Avatron adding retail, 500 hotel rooms? Business Friday: Rome's Brooks Mathis in the major leagues. More Krispy hints. Graves on the House/Syrian vote (at 8:40 a.m. on Hometown Radio, WRGA). Huge night of high school playoffs. Norman Arey's Norman's No-Nos

Your news day starts at www.hometownheadlines.com:

Ware Mechanical forecast

• Next cold front on the way; Sunday's high 47, low overnight, 27.

Headlines

• Another  new partnership for Avatron Park in Emerson? Release tells of planned retail/dining venture, 500 hotel rooms. Avatron
• Business Friday: Rome's Brooks Mathis is in the major leagues. More Krispy hints. A plush pitch for your business. Updates
• Graves, Loudermilk vote for the American Security Against Foreign Enemies Act; Graves on our radio show today . Politics
• Weekend: Plenty of pancakes and sausage. The Nutcracker returns. Downtown Rome's open house -- and Berry Student Enterprises' Christmas in November. Weekend
• Signs of Christmas already in downtown; parade entry deadline is next week. Coming soon: Special guide to Christmas
• At a glance: Latest updates from across Northwest Georgia. Briefs
• Smile Report: Tattnall Square Academy dominates Berry Fall Mathematics Contest; Cartersville finishes third. Smile
• Georgia Health News: Feds vow flexibility on ramping up Medicaid. GHN
• Obituaries: Remembering Mr. James E. Rhinehart, John Virgil "Spot" Byars III, George A Joyner Jr. Services
• Public Health restaurant inspections scores.  Dining
• Area arrest reports brought to you by Dr. Miniyar's Pediatrics. CrimeWatch

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HIGH SCHOOLS

• Friday night playoff football: Radio times. Click to hear our interview with RHS Coach John Reid. Tonight's forecast. Playoffs.
• John McClellan's high school playoff picks: McClellan
• Georgia High School Football Daily. Website picks Calhoun to advance; double-digit loses for Adairsville, Sonoraville

COLLEGES

• Norman Arey's Norman's No Nos: Jackets, Bulldogs both win and close out their year vs. each other. No Nos
• Georgia vs. Georgia Southern, 7 p.m. Saturday on ESPNU. UGA.
• Georgia Tech at Miami, 12:30 p.m. Saturday.  Tech 

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• The Falcons host the Indianapolis Colts Sunday at 1 p.m. / The latest on the NFL

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Please join our guests including:

• At 7:40 a.m.: Chad Warner of River City Bank, all-time wins leader while coaching Shorter men's basketball, on a free basketball clinic for area youth and coaches this Sunday at Darlington.
• At 8:40 a.m.: U.S. Rep. Tom Graves on Thursday's House vote on the Syrian refugee standoff and what's next.