Huge weekend for downtown: Film festival, block party, Berry's' first football game. Zombie-thon 5K registration opens. Pepperell-Cedartown game needs votes by noon for 'Game of the Week'' win. Regional Public Health restaurant scores. High near 90

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Today's Buzz -Huge weekend ahead in downtown Rome with the three-day international film festival, the season-ending First Friday block party and the first football game to be played by theBerry College Vikings (6 p.m. Saturday, Barron Stadium).  -Zombie-thon registration begins for haunting night in downtown Rome Oct. 26. -What's ahead in downtown Cedartown, Cartersville. -Initial LEGO Users Group for Rome meets Saturday. -PowerBall jackpot swells to $203 million Saturday. Regional Public Health restaurant scores from Floyd, Bartow, Gordon, Polk and Chattooga counties. Ware Mechanical forecast: Click -Mostly sunny, high of 88, low of 62. Weekend forecast below.

Chick-Fil-A Dwarf House Sports Report          Help make PHS v. CHS the Fox 5 game of the week. -Deadline is noon today and the CHS-PHS game is barely in first place.   Shorter Hawks prepare for season-opener at Charleston Southern.   Tickets continue to move fast for Berry's first football game, 6 p.m. Saturday at Barron Stadium   High School football. -John McClellan's picks for coming week. Pepperell vs. Cartersville. -High School Football Daily. Coming Friday: Norman's No Nos, week no. 2.

Your Ware Mechanical forecast: -Thursday: Sunny, high of 88, low of 62. -Friday: Sunny, high of 89, low of 68. -Saturday: Sunny, high of 91, low of 67. -Sunday: Sunny, high of 89, low of 66.

Hometown Headlines Radio Edition 7-9 a.m. weekdays. Listen live online -Please join our guests Thursday including: -Floyd County Tax Commissioner Kevin Payne on the 2013 tax notices now in the mail. -Matt Pearce of the Small Business Development Center on the upcoming entrepreneur workshops offer by SBDC and the chamber. -Shorter Hawks Head Football Coach Phil Jones on the season-opener and what's ahead in 2013.