Newsletter on NW Georgia's 2021 -- and how to classify it. Housing boom: 4,000 new residences? Elections implosion; return of a King. Peaks & Valleys. John McCellan's penultimate picks for the season.

Hometown Newsletter:

• With a month to go, how will we remember 2021?
• Housing boom grows louder -- 4,000 residences, at least on paper.
• What we're watching: End of the elections board and return of the King (Joey)?
• Peaks & Valleys: Trains, train wrecks (elections) and a needed early alert.

Also today:

• Health Department offering free HIV tests, other resources Wednesday on World AIDS Day. Floyd Republican Women meet Dec. 7 at Coosa Country Club.
• Ware Mechanical Weather: Clear and 52 when the parade starts Tuesday evening in downtown Rome.
• Obituaries: No additional updates from Sunday.
• Dining: Public Health restaurant inspection scores, Tuesday-Saturday.
• Crimewatch brought to you by Big Dan's Car Wash. Updates on arrests.

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Truett's Chick-fil-A Sports Report

• John McClellan's picks for the high school football playoffs: Close wins for Cedartown, Calhoun this Friday -- which means the state championships are next. McClellan
• Falcons hold on for 21-14 win over Jacksonville.
• Georgia prepares for Alabama at SEC Championship, 4 p.m. Saturday, CBS.
• Latest AP Top 25 rankings: Georgia no. 1, Alabama no. 4.
• College Football Playoffs rankings due Tuesday evening.