Beautiful Saturday ahead, nearly 2 inches of rain on way Sunday. Goat's General Store brings different spin downtown. Tim Herrington named Floyd EMA Director. Busy weekend ahead including Pancakes, Nutcracker and Victory Bowl. Friday night scores and sport

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Ware Mechanical forecast:

• Beautiful today with sunshine, high near 57. Rain and possible storms on the way tonight though Monday. The greatest threat for severe storms should remain to our south. Expected rainfall amounts of 1.36 inches or more Sunday-Monday.

Headlines:

• Goat's General Store puts a different retail spin on downtown Rome. Newest item: Christmas trees starting Black Friday. Goat's
• Tim Herrington named Floyd County's new emergency management director. Herrington
• 2.5 magnitude earthquake Friday night just north of Dalton near Varnell; no reports of damage. Quake
• Downtown Cartersville adds app for shopping, dining convenience and information. APP
• Weekend: Pancakes on sale until noon. Victory Bowl gates open at 10 a.m., noon kick. Plus: Nutcracker, open house. Events
• Chamber's prelegislative breakfast is Dec. 11. Rome Symphony/Rome High choirs and chorale to perform Dec. 7. Briefs
• Public Health restaurant inspection scores for Northwest Georgia. Dining
• Floyd County Jail reports. CrimeWatch

Regular features:

• Christmas events in Northwest Georgia this season. Parades, performances and more.  Christmas
• 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)

• Chick-fil-A Dwarf House's Friday night football scores: Cartersville, Calhoun advance; Coosa, Model, Adairsville fall.
• John McCellan's high school football playoff picks: How did he do?
• Norman Arey's Norman's No-Nos: Tennessee provides the only fireworks for a really dull week of football.
• Saturday: NCCAA's Victory Bowl at Barron Stadium featuring Shorter University and North Greenville (S.C). Noon kickoff. Tickets: $15.
• Pregame look at Shorter-North Greenville game.
• 2014 Victory Bowl schedule for today. Schedule

Hometown Headlines Radio Edition on WRGA 98.7 FM & 1470 AM

• 7-9 a.m. Click to listen live online
• Please join our guests Monday including:
• U.S. Rep.-elect Barry Loudermilk on what's ahead as he prepares for Washington politics.
• Tim Herrington, Floyd County's newly named emergency management director, on his new duties.