Georgia Bulldogs vs. Alabama in next Monday's national championship. Frigid first week of 2018 continues. Bill Peterson's post-Shorter career is cookin' (chicken, that is). Meet the first babies of the new year.

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First & goal: Bill Peterson's transition back to the business world means growing Otter's Chicken, including a possible Rome-based food truck with brick-and-mortar also an option. Bill Peterson 

Ware Mechanical Weather Alert: Wind chill advisory through 10 a.m. Cold enough for a record? Not quite. Weather

Health: That didn't take long. Cartersville Medical Center's first baby of 2018 born at 1:02 a.m. Monday. Perhaps 1,000 more will follow her at CMC this year. Baby

Buzz: More than 70 receive 'Warmth of June' blankets. Floyd School Board to elect new chair, vice chair this morning. Floyd GOP Women meet at noon today. Buzz

Obituaries: Mr. Franklin Jerome McKnight. Mr. Loy Russell Payton. Obituaries

Public Health restaurant inspection scores return Wednesday. Dining

Area arrest reports for Floyd, Bartow, Polk counties sponsored by Living Proof Recovery. Crimewatch

Chick-fil-A Dwarf House Sports Report:

Georgia vs. Alabama next Monday at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium for the college football national championship.
 
How the SEC did in the New Year's Day bowls. And how about the ACC overall?
 
Local college basketball returns this week.
 
Falcons play Rams Saturday night in L.A.
 

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7:40 a.m. State Rep. Eddie Lumsden on what's ahead for the 2018 General Assembly.

8:10 a.m. Tim Herrington, Floyd County Emergency Management director, on our cold start to the new year.

8:40 a.m. Larry Alford of ServiceMaster by Twins from Pasadena following Georgia's Rose Bowl game.