Friday, October 28, 2011

90% chance of rain today; high of 58; low Saturday night: 30. Leaf season nears peak. Banks: UCBI posts quarterly loss; Synovus in the black. Norman Arey: Florida over Georgia? No-no!

 
Your weather in a word: Yuck
-What to watch: As much as a half-inch of rain is possible today and another tenth of an inch tonight as a front moves across Northwest Georgia. Also: an overnight low of 30 Saturday night.
-Weather updates today, all weekend on Hometown.
-Friday: 90% chance of rain today, 50% tonight. High of 58, low of 38.
-Saturday: Sunny, high of 61, low of 30.
-Sunday: Sunny, high of 64, low of 38.

Northwest Georgia approaching peak weeks of 2011 leaf season.

Business Buzz:
-United Community Banks reports $6.2 million third quarter loss but . . .
-Synovus, parent company of Citizens First and GB & T, posts $15.7 million profit in the third quarter vs. $195.8 million loss a year earlier.
-New Waffle House on U.S. 411 resets opening for Nov. 14.

Politics:
-Democrats to meet Nov. 5.
-State, local GOP leaders among those attending reception for Senate candidate Chad Whitefield.

Interim president to be announced today for Georgia Highlands.

John McClellan's high school picks.

-Playoffs come into focus with key games Friday. Winners include Rome, Pepperell, Calhoun, Darlington, Cartersville, Cedartown.
-Get all tonight's schools by visiting wrgarome.com
-Where to listen to, watch tonight's games. 

Norman's No-No's. Norman Arey
-So who wins the 2011 edition of Georgia vs. Florida? Norman never picks Georgia to beat the Gators, right? But this time . . .
-Each Friday, Norman picks the 10 college teams he believes will lose this weekend.

Shorter on the road this weekend. 

Weekend:
-Latest public health restaurant inspection scores.
-Bryan Mullins' downtown entertainment report.
-Busy weekend calendar for Northwest Georgia: Dracula, Scary Berry, ZombieLand, Rivers Alive cleanup, more. 

Today's Hometown Headlines Radio Edition, 7-9 a.m., WRGA 1470 AM
-Please join our guests today including Bonnie Goulding of Rome High on the school's popular club for future health professionals; John McClellan on a key night in high school football for Northwest Georgia; and Rick Woodall, avid sports and Bulldogs fan, on Saturday's showdown with my the Florida Gators.

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