Friday, December 18, 2015

With a week to go, Salvation Army's Red Kettle campaign $30,000 from goal. LakePoint's massive indoor facility quickly rising. Latest business updates. Chilly weekend ahead. Latest high school updates

Today's first headlines from www.hometownheadlines.com:
 

Ware Mechanical Weather

Sunny and cooler with highs in the upper 40s to mid 50s, lows in the upper 20s.

Headlines

  • Salvation Army $30,000 shy of Christmas Eve goal; main fund-raiser helps provide for the homeless, food pantry, summer camp for children in need. How to help
  • Due in five months, latest LakePoint video shows solid progress on 170,000-square-foot indoor facility. LakePoint
  • Business: Advance for Kids on the move. Confluence returns April 14-15. Tuesday career fair has 20-25 immediate positions. Business
  • Chapter 5: Coach, mentor, friend -- meet Berry volleyball's Mika Robinson. Final part of the Berry student series, 'The Things They Carry. ' Mika
  • Smile Report: Coosa Valley Credit Union makes $1,000 annual donation to Toys for Tots. Smile
  • Smile Report: Georgia Power Foundation presents $5,000 to Exchange Club Family Resource Center. Smile
  • Weekend: Lots of Christmas, Shop With a Cop and Toys for Tots distribution. Weekend
  • Obituaries: Remembering Mr. Michael Dean Church Sr., Mr. John Robert Reed Sr. Services
  • Public Health restaurant inspections scores. No new reports Thursday. Dining
  • Area arrest reports brought to you by Dr. Miniyar's Pediatrics. CrimeWatch

Holiday Happenings

  • Hometown Headlines has teamed with Harbin Clinic to present Holiday Happenings, a digital magazine with details on parades, concerts, performances and live Nativity scenes across Northwest Georgia. You can view it in two formats: Desktop or Mobile

Regular features:

Chick-fil-A Dwarf House Sports Report

  • Holiday high school basketball tournament updates; championships tonight.
  • Harbin Clinic is sponsoring the 2015-2016 YMCA Rome's youth basketball program. Harbin-YMCA
  • The AAAA state champion Cartersville Purple Hurricanes selected as Fox 5's Team of the Year.
  • The Falcons at Jacksonville, 1 p.m. Sunday / The latest on the NFL
  • All the bowl matchups from ESPN. Georgia vs. Penn State on Jan. 2. Click

Hometown Headlines Radio Edition on WRGA 98.7 FM.
Please join our guests including:

  • At 7:40 a.m.:Chris Giddens, our resident geek, on his impressions from Thursday night's viewing of Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
  • At 8:10 a.m.: The Rev. Kenny Ott of Trinity United Methodist Church and Mary Craven Jordan on the Live Nativity and the Longest Night observance.
  • 8:40 a.m.: Hometown Headlines/WRGA News Roundtable.

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