Banking: Chumbler joins Heritage First; United Community back in the black. Jandy's goes mobile. Latest political buzz. Warm, mostly dry weekend.

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Friday's business:

-Kay Chumbler joins Heritage First Bank.

-United Community reports $11.5 million first quarter profit.

-Jandy's takes frozen yogurt on the road. Next stop: Cedartown.

-Crawdaddy's gets more buzz with crabs -- and lettuce.

Politics:

-Rome's Layla Shipman up for national honors at Young Republicans Leadership Conference in Washington ... County Commission forum foruming ... Two GOP debates in Cartersville in early July...

Warmer weekend starts today

-Friday: 30% rain chance, high of 83, low of 58.

-Saturday: 20% rain chance, high of 87, low of 57.

-Sunday: Mostly sunny, high of 86, low of 53.

 

Weekend events list for Northwest Georgia.

Hometown Headlines: The Radio Edition

-Weekdays, 7-9 a.m., WRGA 1470 AM. Listen online

-Please join our guests today including Tricia Seifert on the chamber's fifth edition of Spectrum of Technology, now set for next month; Chuck Hufstetler, who's running for state Senate District 52; and Atlanta's Phil Kent of the American Immigration Control Foundation on reports about the flow of illegals into America finally starting to ease.

 

Rome Braves bounce back, win 6-2.