'Mean season' begins Thursday: What we've seen in the past decade. New brewery up and running in downtown Rome. Druck Report: School safety starts at ballot box. Berry Vikings win first SAA basketball title. More rain today, cooler week ahead.

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The mean season begins in Northwest Georgia: Four tornadoes between March 1-May 31 in the last decade have killed two, injured 32 and caused $39 million in damage. Weather 

Ware Mechanical Weather Center:  More rain today, cooler day as temperature return to near-normal averages. Weather

Buzz: New brewery's first batch: Downtown Brown. Mellow Mushroom's Cartersville return almost complete. Buzz

Druck Report: The most critical thing you can do to keep our schools safe? Get rid of politicians on all levels more concerned about re-election than preventing the next massacre. Druck Report

Obituaries: Mrs. Inez Brown McStotts, Wanda Patterson Ryan. Obituaries

Public Health restaurant inspection scores return Tuesday. Dining

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

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Chick-fil-A Dwarf House Sports Report: 

Berry wins first SAA men's basketball title; tournament next with update due at 12:30 this afternoon. 

 

High school basketball, state playoffs: 

-Model girls vs. Dodge on Tuesday at home.

-Cartersville boys at. Baldwin Wednesday. 

 

Community updates. 

 

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

7:40 a.m. Dr. Renee Carleton, DVM, associate professor of Biology at Berry College, on the loss of the eaglet.

 8:10 a.m. Trevor Hubbard of Floyd County Schools on the summer driver's education program and how you can get your student involved.

8:40 a.m.  Joe Costolnick, executive director of Harbor House, on the latest updates and what's ahead.