Cupcakes Around the Corner on the road again soon. Fat Bottom BBQ opens. Latest on smoke, nearby wildfires. Update on outdoor watering restrictions. High school football playoffs. Norman's No Nos: Who loses in college football.

For these and today's latest news, please see www.hometownheadlines.com:

Ware Mechanical forecast:

• Blast of cold air on the way. High today, 78. High Saturday: 59 (before wind chill). Weather

Today's headlines:

Fire, smoke, drought watch:

• Deal suspends outdoor water use as drought continues; lawn watering limited to two mornings a week. Drought
• Fires, smoke: More smoke due today; latest weather advisory. Update on the state's major fires. Updates

Today's other headlines:

• Dining: Cupcakes Around the Corner going mobile again in January. Fat Bottom's BBQ & More hosts grand opening Saturday. Dining
• Business: Shaw sets Dec. 1 grand opening for Adairsville plant. Ground broken for YANMAR America Training and Experience Center. Business 
• Floyd County Schools: 47 teachers earn classroom set of Chromebooks to assist with learning. Education 
• Politics: One more election (at least) for some Gordon County residents to fill state Senate seat. Dec. 13 
• Weekend: Downtown Open House in Rome; candy cane hunt; Optimist Club's pancake breakfast, Discovery Day at Tellus. Weekend 
• Buzz: Floyd School Board meets Monday on personnel issue. 'Into the Woods' coming from Rome Little Theatre. Buzz 
• Georgia Health News: Child welfare groups underpaid, memo shows. Health
• Remembering Mr. Mark Gilbert Batie, Margaret Lindsey. Obituaries 
• Public Health restaurant inspection scores. Dining
• Area arrest reports brought to you by Dr. Miniyar's Pediatrics. Crime 

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 

• John McClellan's high school playoff picks: 4 of 8 Northwest Georgia teams to advance to the third round (one loss will surprise most). McClellan
• Georgia High School Football Daily.
• Norman Arey's Norman's No Nos: Florida doesn't do well but Tech, Georgia have their day. No Nos
• Local college basketball updates.
• Georgia Tech: At home vs. Virginia, Saturday at 12:30 p.m.
• UGA: At home vs. Louisiana-Lafayette, Saturday at noon.
• Atlanta Falcons:  Off this Sunday. Next: Nov. 27, home vs. Cardinals, 1 p.m., Fox.

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

• Please join our guests including:
• 7:40 a.m.: Amanda Carter on downtown's Open House this Friday and Saturday.
• 8:10 a.m.: Byron Haire of the Georgia Forestry Commission with updates on some of the fires threatening our state, including a wildfire in Gordon County.
• 8:40 a.m.: Hometown Headlines/WRGA News Roundtable.