'Austin 5,' with ties to Five Below, due at Calhoun outlets. LakePoint Station grand opening Aug. 26. High school football season opens; keep an eye on the weather. Busy weekend ahead.

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Ware Mechanical's forecast:

• 50% to 60% rain chance this weekend. Track our Friday night football forecast. Weather

Today's first headlines:

• Business: 'Austin 5,' part of Five Below, coming to Calhoun. LakePoint Station, a mix of indoor/outdoor games, sets Aug. 26 grand opening. St. Angelo's Pizza opens Sept. 9. Business
• $25,000 grant from the Coca-Cola Foundation will help the YMCA offer two after-school meal, assistance programs. Helping
• Education: The Chiaha Guild announces return of Arts Education Mini-Grant Program. A salute to countries at Darlington. Update on local colleges. Education
• Education: Georgia Highlands College announces summer president's, dean's lists: Floyd, Bartow, Gordon, Polk students. GHC
• Weekend: Forever Plaid at the DeSoto; Rome Celebrity Dance Challenge Saturday night; community health initiative that morning. Weekend
• Buzz: Arts Festival at Rose Lawn returns Sept. 17-18. Vote under way for Bartow's top restaurant, attraction, retailer. Rose Lawn
• Remembering Charles Stephen 'Bennie' Benefield, Mrs. Mildred Virginia Ely Blalock, Ms. Eloise Lovenia Cammon, Ray Glenn Stapleton, Mr. Matthews Gilliland "Gil" Watts. Obituaries
• Public Health restaurant inspection scores.  Dining
  
• Area arrest reports brought to you by Dr. Miniyar's Pediatrics. CrimeWatch

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• Hardy Realty's open house gallery for Sunday: Five homes in Rome/Floyd County priced from $94,900 to $234,000.
• Posting today at 3 p.m.

Also today:

• Traffic: Georgia DOT, Google Maps or Waze.
• State business headlines: Georgia Trend
  
• Northwest Georgia jobs: Career Builder
  

Chick-fil-A Dwarf House Sports Report

• Football preview: Tonight's games, radio and webcast times, weather forecast and John McClellan's predicted outcomes. High school
• John McClellan's high school football report: Season opening wins for Darlington, Calhoun, Adairsville; Cartersville to fall to Allatoona; rough night for Rockmart, Cedartown.  Click McClellan
• Georgia High School Football Daily.
• Rome Braves announced 2017 schedule; home opener April 13. Schedule
• Rome Braves drop game one to Hagerstown, 4-2.
• Mills Fitzner's Rome Braves' home game photo gallery.
• Atlanta Braves: Host Nationals today through Sunday.
• Berry, Shorter counting down to opening weekend of college football.

Hometown Headlines Radio Edition, 7-9 a.m., WRGA 98.7 FM.

• At 7:40 a.m.: Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Jim Barksdale.
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