Buzz: Restaurants adding summer meals, drinks. Broome's trophies on the move. Maybe one more day of record heat -- but no relief. Gas prices drop but still up more than a buck vs. last year. Braves clobbered. Arey on Sports

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-Monster burgers, summer fruits, cool drinks dominate new menus:

Local restaurants expand summer menus with seasonal favorites, fresh fruits and vegetables and cool beverages.

-Broome's Hall of Fame Trophies moves, grows. Shop keeps West Third Street address but moves closer to Fifth Avenue. 

 

 Record streak over? Maybe so but still nothing but 90s.

-Records: Wednesday, Sunday, 98; Thursday, Friday, 97; 96 Saturday (tie)

-Monday: High of 95, low of 65. Record: 98 in 1943.

-Tuesday: High of 95, low of 64. Record: 102 in 1976.

-Wednesday: High of 95, low of 65. Record: 103 in 1933.

 

Another smog alert for Bartow, metro Atlanta.

Gas prices drop another 7 cents but we're still paying $1.04 more a gallon than a year ago.

Today's Hometown Headlines Radio Edition 7-9 a.m. on WRGA 1470 AM:

-7:10 a.m. The Buzz of Northwest Georgia.

-7:40 a.m. Floyd Extension Service's Keith Mickler on what the heat is doing to plants, vegetables and trees, and how to fight back.

-8:10 a.m. Carol Flammer of mRELEVANCE on 'QR' codes.

-8:40 a.m. Curt Hersey of Berry College on summer films, pop culture. 

-Listen online: http://wrga.streamon.fm/   

Norman Arey's Sports Roundtable. Arey

-Winnipeg loves Thrashers; NFL teams put play books on iPads.

Rome Braves: Sports

-Ugly! Kannapolis wins 16-4.

-Today-Tuesday in Kannapolis; home vs. Greenville Thursday-Saturday.

-Rome to honor Bobby Cox at June 18 game.