Busy election eve as final voters go to the precincts today. Results tonight on Hometown. Watch morning fog. Updates on AVATRON theme park in Bartow. Ribbon cutting set for Coosa High. Bypass opens Thursday. Obituaries. Sports updates

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Ware Mechanical forecast

• Some clouds but no excuse not to vote; high of 70.
• Dense fog advisory until 9 this morning.

Headlines

• Following an active final night, precincts open at 7 this morning as cities, Bartow and Gordon counties await voters' decisions. Vote
• Education: Ribbon cutting for new Coosa High is Dec. 8. Floyd School Board meets tonight. Education
• Updates on AVATRON Park and ties to Lionsgate; planned theme park near LakePoint. 
• Your drive to the Coosa area from south U.S. 27 gets a whole lot easier starting Thursday. Bypass
• Georgia Supreme Court upholds murder conviction of Bartow man in case where 14-month-old daughter died after ingesting cocaine. Child
• Berry announces site of its Continuing Care Retirement Center opening in 2019. Berry
• Region: What's ahead in Floyd, Bartow, Gordon and Polk counties. Region
• Georgia Health News: New chief named at Blue Cross of Georgia. GHN
• Obituaries: Remembering Miss Carla Lynn Burke, Michael Clayton "Clay" Surber, Mrs. Jacqueline Juanita Van Pelt Rampley. Services
• Public Health restaurant inspections scores.  Dining
• Gordon sheriff's investigation ends with four arrests in suspected burglary string. Arrests
• Area arrest reports brought to you by Dr. Miniyar's Pediatrics. CrimeWatch

Regular features:

• Your guide to the 2015 election season: Candidates, where/when to vote, additional updates. Politics
• 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

HIGH SCHOOLS

• John McClellan's high school picks: Rome by 4 over Riverwood; Darlington by 11 over Chattooga. Cartersville, Calhoun easy winners. McClellan
• Georgia High School Football Daily.

COLLEGES

• The Southern Athletic Association's defensive player of the week for games played Oct. 31 is Berry's Matt Farinella.
• Berry College Vikings at Birmingham Southern, 2 p.m. Saturday. Vikings 
• Shorter Hawks vs. North Alabama, 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Barron Stadium. Hawks
• Georgia vs. Kentucky, noon Saturday in Athens. UGA.
• Georgia Tech is off this week. Next: Nov. 12 vs. Virginia Tech at 7:30 p.m. Tech
• Norman Arey's Norman's No-Nos: New picks coming Friday.

PROS

• The Falcons at the 49ers Sunday, 4:05 p.m.
• Atlanta Braves open the 2016 season at home vs. Washington on April 4.
  

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Please join our guests  including:

• At 8:10 a.m. Ira Levy on the Fifth Annual Authentic New York Deli Day on Tuesday, Nov. 10, from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. at Rodeph Sholom Congregation.
• At 8:40 a.m.: Dr. Brian Carroll of Berry College's communication department on his other passion, baseball, and a look at the 2015 season in review.