Flash flood watch continues as rain keeps falling; latest delays and cancellations. Updates on unemployment in Northwest Georgia. Busy weekend ahead (heavy rain will be gone).

Ware Mechanical Weather Alert: Flash flood watch until 8 tonight; another inch of rain due today. Chattooga schools open two hours late today. Latest postponements, cancellations.   Weather

Jobs: Major drop in the unemployment rates for Floyd, Bartow, Gordon, Polk and Chattooga counties in August. Plus: Where to find jobs.  Employment

Lawrence Plantation's Weekend Guide: Tonight, 'Rome Remembers Burt,' RIFF update. Saturday: Harbin Hero Hustle, home games for Berry and Shorter, Cancer Navigators' Tailgating for Cancer. Weekend

RomeGaCares: Donation hours extended until noon Friday. More than $12,000 donated; 186 disaster relief kits filled but more need your help. RomeGaCares

Buzz: Tonight's Rocks of Hope suicide awareness event canceled because of the forecast. More honors for Restoration Rome. Cartersville/Bartow County get new EMS service Monday morning. Buzz 

Campaign watch: Voter registration drive Saturday. Kemp in Rome, Cartersville next Tuesday. Political forums Oct. 9, Oct. 23. Our radio interview schedule. Sample ballots for Nov. 6. Politics

Education: Georgia Northwestern Technical College adds police chief, staff. Education

Education: Calhoun City Schools honors four with Teacher of the Year designations. Calhoun Schools 

Obituaries: Ms. Mary Jane Ayers, Mrs. Frances H. Booth, Florencio Limon, Mr. Robert Garry Stowe. 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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Chick-fil-A Dwarf House Sports Report: Sports.

Cedartown at LaGrange tonight starts busy 14-game high school football schedule.

 

Honors for Berry's Nick McGee. More college notes.

 

Group package pickup today for Harbin Hero Hustle.

 

John McClellan's high school picks for the week.

 

College football this Saturday:

-Berry:  At home vs. Austin, 2 p.m.

-Shorter: At home vs. West Georgia, 1 p.m.

-Georgia Bulldogs: At home vs. Tennessee, 3:30 p.m., CBS.

-Georgia Tech:  At home vs. Bowling Green at noon.

 

Atlanta Falcons: Home Sunday vs. Bengals, 1 p.m., CBS.

 

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

7:40 a.m. State Sen. Chuck Hufstetler, chair of the Senate Finance Committee, on his concerns about Plant Vogtle and what's next.

 

8:10 a.m. Sheriff Tim Burkhalter on RomeGaCare's next moves to get donated supplies to the storm-stricken Carolinas and about the last few days at the relief center.