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Cobb County Police Sgt. James Fincher, left, greets Crimes Against Persons Unit investigators as they enter the scene of a fatality on the CSX line along Atlanta Road near Austell Road on Monday.
Cobb County Police Sgt. James Fincher, left, greets Crimes Against Persons Unit investigators as they enter the scene of a fatality on the CSX line along Atlanta Road near Austell Road on Monday.
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CSX train kills man
by Jon Gillooly
jgillooly@mdjonline.com
February 09, 2010 01:00 AM | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
MARIETTA - A CSX train hit and killed a pedestrian walking on the railroad tracks by Atlanta Road not far from Austell Road on Monday afternoon. The train conductor honked the train's horn at the man, who failed to step off the tracks before he was struck, said Cobb Police spokesman Officer Joe Hernandez. Police received the call at 2:15 p.m. Monday. The train spans a length of about 60 rail cars. More than 20 of those rail cars had passed by the site where the body lay before coming to a stop. "It's going to be a lot of distance bef...
Council eyes cutting nearly $5 million in road projects
by Jon Gillooly
jgillooly@mdjonline.com
February 09, 2010 01:00 AM | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
MARIETTA - With collections from the special purpose local option sales tax that voters approved for transportation improvements in 2005 not meeting projections, the City Council on Wednesday is ex...
Commissioners expected to extend construction fee deferral program
by Katy Ruth Camp
krcamp@mdjonline.com
February 09, 2010 01:00 AM | 4 4 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
COBB COUNTY - The Cobb County Board of Commissioners is expected to approve the extension of a construction deferral fee program from Feb. 9 to Sept. 30 at its regular meeting this morning. The pr...
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The end has come for Georgia’s High School Graduation Coach initiative, introduced by Governor S...
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