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$34.8M resurfacing project in Cobb to cause I-75 closures for months
Cops: Metro Atlanta child psychologist, molester drugged ex-wife
Cobb DOT director hired in 2016 resigns citing ‘stress issue’
Cops: 3-year-old Cobb boy’s drowning was an accident
Here’s everything you need to know about Taste of Marietta 2018
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For Marietta, there’s a new high school principal in town
‘Shark Tank’ is holding an open casting call at The Battery this month
Waffle House is selling beer for the first time
International gun-smuggling operation puts Metro Atlanta men in prison
Atlanta couple sexually trafficked 13-year-old runaway online in Cobb
Powder Springs starts demolition of $1M building for park, splash pad
Kennesaw State changes mind and reinstates culinary/hospitality degree
Cops: Cobb, Fulton women sexually assaulted at gunpoint by jailer
Cobb fire has largest recruiting class in 28 years
Fire breaks out at popular Cobb barbecue joint
Crimes of Cobb: Mom leaves 3 children in car while shopping at Kroger
Cops: Child’s beating discovered after asking Cobb school nurse for ice
Study: These are the deadliest stretches of road in metro Atlanta
Cobb cops: Woman bloodied child for refusing to do homework
Study: Cobb has some of Georgia’s deadliest stretches of roads
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If you drive in Cobb County, there’s a good chance an upcoming $34.8 million project resurfacing 11 miles of I-75 will affect your life. Starting Monday, crews will be doing work from the Chattahoochee River to just north of Allgood Road in Cobb; from I-285 eastbound over I-75 to just west of the Chattahoochee River Bridge; and on...
An Atlanta adolescent psychologist currently in Cobb County jail for recording himself molesting a pre-teen girl and posting it online has now been accused of sexual misconduct with his ex-wife in Florida. Jonathan Gersh, 37, faces felony charges in the Pensacola area for allegedly drugging his ex-wife and once masturbating while...
Cobb County’s head of transportation has resigned at a time when metro Atlanta is looking to Cobb regarding its stance on transit. Jim Wilgus resigned Friday morning, said Cobb spokesman Ross Cavitt. Wilgus cited an unspecified “stress issue” in his resignation letter. He took the transportation role in 2016...
Marietta police said Friday that the drowning of a 3-year-old boy in a neighborhood lake two weeks ago was an accident. The investigation is complete, cops said, and no charges were announced. Police said early that there were no signs of foul play. The boy’s mother was reported him as missing at 3:08 p.m. on April 4. READ | ...
For the last 24 years, one weekend has been more delicious than all others in Marietta. This year is no different. The 25th Taste of Marietta will be April 29, a Sunday, on Marietta Square and will feature more than 80 restaurants. Courtney Spiess, who does public relations for the Marietta Visitors Bureau, said they...
If you know a Marietta High School student, tell them that the face above is one they should avoid if they’re going to cut classes. That face belongs to Keith Ball, who was named the new MHS principal at the city’s school board meeting Tuesday. Ball takes over from Gabe Carmona, who announced he was going to the take the...
Are you an entrepreneur who likes getting yelled at by rich people? Then maybe you ought to clear your Sunday on April 29. That’s when the popular ABC show “Shark Tank” will be holding an open casting call at The Battery inside the Comcast building, 2065 Circle 75 Parkway. READ | ‘Shark Tank’s&rsquo...
Capped, smothered, covered and brewed? Yes, Waffle House is selling beer. It is doing so at SunTrust Park from its new hash brown bar as of Monday , reports Channel 2 Action News. This is separate from the original Waffle House in the ballpark. Folks can wash down their Miller Lite or Coors Light at the hash brown bar with things...
A fourth metro Atlanta man has been sentenced for his role in an online gun-running operation that shipped to more than 10 countries. Sherman Jackson, 28, on Tuesday got a year and nine months in prison followed by two years of supervised released, federal prosecutors said in a news release. The other three were previously sentenced. Jackson...
A couple who advertised the services of a young teenage runaway they forced to have sex for money out of Cobb County motels was sentenced to prison this week. Daveon Brantley, 27, and 21-year-old Amber Brinson, were sentenced Tuesday, according to a news release from federal prosecutors. Brantley was sentenced to 22 years and one month. Brinson...
Sometimes buying a $1 million building only to tear it down is the cost of doing business for a municipality. Such is the case with Powder Springs, as it began demolition Tuesday on a downtown office building, 4485 North Town Square, which is expected to last 30 days. “It’s been one of those spaces that has not had good occupancy...
Reversing its decision in October, Kennesaw State has decided to allow new students to major in its Culinary Sustainability & Hospitality degree program. A statement from Linda Noble, interim provost and vice president for academic affairs, on Tuesday said the university came to the decision “following a review by the University...
Police said the arrest three weeks ago of a man at the Alabama prison where he’d worked nearly two decades puts behind bars a violent sexual predator whose alleged crimes span three states, including Georgia. Officers gave some details Tuesday at a Sandy Springs news conference about the case against 48-year-old Matthew Moore...
There could be 52 new faces coming to save your behind in Cobb County soon. This year’s Cobb County Fire & Emergency Services recruiting class was the largest since 1990, said Denell Boyd, agency spokeswoman. READ | Watch metro Atlanta firefighters train using Six Flags water ride The typical class size is between 20 and 30, she...
A Friday night fire has temporarily closed a nationally acclaimed new-age barbecue restaurant in Cobb County. Heirloom Market BBQ, 2243 Akers Mill Road SE, posted on social media that its smoker area lit up after the eatery had closed. READ | Cobb barbecue joint closes on Christmas Eve after 35 years Critics have raved...
READ | Crimes of Cobb: Man got ‘THC Rice Krispy type treats’ at The Battery A man was arrested for allegedly choking a pregnant woman and spitting in her face at the Taco Bell on Alabama Road where they work together in Cobb County. According to a warrant, the man saw pictures on the woman’s phone of his daughter about...
A child’s trip to a Cobb County school nurse led to the arrest of a Powder Springs man, police said. Tmon Hall, 31, spent about 12 hours in jail after being booked late Tuesday on a felony child cruelty charge, Cobb jail records show. Hall hit the child across the thigh with an extension cord, leaving a large welt, according to...
Georgia’s most fatal stretches of road are in metro Atlanta, according to a recent study. Parts of roads in Atlanta, Kennesaw and Decatur were ranked in the top 10 deadliest per mile, the study conducted by personal injury law firm Butler Wooten & Peak and data visualization firm 1Point21 Interactive found. ...
A woman has been accused of hitting a child until they bled, according to Cobb County police. Jahleesa Hibbert, 27, has been in Cobb jail since Wednesday on a felony charge of child cruelty. According to a police warrant, she beat the child with a long brown cord when the child refused to do homework. READ | Cops: Man groped woman at...
Driving anywhere can be dangerous, but there are certain sections of Cobb County that rise above the rest. According to a study from a California data visualization firm and an Atlanta law firm, Cobb has some of the deadliest stretches of road in Georgia. Butler Wooten & Peak, which had data group 1Point21 Interactive conduct the...
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