The Ides of March Have Come ...

1. Weather. Today's high temperature is expected to be 64 degrees, according to the National Weather Service, and it's supposed to be mostly cloudy. There is a 60 percent chance of rain, with a thunderstorm possible before 2 p.m. Tonight, there is a 30 percent chance of rain before 8 p.m.; the low is expected to be about 40.

2. In case you missed it. Today Acworth and all of Cobb County will head out to the polls to vote on the extension of the Special Purpose Local Options Sales Tax. If you're still unsure of the details of the tax and what folks are saying about it, check out these Patch articles:

• details the city projects that the SPLOST would fund.
• lays out an argument against extending the SPLOST.
• gives the pro-SPLOST perspective.

3. Happening now. Apart from the SPLOST voting, which runs from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., the Acworth Police Department is hosting another of its courses tonight at 6:30. The course is a great way to learn about how the police in Acworth and the criminal justice system as a whole operate.

4. Ahead on Acworth Patch. Stay with us all day and into Wednesday as we cover the election, from the polls to the results to the political fallout. Mayor Tommy Allegood has agreed to share his thoughts on the outcome of the election Wednesday.

5. On this date. On March 15, 44 B.C., Rome's dictator for life, Julius Caesar, was assassinated in Pompey's Theater, sparking a new round of civil war that sealed the demise of the Roman Republic and the rise of the Roman Empire.