Whistle Britches sets July 2 opening on Broad. Buchanan's Sports Bar also has July due date. More heat today. Weekend calendar (brewery tours resume). Sports updates

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Ware Mechanical forecast

• One more round of stifling heat and then a cooler, wetter weekend
• Tips on staying cool plus a guide to local cooling stations. Safety

Headlines:

• Whistle Britches opening on Broad July 2. Next up: Three new (well, mostly) takes on downtown restaurants. Broad Street
• Buchanan's Sports Bar -- and Nightclub -- not wasting any time; look for a July opening. Near the mall
• Dr. Phillip Brown named new principal of Rome High School. RHS
• LakePoint Sports names Wellstar Health System as official health partner. LakePoint
• Weekend: Freedom Fund Banquet, Cedartown concert (Scott Thompson), brewery tours, Rome Braves. Calendar
• Coosa Valley: Bartow Winds plans July 3 concert. Rodeo returns July 10-11. In case of emergency . . . Coosa Valley
• Georgia Health News: High court preserves subsidies in all states. GHC
• Lawmakers reaction to Obamacare ruling: Isakson, Perdue, Graves, Loudermilk. Politics
• Public Health restaurant inspections scores, brought to you by Dr. Miniyar Pediatrics.  Dining
• Obituaries:   Remembering Patricia J. Gilchrist. Obituaries
• Area arrest reports brought to you by Midian Roofing. CrimeWatch

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• Hardy Realty's open house gallery for Sunday: 13 homes from Rome to Armuchee (in our new format).

Regular features:

• Our list of summer camps across Northwest Georgia. Camps
• Big plans for Vacation Bible School this summer. VBS
• Northwest Georgia traffic conditions via Google Maps or Waze.
• 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

• Rome Braves announce that infielder Ozzie Albies has been named to this year's roster for the 2015 Futures Game at Cincinnati's Great American Ball Park.  Also: Latest roster moves.
• Rome Braves fall 3-2 in 12 innings to Augusta
• Augusta at Rome tonight at 7
• Atlanta Braves swept by Nationals. Thursday's final: 7-0.
• Atlanta at Phillies, 7:05 tonight.
• GHC women's basketball coach named to panel.

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• At 7:40 a.m. Christa Jackson on the 2015 Independence Day parade in Cave Spring.
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• At 8:40 a.m.: Hometown Headlines/WRGA News Roundtable.