properly."

O'Rear, along with about six students from Chattahoochee Technical College installed the medical instrumentation on a bus that will be shipped to Ghana. Once there, healthcare workers will utilize the equipment and facility to check for hypertension and diabetes in patients while information is transferred back to the United States for analysis.

Dr. Issifu Harruna of the Kibasibi Foundation was on hand to see the now completed bus, which was once used to transport students at the University of Georgia. According to Harruna, the bus will be used primarily in rural Ghana. The bus is named after Harruana's mother, Amina, who accepted the keys to the bus.

This is not the first international project for O'Rear, who traveled to Africa in 2008 with MedShare – an organization that collects donated medical equipment for use in third world countries. However, this is a first chance for many of the students to do such a project　

"This project will help the people of Ghana," said student project leader Charles Cowan. "It will help the world."

For more information on programs at Chattahoochee Technical College, visit www.ChattahoocheeTech.edu or call 77-528-4545.

Plane crash kills pilot near Bartow-Polk line. Trend story adds up higher education's $500 million impact each year on our region. Latest jail reports. Great fall day today; rain on Thursday

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Plane crash near Bartow/Polk line kills pilot.

Half-billion-dollar economic impact from our colleges
-An article in this month's Georgia Trend loosely collects the economic impact of Berry, Shorter, Highlands and Georgia Northwestern with $440 million in impact listed. Given that the Berry and Shorter stats are four years old, boost that number to a half-billion,  please.

Shaw Industries among the state's top places to work.
-The Georgia Trend piece praises Shaw's help of its own April 27 tornado victims.

Georgia listed as No. 2 in top business-friendly states.

PowerBall at $245 million tonight.  

 

What's ahead in Bartow County.

 

Latest Bartow County Jail reports.

 

New deputies join sheriff's department.

Your latest forecast:

-Wednesday: More of the same: High of 67, low of 42.

-Thursday: 70% rain chance, high of 67, low of 44.

-Friday: High of 64, low of 44.  

 

John McClellan's high school football predictions. McClellan

-Calhoun-Pepperell to decide playoff spots. Cedartown, Armuchee, Adairsville, Gordon Central, Cartersville all looking for key wins.

 

Norman's No-No's. Norman Arey
-Norman picks 10 guaranteed losers in college football each Friday.

Shorter Hawks at Union, Ky., this Saturday, noon start.

Rome Braves: Sports

-Friday: Braves, Floyd Police team up for Third Annual Celebrity Shootout.

-Rome Braves' 2012 schedule.

Election day t-minus one week. Latest jail reports. John McClellan: key showdown as Cartersville faces Dalton. Frosty start; 50% rain chance Thursday

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T-minus one week to municipal election days. SPLOST, Cartersville's Sunday package sales, local offices on the line. Links to your ballots.

 

What's ahead in Bartow County.

 

Latest Bartow County Jail reports.

 

Two more signs the Christmas holidays are here: Chick-Fil-A calendars and peppermint shakes.

John McClellan's high school football predictions. McClellan

-Calhoun-Pepperell to decide playoff spots. Cedartown, Armuchee, Adairsville, Gordon Central, Cartersville all looking for key wins.

Your latest forecast:

-Tuesday: Sunny, high of 67, low of 36.

-Wednesday: More of the same: High of 66, low of 40.

-Thursday: 50% rain chance, high of 62, low of 48.

 

Norman's No-No's. Norman Arey
-Norman picks 10 guaranteed losers in college football each Friday.

Shorter Hawks at Union, Ky., this Saturday, noon start.

Rome Braves: Sports

-Friday: Braves, Floyd Police team up for Third Annual Celebrity Shootout.

-Rome Braves' 2012 schedule.