Ross Dress For Less making comeback in Cartersville. Tropical Smoothie Cafe coming to Cartersville Marketplace. Photo gallery as air show takes flight, gates open today at 9 a.m. Bartow man critically injured in ATV crash. Rain returns tonight and Monday, cooler temps. Armuchee vs. Coosa in state volleyball final four. More sports.

Northwest Georgia's campaign headquarters for 2017 with news updates all day: Hometown Headlines

Business: Ross Dress for Less making a comeback in Cartersville. New Tropical Smoothie Cafe coming to Main Street Marketplace in December. Business

Air Show takes flight: Photo gallery featuring Blue Angels, planes and aerial demonstrations. Show continues today, gates open at 9 a.m. Airshow

Bartow EMS: 50-year-old man critically injured in ATV crash off Hwy. 293 near East Green Ridge Rd. in Cartersville. Bartow

Updated list of fall events including next weekend's Chiaha Harvest Fair and Southeastern Cowboy Festival, pumpkin patches and leaf watch. Fall

Ware Mechanical Weather Center: Enjoy sunshine today. Rain moves in tonight and Monday followed by cold front. Forecast

Obituaries: Mrs. Sherry Freeman Bohannon. Obituaries

Public Health restaurant inspection scores. Dining

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

POLITICS (click here to access the stories below)

Election headquarters: Advance voting resumes Monday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.; candidate profiles and Q&As. Election calendar.

 

Hometown Radio: Q&A on the $80 million education tax extension with Dr. John Jackson, Floyd Schools, and Lou Byars, Rome City Schools.

 

Hometown Radio:  Q&A on the $63.8 million government tax extension with County Manager Jamie McCord, Sammy Rich. Plus: SPLOST debate between Danny Price and Randy Smith.

 

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Hardy Realty open house gallery for today: Your first look at 9 homes in Rome, Silver Creek and on Lake Weiss priced from $79,900 to $399,900. Open Houses

Chick-fil-A Dwarf House Sports Report:  

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Armuchee Lady Indians and Coosa Lady Eagles advance to state Final Four volleyball playoffs. They will face each other on Wednesday at Coosa, 6 p.m.

 

Berry Vikings now 8-0 on season after 37-22 victory at Millsaps. Next: Saturday at Birmingham-Southern, 3 p.m.

 

Shorter Hawks drop homecoming game 42-29 to West Florida. Next: Thursday at West Georgia, 7 p.m.

 

Georgia Tech over Wake Forest, 38-24. Alabama beats Tennessee, 45-7. Georgia was off.

 

Today: Falcons at Patriots, 8:30 p.m., NBC.

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

Our guests Monday include:

7:40 a.m.: Armuchee High's softball and volleyball coaches will join us to discuss state playoffs. Softball Head Coach Shane Arp will be joined by senior player Karson Fallin. Volleyball Head Coach Clint Decker will be joined by senior player Brandi Ann Wacker.

8:10- 9 a.m. Roman Michelle Picon, chair of this year's Heart of the Community board, spent more than a week in her native Puerto Rico, delivering relief items donated by area residents, especially the families of Saint Mary's Catholic School. As local relief efforts continue, Picon joins us to describe conditions in the U.S. territory more than one month after being ravaged by Hurricane Maria.

Also today:

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State business headlines: Georgia Trend

Health headlines: Georgia Health News

Northwest Georgia jobs: Career Builder