Rough weather possible Saturday; rain this evening. WXIA wants answers from Gretchen Corbin. Another 'sold' sign on Broad Street. Obituaries. Latest local sports. Weekend guide.

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Ware Mechanical forecast

• More than an inch of rain, several storms expected on Saturday.
• Continuing weather coverage throughout the weekend from Hometown Headlines.

Headlines:

• Rome's Gretchen Corbin, head of state's technical colleges, under fire from WXIA investigative team. Corbin
• Another 'sold' sign in the 200 block of Broad Street; restaurant, apartments on the way. Broad Street
• Buzz: Honors for Cartersville cook and her culinary team. Nurse practitioner joins Harbin's Calhoun practice. GNTC adds Saturday literacy classes. Buzz
• Coosa Valley: Reminder on new tribute for Admiral Towers. Duck Dash '15 set. Earth Day at Pettit. You're in Cedartown, 'Charlie Brown.' Region
• Weekend: Lots of indoor options this weekend -- and outdoor, too. Calendar
• Georgia Highlands expands is online learning options. GHC
• Georgia Health News: Grady paying $2.9 million in overbilling case. GHN
• Obituaries: Remembering Flaveous 'Joe' Everett, Gerald A. Pope. Funerals
• Public health restaurant inspections scores for Northwest Georgia.   Dining.
• Floyd County Jail reports brought to you by Midian Roofing. CrimeWatch
  

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• Rome Braves fall 5-3 Thursday night. Double header tonight vs. Greenjackets; 5 p.m. start.
• Mills Fitzner's photos from the 2015 season. Gallery
• Latest high school updates. Baseball, soccer, tennis.
• Local college sports updates. Links to Berry's SAA championship contenders (seven sports).
• Atlanta Braves downed by the Mets, 6-3. Tonight at Phillies.

Hometown Headlines Radio Edition, 7-9 a.m., WRGA (98.7 FM or 1470 AM). Our guests include:

• At 7:40 a.m.: Chris Giddens, a certified local geek, on the start of the summer movie blockbusters.
• At 8:10 a.m.: Howie Lowdon of the Admiral John Towers Memorial Committee and from the Georgia Historical Society, Elyse Butler, on the marker going up today commemorating his birth place off Riverside Parkway.
• At 8:40 a.m.: Hometown Headlines/WRGA News Roundtable.