Today's Dunham's Sports ribbon cutting caps business month of openings; starts Christmas shopping season. Pageants under way in Cartersville. Soggy football games tonight, Saturday; high of 43 Sunday. Latest Public Health restaurant scores

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Dunham's Sports ribbon cutting today caps big month for openings, signals start of busy shopping season ahead.   New Polk Medical Center rising quickly east of Cedartown. -Opening on schedule for fall 2014.   What's ahead this weekend: -Victory Bowl, Christmas open house, beauty pageants in Cartersville.   Public Health dining scores -Updates from Floyd, Bartow counties.   Ware Mechanical forecast: -Rain into Saturday; highs in the mid-40s on Sunday.   Today's jail reports.

Chick-Fil-A Dwarf House Sports Report    Norman Arey's Norman's No-Nos: -Missouri in crucial two-game set in the Southeastern Conference   John McClellan's high school playoff picks: -Darlington, Cartersville to go deeper into playoffs.   Georgia High School Football Daily: Forecasts a Darlington win, Trion loss in Class A.   Saturday: Victory Bowl for NCCAA at Barron Stadium to feature Azusa-Pacific vs. Greenville (Ill.) College.   Latest updates on Saturday's championship games for the Rome Middle Sixth and Seventh grade teams.

Your  Ware Mechanical forecast: -Weekend: Light rain today,  heavier tonight and Saturday; much colder by Saturday night, Sunday. -Get your three-day forecast and updated weather links at Hometown Headlines.

Hometown Headlines Radio Edition 7-9 a.m. weekdays. Listen live online atwrga.streamon.fm -Please join our guests Friday including: -Michael Bailey, assistant professor of government and international studies at Berry College, on the 50th anniversary of John F. Kennedy's assassination. (Extended interview, 7:40 until 8:30 a.m.) -Hometown Headlines/WRGA News Roundtable.

Emerson store 'accidentally' removed from Bass Pro map; due back today. 300 more jobs here last month vs. September -- but down year over year. La Parrilla due early next year, two restaurants to follow. Weekly Public Health regional inspection scores. Gre

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Emerson's Bass Pro Shop 'accidentally' removed from map of current, future stores, company says. Update and fix due later today. Employment: 300 more people working here in October vs. September -- but 200 fewer than in October 2012. La Parrilla due in early 2014; Chinese takeout, Japanese steak house to follow (within next three, four months).   Great Harvest Bread Co. to open in Redmond Regional Medical Center's lobby.   Public Health dining scores -Updates from Floyd, Bartow, Gordon, Polk and Bartow counties.   Ware Mechanical forecast: -Rain due Friday night, Saturday; subfreezing temps early Sunday, Monday.   Today's jail reports.

Chick-Fil-A Dwarf House Sports Report    John McClellan's high school playoff picks: -Darlington, Cartersville to go deeper into playoffs.   Cartersville, Calhoun games up for a vote to be Fox 5's Game of the Week.   Georgia High School Football Daily:   Saturday: Victory Bowl for NCCAA at Barron Stadium to feature Azusa-Pacific vs. Greenville (Ill.) College.   Coming Friday: Norman Arey's Norman's No Nos, 15 guaranteed college football losers.   Latest updates on Saturday's championship games for the Rome Middle Sixth and Seventh grade teams.

Your  Ware Mechanical forecast: -Thursday:  Partly cloudy, high of 59, low of 48. -Get your three-day forecast and updated weather links at Hometown Headlines.

Hometown Headlines Radio Edition 7-9 a.m. weekdays. Listen live online atwrga.streamon.fm -Please join our guests Thursday including: -Tina Bucher on 'Common Threads' movie at Berry, the AIDS Quilt display and World AIDS Day on Dec. 1. -Charles Smith, head coach of the Rome Middle School sixth and seventh grade teams, as they prepare for Saturday's state championship games.

Georgia Power opens water research center at Plant Bowen in Euharlee. New player opens in frozen yogurt battle. Tony's Tire opens in Rome. Warmer through Saturday; rain starts Friday. Later today: Bartow County Jail reports

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Your first look inside Sweet Frog, opening today in Rome. More growth at Charles Hight Square. -Tony's Tires coming to West Rome.   Good crowd at DOT session on Ga. 101 improvements held less than three weeks after latest fatalities. Georgia Power dedicates water research center at Euharlee's Plant Bowen. Floyd offers free COPD scans at Chick-fil-A Dwarf House today. Berry's 'Lessons & Carols' Dec. 3. It's baseball season -- almost. -Braves' pitchers, catchers report Feb. 13; spring training ends with Atlanta vs.  Future Stars at State Mutual March 29.   Ware Mechanical forecast: -Warming trend through Saturday, then rain, mid-40s on Sunday   Today's jail reports.

