Behind Rome Schools' $30,000 offer to help fund Boys and Girls Clubs project. Martin's, Chick-fil-A a month away in Rockmart. Latest unemployment updates for Northwest Georgia. Prelude to Norman's No-Nos 2017.

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Amid tensions over youth football, documents show Rome Schools offered $30,000, other resources to Boys and Girls Club to assist with 'Project Learn.' Developing story

July jobs report: Unemployment rates for Northwest Georgia. Plus: Who's hiring. Jobs

Dining: September should be a big month for Martin's, Chick-fil-A in Rockmart. Dining

Rome ballot: 8 challengers, 4 incumbents in hunt for 7 school board seats so far. Commission: 3 incumbents, 2 challengers qualify. Politics

Georgia Highland's economic impact was $149.2 million in 2016, up $30 million from the 2013 report. GHC

Health:  Time to join a legion of super heroes for the Harbin Hero Hustle. Plus: Dr. Andersen joins Harbin Clinic  Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine in Cartersville. Health

Ware Mechanical Weather Center: A little cooler through Sunday; slight chance of rain. Weather

Obituaries: Mrs. Jean Lenora Kinsey. Obituaries

Public Health restaurant inspection scores. Dining

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

Chick-fil-A Dwarf House Sports Report: 

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Rome Braves

 

Braves vs. Lexington tonight at 7 at State Mutual Stadium.

 

Norman Arey's prelude to No-Nos: Once again, it's Ala-dam-Bama and everybody else. Arey

 

High school football updates.

 

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

7:40 a.m. Christa Jackson and Loresa Heyward from Haven Health on the Friends for Life Banquet with Pam Tebow as the guest speaker.

 

8:10 a.m. Thursday: Joe Cook of CRBI on this Saturday night's River Revelry, including the taco takedown challenge.

 

Talk of the Town,  noon-1 p.m. WRGA 98.7 FM or listen online .

 

Please join us as we sub for Nelle Reagan. Her guests include Bonnie and Jim Moore from NAMI as well as Oscar Guzman, director of the Cedartown Civic Auditorium.