New Charbucks Almost Famous Grill locations coming after Thanksgiving. Rome City Brewing Company adding lunch service. Berry College launching new logo, branding campaign. Christmas tree vendors open this week. Christmas parade lineup across Northwest Georgia. Georgia election results finally certified. Berry advances in NCAA playoffs. Sunshine ahead this week.

MORNING EDITION

 

Dining: Charbucks Almost Famous Grill to open after Thanksgiving in Shannon and later in Summerville, plus adding lunch service at Rome City Brewing Company. Dining

 

Education: A new look for Berry College coming soon as new branding campaign begins in December, incorporating a new logo design. Berry

 

Local Christmas tree vendors gearing up for busy season: Christmas Tree City opens Monday on Braves Boulevard. Silver Creek Christmas Tree Farms opens Friday. Trees

 

Busy Christmas parade lineup across Northwest Georgia kicks off next Tuesday, Nov. 27 in Rome. Parades

 

Politics: Secretary of State certifies results from Nov. 6 election. Next up: Runoff on Dec. 4 for Secretary of State, Public Service Commission. Politics

 

Weekend Guide: Dodgeball Tournament at Pleasant Valley South Baptist Church today. Photos from Saturday's Harbin Clinic Turkey Trot 5K and Downtown Holiday Open House, Candy Cane Hunt. Weekend

 

Ware Mechanical Weather Center: Sunny, clear skies with highs in low 60s this week. Gorgeous Thanksgiving Day forecast ahead: Sunny, high near 60. Forecast

 

Obituaries: Mrs. Misty Dawn Boston, Mrs. Marion L. Freeman, Mr. Thomas LaRue Mathis, Jr. and Mr. Alvin Franklin Pettyjohn. Obituaries

 

Public Health restaurant inspection scores. Dining

 

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

 

Advertising

Hardy Realty's open house gallery for today:  Your first look at four homes in Rome and Armuchee, priced from $159,900 to $449,000. Open houses

 

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Truett's Chick-fil-A Sports Report: Sports.

Berry tops Maryville, 31-0, to advance to second round of NCAA Division III playoffs. Will face Mary Hardin-Baylor next Saturday.

 

Rome Middle School Sixth Grade football teams wins the GMSAA championship with 34-8 victory over Cambridge. RMS Seventh Grade team finished runner-up after losing 13-6 to East Paulding.

 

College football:

-Georgia Bulldogs: Georgia stomps Massachusetts, 66-27.

-Georgia Tech: Yellow Jackets beat Virginia, 30-27, in OT.

-Georgia will host Georgia Tech, Nov. 24 at noon.

 

Links to local college basketball schedules, men's and women's.

 

Community:

-Dec. 8: Registration is under way for the annual #JamieStrong Rome Half Marathon to be held at State Mutual Stadium. Dec. 6 banquet keynote speaker: Former Model High and Berry University standout Michelle Abernathy Lane.

 

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

 

We'll be back Monday with our guests:

 

8:40 a.m. Steve Miller, chair of Floyd County's elections board, and Floyd's new elections chief, Robert Brady, on what's next for voters including the Dec. 4 runoff and, for some, the Dec. 18 election to select a new representative for House District 14.