400 more jobs last month vs. Sept. 2011. First-time jobless claims down 27%. Weekly public health restaurant scores. School Board candidates Q & A. Some rain, a bit cooler.

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400 more jobs here last month vs. September 2011
-First-time jobless claims down 26.9% in Floyd
-Georgia's unemployment rate declined to 9 %

-A look at who's hiring locally.

Rome at East Paulding, Gordon Central at Cartersville among state's top games Friday. 
-Vote now through noon on channel 5 poll on game of the week; Rome currently in second place.

Forecast
-Early storm brings two tenths of an inch of rain.
-Thursday: 60% rain chance, high of 73, low 39.
-Friday: Sunny, high of 72, low of 43.
-Saturday: Sunny, high of 69, low of 43.

Dining
-Bids sought for Cartersville's Steak 'n Shake
-Weekly Public Health dining scores:

NAIA cuts football championship contract by two years; last Rome game set for December 2013.

Politics

-Profile of Floyd County School Board candidates Everett Ballard and incumbent David Cox.

Latest Floyd County Jail report.

 

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-Julian Gray of Tellus Science Museum tells us about all the small earthquakes nearby in recent days.
-State Rep. Barbara Massey Reece, D-Menlo, on seeking a new term to represent Chattooga and part of Floyd counties.