Foster's Mill gets a new life as restaurant with steaks, barbecue, low country boil. Diggin' It caters to a dog's world. Mall owner buys Dalton center. Highs near 70 through Sunday. King Weekend events.

This morning's first headlines and updates all day from Hometown Headlines

HEADLINES:

Long history, long name, longer menu at Foster's Mill Store Steakhouse & Barbecue. Dining

Business: Diggin' It, with grooming and training for dogs, opens near Central Plaza. Mount Berry Mall owner buys another Georgia center. Business

Georgia Health News: Deal's state-of-the-state speech targets health services for the vulnerable. Health

Health: A 20-second solution to stopping unhealthy germs -- the 'do-it-yourself vaccine' known as properly washing your hands. Health

Martin Luther King Jr. Day: Weekend opens Friday. Scheduled: Play, prayer breakfast, symposium and Freedom March. King weekend 

Ware Mechanical forecast: Near 70 today through Sunday with some rain possible. Weather

Remembering Mr. Samuel Warren McCleskey, Mr. Oliver Larry Rickard, Mrs. Elizabeth Burch Rochester. Obituaries

Public Health restaurant inspection scores. Dining

Bartow EMS: Emergency teams set 'mass casualty drill' for 1:30 p.m. Thursday near the Bartow County College and Career Academy. Drill 

Area arrest reports brought to you by Dr. Miniyar's Pediatrics. Crimewatch

Also today:

Traffic: Georgia DOT, Google Maps or Waze.

State business headlines: Georgia Trend

Northwest Georgia jobs: Career Builder

SPORTS: Chick-fil-A Dwarf House Sports Report 

 GHC Chargers and the quest for 50.

Latest high school and college updates.

 

Meet a local cyclist with national collegiate honors.

 

Some tickets left for Saturday's Falcons-Seahawks game at 4:35 p.m. Saturday at The Georgia Dome.

 

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Armuchee Principal Dr. James Burris, School Board chair Chip Hood and superintendent Dr. John Jackson on Armuchee's earning a Bronze Award for Greatest Gains from the Governor's Office of Student Achievement as a Highest Performing and Greatest Gains school.