Chick-fil-A Dwarf House begins work on temp site off Riverside Parkway. 5 more candidate profiles, Q&A for Rome School Board. Hurricanes: Watching Irma, local impact and latest from Rome Cares here and near Houston.

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Chick-fil-A Dwarf House assembling a temp restaurant off Riverside Parkway before Shorter changes begin; switch means 30 more jobs.  Plus: Customer Appreciation Week specials due Sept. 11-15. Dining

Hurricane Irma: We could see high winds, rain by late Sunday, early Monday. Downed trees, power outages among key concerns. Irma

Ware Mechanical Weather Center: As cooler temperatures move in, all eyes on what Irma could bring to our area next week. Weather

Rome Cares updates: As first deliveries are made, donations continue at North Broad site. Plus: What the key needs are this week. Rome Cares

Rome Board of Education: Profiles, Q&As on education tax, school system's direction with candidates Beeman, Davis, Howard, O'Hara and Swann (two of three parts). Politics

Isakson, Perdue take different sides on DACA debate. Reaction

Buzz: 'March to the Mountain' to commemorate victims of Sept. 11, honor military, first responders. Transparency Committee chaired by Hufstetler, Dempsey meets Friday. Road closure on Kingston Highway set. Buzz

Obituaries: George E. Griffiths, Ms. Michelle F. Turner. 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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Pepperell to play Cedartown at home Friday.

 

Norman Says on the football weekend that wasn't.

 

High school football updates.

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7:10 a.m. Floyd County Sheriff Tim Burkhalter on the arrival of Rome Cares in Conroe, Texas, and what's next for the items donated locally -- and the volunteers who delivered them.

 

7:40 a.m.  Environmental Health Manager Shane Hendrix on the rabies clinic Sept. 16 at county health department.

 

8:10 a.m. Abby Mayne and Ben Lord of Berry College Student Enterprises on the upcoming campus Farmers Market.

 

8:40 a.m. Tallatoona Executive Director Scott Gray as well as Robin Drazich, services coordinator and Dr. LaShun Danley, director of grants and community relations, on the group's 50th anniversary celebration.