Saturday, October 21, 2017

The Foundry expanding offerings with food, local brew. Dean Street Plaza seeks to add indoor storage units. Over 500 advance voters this week. Boo Fest photo gallery. Adm. Towers monument dedication. Airshow takes to skies. Cartersville's Trevor Lawrence new state top passer. Friday's scores and more.

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

Dining: The Foundry Growler Station now serving food along with new local brew on tap from Rome City Brewing Co. Dining

Business: Indoor mini-storage units could be coming to Dean Street Plaza. Job fair planned at Racemark in Calhoun. Business

Photo gallery: Hundreds pack Grizzard Park for YMCA's annual Boo Fest. Photos

Buzz: Monument dedication for Admiral John Towers. Rome Christmas Parade deadline for entries is Nov. 10. Cedartown officials complete 3-year community housing program. Buzz

U.S. Navy Blue Angels ready to take flight. Preview for local students. What you need to know about airshow: traffic, parking, closures, the schedule and tickets. Airshow

RACA seeks submissions to design competition for new Arts Amphitheater and Exhibition Space next to Rome-Floyd Library. Design

Ware Mechanical Weather Center: Patchy fog this morning. Sunny, high near 78. Rain returns late Sunday-Tuesday. Forecast

Obituaries: James Edward Bennett, Jr., Linda Carol Bradshaw Dugger and Donald Guy Trammell, Jr. 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: 535 vote early this week. Advance voting continues Monday; 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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High school football scoreboard: Big wins for Rome, Cartersville, Pepperell, Darlington, Rockmart and Calhoun.
 
Cartersville's Trevor Lawrence now the state's all-time leading passer after breaking Deshaun Watson's record.
 
Norman's No-Nos: Watch for Michigan and Notre Dame to pull upsets.
 
Football: Berry at Millsaps, 2 p.m.
 
Football: Shorter hosts West Florida, 1 p.m. at Barron Stadium for homecoming.
 
High school softball and volleyball updates.
 

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

Our guests Monday include:

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:

Traffic: Georgia DOT, Google Maps or Waze.

State business headlines: Georgia Trend

Health headlines: Georgia Health News

Northwest Georgia jobs: Career Builder

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