Just weeks away from Party City, newest Dollar Tree. Redmond's Ulmer off to the Gulf. Herman Cain dips into Senate 52 race. Restaurant updates. Some rain, more heat this weekend.

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Business:
-Photo update from Party City/Dollar Tree construction; openings just weeks away.
-Redmond's Carlton Ulmer to lead Gulf Coast hospital.
-Grand (re) opening for Curlee's Fish House.
-Big drop in earnings for Bank of the Ozarks.
-Mohawk to announce second quarter earnings Aug. 2.
-Updates on the Rome News financial situation.

Buzz:
-Shorter/Northwest Georgia career expo returns Sept. 20.
-Local Realtors endorse regional T-SPLOST.
-More football hires at Berry.

Weather:  Weekend: Warmer, perhaps not as wet
-Friday: 60% chance of rain, high of 88, low of 72.
-Saturday: 50% rain chance, high of 90, low of 70.
-Sunday: 30% chance of rain, high of 94, low of 69.

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-Please join our guests today including Joe McCutcheon on a new voting coalition with local ties; Ellen Archer of the Cartersville-Bartow Convention & Visitors Center on the filming of Devil's Knot; Mike Dunn, general manager of the Rome Braves, and Ed Randall of Fans for the Cure prostate cancer initiative; and Barbara Earle of the Free Clinic of Rome on a rare grant the clinic has received to address obesity.

 

Rome Braves/Power rained out Thursday; double header tonight at 5 at State Mutual Stadium.