Middle Eastern Cafe closing on Shorter Ave. on March 31 with new Broad St. location to open late April. Berry Professor joins March for Our Lives in Atlanta. Holy Week begins today with Palm Sunday. Rain chances again today. Big day for high school baseball at State Mutual Stadium.

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Dining: Middle Eastern Cafe and Sweets closing Shorter Ave. location on March 31; Reopening at new Broad Street spot late April. Dining

March for Our Lives: Berry Professor joins thousands in Atlanta and across country demanding action on gun violence in schools. March

Update: Three days of public services to celebrate life and legacy of former governor, senator Zell Miller. Memorial

Celebrating Easter: Holy Week begins today with Palm Sunday. Church services, expanded activities through Easter. Easter

Ware Mechanical Weather Center: 40% rain chance this morning, more possible tonight into Monday. Highs near 60 to start the week. Forecast

Obituaries: Mr. James Donald Ingram, Mrs. Nellie Towns Milton and Ms. Wanda Price. Obituaries

Public Health restaurant inspection scores. Dining

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

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Hardy Realty's open house gallery for today: Your first look at four homes in Rome, priced from $105,000 to $425,000. Open Houses

 

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Chick-fil-A Dwarf House Sports Report:

Big day for high school baseball at State Mutual Stadium. Wins for Coosa, Cartersville, Darlington and Rome.

 

National honors for Berry swimmer Haley Brown.

 

March Madness: Latest men's and women's brackets.

 

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

Please join our guests Monday including:

 

7:40 a.m. A closer look at the Easter at the Ridge celebration on Sunday with Kirk Ayers, Music Minister, and Tom Bennett, Music and Technology Coordinator, from Calvary Baptist Church.

 

8:10 a.m. Mayor Johnny L. Smith from the city of Jacksonville, Ala., on recovery efforts from the tornado a week earlier and what we can do to help.

 

8:40 a.m. George Wetzel of the National Weather Service's Peachtree City office also serves as the Observation Program Leader and state coordinator for the  Community Collaborative Rain, Hail, and Snow Network or CoCoRaHS Program. He'll talk about how you can become part of the weather-reporting network.

 

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