Cooler days as storms clear the area. New comic shop not what you'd expect. State House 13 profiles. Gary Jones named Rome's Teacher of the Year. Community updates

Where Rome's news day starts and ends: www.hometownheadlines.com

 

Ware Mechanical forecast:

• Slightly below-normal temperatures for a few days with highs below 70 and lows in the upper 40s. No rainfaill after more than 1.5 inches from the recent storms

Headlines:

• 'What If' a comic store was clean, fresh and family friend? Here's the answer. What If
• House District 13: Dempsey, Garrett on the state income tax and transportation. Politics
• Gary Jones, a gifted education teacher at East Central, named Rome's Teacher of the Year. Education
• Profitable quarter for Bank of the Ozarks. Business After Hours on Thursday. LakePoint's Ehrhart luncheon speaker. Business
• Smile Report: Rome's Madeleine Sabourin to compete in Miss Georgia Teen Georgia pageant next month. Smile Report
• Shorter to host 19th Annual Northwest Georgia Chorus. Master Gardener Volunteers plan a tree walk. Updates
• Public Health restaurant inspection scores for Northwest Georgia. Dining
• Floyd County Jail reports from 4 and 8 a.m. as well as 8 p.m. Crimewatch

Regular features:

• Your guide to local Halloween, Trunk or Treat activities. Haunted Headlines
• Today's business headlines from  Georgia Trend
• Northwest Georgia's best source for job leads. Click Career Builder

Chick-fil-A Dwarf House Sports Report  (click)

Youth sports

• The YMCA's Arsenal Rome Soccer Club's Select teams had a tough weekend with 3 wins, 5 losses, and 3 ties; bringing the season record to 24-29-7.

College football:

• Shorter Hawks host West Alabama, 7 p.m. Thursday at Barron Stadium. Hawks
• Berry Football: The Vikings host Hendrix at 1 p.m. Saturday at Barron Stadium. Berry
• Coming Friday: Norman Arey's Noman's No-Nos, 15 certified college losers this weekend.

High School football:

• Georgia High School Football Daily: Cartersville moves up to no. 4 in AAAA; Darlington holds at no. 9 in AA; Calhoun at no. 2 in AAA. Monday
• Coming Tuesday: John McClellan's high school picks.  McClellan

Hometown Headlines Radio Edition on WRGA 98.7 FM & 1470 AM

• 7-9 a.m. Click to listen live online
• Please join our guests Wednesday including:
• At 7:40 a.m., Shorter basketball head coach Chad Warner as the team starts practice for the 2014-15 season.
• At 8:10 a.m., Scott Breithaupt, assistant vice president for Campaign and Leadership Giving at Berry, on the Valhalla stadium groundbreaking this Friday.
• At 8:40 a.m., Mark Cochran of Cevian Design Lab on a new year for Rome Fencing Club.