Chick-Fil-A Dwarf House Sports Report    John McClellan's high school playoff picks: -Darlington, Cartersville to go deeper into playoffs.   Cartersville, Calhoun games up for a vote to be Fox 5's Game of the Week.   Georgia High School Football Daily:   Saturday: Victory Bowl for NCCAA at Barron Stadium to feature Azusa-Pacific vs. Greenville (Ill.) College.   Coming Friday: Norman Arey's Norman's No Nos, 15 guaranteed college football losers.   Latest updates on Saturday's championship games for the Rome Middle Sixth and Seventh grade teams.

Your  Ware Mechanical forecast: -Wednesday:  Sunny, high of 59, low of 41. -Get your three-day forecast and updated weather links at Hometown Headlines.

Hometown Headlines Radio Edition 7-9 a.m. weekdays. Listen live online atwrga.streamon.fm -Please join our guests Wednesday including: -Capt. Douglas McClure with the Salvation Army on the Red Kettle campaign. -Lisa Stone, health services program manager for Public Health, on the 2013 edition of The Great American Smokeout. -Brian Robinson of Gov. Nathan Deal's staff on 2014.

Dunham's Sports opens Friday in Rome; Cartersville's Academy is next. John McCellan on what high school changes mean in Bartow. Vote on high school game of the week. High of 59 today; storms by weekend. Later today: Bartow County Jail reports

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Next wave of major sports retailers arrives.

-Dunham's Sports opens Friday; Academy Sports & Outdoors due by early spring; then Cabela's, Bass Pro Shop. 

 

Old Havana Cigars opens third shop, this time in Gadsden.

-Beam Produce up for auction Dec. 13.

 

Ware Mechanical forecast:

-Mostly sunny, upper 50s today; storms possible Saturday.

 

Today's jail reports.

 

Chick-Fil-A Dwarf House Sports Report 

John McClellan's high school playoff picks:

-Darlington, Cartersville to go deeper into playoffs.

 

Cartersville, Calhoun games up for a vote to be Fox 5's Game of the Week.

Georgia High School Football Daily:

 

Saturday: Victory Bowl for NCCAA at Barron Stadium to feature Azusa-Pacific vs. Greenville (Ill.) College.

Coming Friday: Norman Arey's Norman's No Nos, 15 guaranteed college football losers.

Both Rome Middle School sixth and seventh grade teams are headed to state championships.

 

Your  Ware Mechanical forecast:

-Tuesday: Mostly sunny,  high of 59, low of 33.

 

Hometown Headlines Radio Edition

7-9 a.m. weekdays. Listen live online at wrga.streamon.fm

-Please join our guests Tuesday including:

-John McClellan on the high school sports reclassifications. A lot of movement among local schools.

-Eric Labbe of Cartridge World on working with Harbor House to bring back the Stewards of Children Program.

-Sarah Egan of the Northwest Georgia chapter of the American Red Cross on the outbreak of home fires this fall/winter season. how to help victims and how to prevent such fires.

Black Friday starts at 6 a.m. Thanksgiving Day this year in NW Georgia. John McClellan: Cartersville, Darlington to move into next round of football playoffs. Gas at $3 a gallon in Resaca. Later today: Bartow County Jail reports (and new links to them)

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More local retailers opening Thanksgiving Day as Black Friday seeps into the holiday. How early? Try 6 a.m. Thanksgiving Day.   Turner McCall and Fifth Avenue gets more development. -And it's not all going to Charles Hight Square.   Gas prices drop again; $3 a gallon in Resaca. Statewide, the per-gallon average was up a penny. Another first-place finish for ER doctors with area ties on 'Amazing Race.'   Ware Mechanical forecast: -Region escapes rough weather; sunny, cooler today    Today's jail reports.

Chick-Fil-A Dwarf House Sports Report    John McClellan's high school playoff picks: -Darlington, Cartersville to go deeper into playoffs.   Cartersville, Calhoun games up for a vote to be Fox 5's Game of the Week.   Georgia High School Football Daily: A look at last Friday's games.   Saturday: Victory Bowl for NCCAA at Barron Stadium to feature Azusa-Pacific vs. Greenville (Ill.) College.   Coming Friday: Norman Arey's Norman's No Nos, 15 guaranteed college football losers.   Both Rome Middle School sixth and seventh grade teams are headed to state championships.

