Heat index of 109 today. New format, old friend at Rockmart's WZOT. Beer fest returns.

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Heat index of 109 today; advisory extended until 8 p.m. Thursday

-We'll track temperatures, heat index throughout the day.

-High daytime temps, warmer nights not allowing enough cooling. Advisory

-Wednesday: High of 100, low of 73. 20% rain change. Heat index of 109.

-Thursday: High of 99; low of 73. 40% rain chance. Heat index of 107.

-Forecast: Click  / Regional animated radar

Media

-Rockmart's 'Hometown 1220' on the way; Shannon returns:By the middle of next week, you'll be hearing a new sound, an old friend and a new direction at 1220 AM WZOT. The station will be known as Hometown 1220, playing classic country music, midday broadcasts of conservative talker Michael Savage and Rockmart High football games. Anchoring the morning show beginning at 6 each weekday will be Bob Shannon, right, a longtime Northwest Georgia radio personality most recently in Dalton and previously at WGAA in Cedartown. Click

Dining & Drink

-Rome Beer Festival returns Sept. 18: The third edition again benefits the Rome Area Council for the Arts and is set for 1-5 p.m. at Heritage Park. The 2010 edition will feature 50-plus beers. Tickets are $25 if ordered by Aug. 15; $30 afterward. No one under 21 admitted. You can purchase them at The Forum. For more, see the festival's Facebook page.

-Aug. 25/Harvest Moon plans beer tasting: You can sign up now for the event, set for Wednesday, Aug. 25, from 5:30 until 7:30 p.m. On tap: craft beers from Harvest Moon vendors. Click

-Aug. 27/Wine dinner at Johnny Mitchell's Smokehouse Barbecue: The Euharlee hot spot plans three glasses of wine to go with pork tenderloin, smoke salmon, fried green tomatoes and panna cotta with fresh berries. Starts at 7 p.m.; $35 per person. Click Facebook.

Wednesday's Buzz:

-Unity National's former operations center on the market:  The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. is selling the 9,000-square-foot former operations center of Unity National Bank. Unity closed in March and its bank offices are now part of Bank of the Ozarks. Click

-Oct. 15-17/Darlington will host its annual Alumni Weekend celebration: The weekend will celebrate class years ending in 5 and 10. Darlington

-Boys & Girls Clubs of NWGA names new director for Cedartown. Polk

Norman Arey's Sports Roundtable. Arey 

-Tim Tebow already has his own Nike shoe; is Ole Miss' Houston Nutt a dirty coach?

Rome Braves. Click Sports

-Braves take second straight vs. Savannah, 7-4.

-SandGnats at Rome, 1 p.m. Wednesday.

-Mills Fitzner's latest home game photos. (Click)