Publix and ALDI: Rome's new grocers as different as they can be. Bartow County becoming outdoors lover's paradise. Gas prices dip, still a dime more than a year ago. We'll flirt with a record low temperature tonight.

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The Buzz of Northwest Georgia. Click Buzz -Rome's new grocery stores, Publix and ALDI, cover opposite ends of the consumer spectrum.  With Publix due in October and ALDI in fall 2014, Natalie Simms takes a closer look at their differences. -Interstate 75 corridor about to become an outdoors lover's paradise as Cabela's, Bass Pro Shops prepare to build. Plus: Academy Sports + Outdoors new site is just off the Main Street exit from I-75 in Bartow. And Dick's Sporting Goods coming to the mall?   Georgia gas prices dip to $3.50 a gallon, still a dime more than a year ago, according to AAA South. -County-by-county look at lowest gas prices today courtesy of Georgia Gas Prices. Lowest price: In Calhoun again.   Seven things to know about this week. -Back to school events, mater sandwiches, free concert and lots of baseball.   Sunny skies until late Tuesday; shot a record low tonight. -Upper 80s are forecast today and tonight's low -- 60 degrees -- will come close to matching record low of 59.   Today's latest jail reports.

Hometown Headlines Radio Edition 7-9 a.m. weekdays. Listen live online -Please join our guests Monday including: -Mike Barger of Kmart on the impact of back-to-school sales plus how to save a $1 off a gallon of gasoline. -Unity Christian's Glenn Getchell on the start of the new school year -- and the reason behind the delayed start.

Hometown Sports -Rome Braves take three of five games in series with Asheville thanks to 9-3 win Sunday. -Braves open three-game set in Ajugusta tonight at 7, home Thursday vs. Lexington. -See Mills Fitzner's latest home game photos Click