Your  Ware Mechanical forecast: -Monday: 10% rain chance, high of 68, low of 36. -Get your three-day forecast and updated weather links at Hometown Headlines.

Hometown Headlines Radio Edition 7-9 a.m. weekdays. Listen live online atwrga.streamon.fm -Please join our guests Monday including: -Eric Labbe of Cartridge World on working with Harbor House to bring back the Stewards of Children Program. -Glenn Getchell, headmaster of Unity Christian, on today's opening of the Lion's Den gymnasium on the upper school campus. -Allison Mitchell Trask of the Davies Shelter on what's next for the group.

Rough weather possible from 6 tonight until 2 a.m. Monday. 'Polercoaster,' a new 'spin' on a rollercoaster with a restaurant and bar on top, heading to LakePoint? St. Pius at Cartersville game among Fox 5 Game of the Week nominees; how to vote for CHS

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Ware Mechanical forecast: - Chance of severe weather starts around sundown and lasts into early Monday morning. The National Weather Service is watching the incoming cold front with some concern.  Some of the storms could be strong. Continuing coverage on Hometown Headlines.   Report: Huge thrill ride, Polercoaster, coming to LakePoint; to be part of 'BoomTown' entertainment village    Coming Monday: Key updates on the Christmas season plus new wave of development around Rome's hot corner.    Today's jail reports. -4 and 8 a.m., again at 8 p.m. seven days a week.

Chick-Fil-A Dwarf House Sports Report    Norman's No Nos: Says Norman: How did Norman do with his picks?   John McClellan's high school playoffs: Next weeks picks due Monday.   Cartersville, Calhoun games up for a vote to be Fox 5's Game of the Week. (John McClellan expects both games to be very close).   Nov. 23 Victory Bowl for NCCAAA at Barron Stadium to feature Azusa-Pacific vs. Greenville (Ill.) College.   Both Rome Middle School sixth and seventh grade teams are headed to state championships.

Your  Ware Mechanical forecast: -Sunday: 70% to 80% rain chance, high of 70, low of 57. -Get your three-day forecast and updated weather links at Hometown Headlines.

Hometown Headlines Radio Edition 7-9 a.m. weekdays. Listen live online atwrga.streamon.fm -Please join our guests Monday including: -Eric Labbe of Cartridge World on working with Harbor House to bring back the Stewards of Children Program. -Glenn Getchell, headmaster of Unity Christian, on today's opening of the Lion's Den gymnasium on the upper school campus. -Allison Mitchell Trask of the Davies Shelter on what's next for the group.

Keep eye on Sunday's forecast as storms possible, just drizzle today with high of 65. Buzz: Prelegislative breakfast, GNTC adds new courses, Shorter donates computers. Cartersville moves ahead in playoffs. Norman's No Nos: Auburn is for real. Later today:

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Today's FIRST edition  Ware Mechanical forecast: -Just in case: Keep an eye on Sunday's forecast as cold front could bring severe storms. Updates all weekend on Hometown. Optimists' Pancake breakfast now through noon at Civic Center. Buzz: -Chamber's prelegislative breakfast set for Dec. 12. -What's ahead next week at Floyd County Schools. -Georgia Northwestern expands logistics offerings. -Shorter donates computers to Open Door home. Public Health restaurant inspection reports -For Floyd, Bartow counties.    Today's jail reports. -4 and 8 a.m., again at 8 p.m. seven days a week.

Chick-Fil-A Dwarf House Sports Report  Norman's No Nos: Says Norman: There's absolutely no question that Auburn is for real.   Friday night results: Calhoun and Cartersville move ahead next week.   John McClellan's high school playoffs: How were John's picks Friday night?   Nov. 23 Victory Bowl for NCCAAA at Barron Stadium to feature Azusa-Pacific vs. Greenville (Ill.) College. Rome Middle School sixth and seventh grade teams advance to Final Four with games at 2 p.m., 8 p.m. today.

Your  Ware Mechanical forecast: -Saturday: Chance drizzle, high of 65, low of 57 with 20% rain chance. -Get your three-day forecast and updated weather links atHometown Headlines.

Hometown Headlines Radio Edition 7-9 a.m. weekdays. Listen live online atwrga.streamon.fm -Please join our guests Monday including: -Eric Labbe of Cartridge World on working with Harbor House to bring back the Stewards of Children Program. -Glenn Getchell, headmaster of Unity Christian, on today's opening of the Lion's Den gymnasium on the upper school campus. -Allison Mitchell Trask of the Davies Shelter on what's next for the group.