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Cobb holds Commencement Exercises

May 21, 2010
Oakwood High School graduate, Khaliah Cummings, 20, embraces her aunt, Joan Cummings, after stepping off stage during the school's graduation ceremony. STAFF/NATHAN SELF

Candidates speak at Tea Party breakfast

May 16, 2010
From left, State Superintendent candidates Kira Willis (L) answers questions from concerned Cobb County residents, while center, Richard Woods (R) and Dr. John Barge (R) listen at Tea Party Business Network Monthly Eggs and Issues Breakfast, Education Summit on Saturday morning. STAFF/ SAMANTHA WILSON

Jessica Colotl Speaks to Media

May 14, 2010
Jessica Colotl speaks with supporters before her news conference at Plaza Fiesta in Atlanta on Friday afternoon. Colotl turned herself into the Cobb County Sheriff's Office earlier on Friday after the department filed a warrant for her arrest after she gave false statements when she was booked into the jail on March 30. STAFF/LAURA MOON.

Public forum held for NE Cobb Commission seat

May 14, 2010
Center, Stephen Moon answers the first of the nine questions asked at the public forum meeting for these three candidates running for the Northeast Cobb County District 3 Commissioner seat, while far left, JoAnn Birrell and far right, Earl Stine listen at Sprayberry High School's Quarles Theatre on Thursday. STAFF/ SAMANTHA WILSON

Atlanta Beat Holds Home Opener

May 09, 2010
Kennesaw State University President Dr. Dan Papp gives a thumbs up as he walks off the field with Atlanta Beat owner Fitz Johnson, left, and Women’s Professional Soccer Commissioner Tonya Antonucci after the ceremonial first kick of the home opening game of the Atlanta Beat against Sky Blue FC at the Atlanta Beat/KSU Stadium in Kennesaw on Sunday evening. STAFF/LAURA MOON.

Damage, Flooding from Heavy Rains

May 03, 2010
Sweetwater Creek overflows its banks and rises nearly up to the bridge at Perkerson Mill Road Monday in Austell where roads were closed due to flooding in a reminder of last September's historic flooding. STAFF/MIKE JACOBY

Farmers Market held on Square

May 02, 2010
Left, Sharon Garreau buys lemons at Farmers' Market on the Square on Saturday morning from Donald Abernathy, both of Marietta. STAFF/ SAMANTHA WILSON

5th Graders Team Up For Blue Devil Day

Apr 29, 2010
Fifth-graders from various Marietta elementary schools join forces on a tug-of-war match during field games at Northcutt Stadium for Blue Devil Day on Thursday. From front, Lexi Gissendanner, 11, West Side Elementary; Niah Haynes, 10, Marietta Center for Advanced Academics; Bryson Davis, 11, Burrus Elementary; Ahmad Mason, 10, Dunleith Elementary; and Nayel Padilla, 10, Marietta Center for Advanced Academics, pull with all their strength. Blue Devil Day, hosted by Marietta Sixth Grade Academy, is an annual event that helps students transition to the new school together. STAFF/THINH D. NGUYEN

Students give lesson in 'Bullying'

Apr 28, 2010
From left, Pebblebrook High School senior Lisa Oppenheim, left, and sophomore Kelsey Brodeur, right, make fun of junior Ron Shirley during a performance of 'Bullying the Musical' at Davis Elementary School on Wednesday. The musical, a story of popular students shunning students outside their circle during school talent show auditions, seeks to encourage conversations around bullying behavior. STAFF/THINH D. NGUYEN

Oakwood students protest school board

Apr 28, 2010
Current Oakwood High School students Quanita Liddell, 18, of Austell, left, and Kaelinn Smith, 17, of Smyrna join the protest across the street from the Cobb County School District office in Marietta on Wednesday afternoon. Liddell feels that the school district should leave the school alone since the district does not spend money on school lunches and transportation like the other public schools. STAFF/LAURA MOON.

2010 Cobb Senior Games Golf

Apr 26, 2010
John Creech of Smyrna loads up his clubs before the shotgun start of the 2010 Cobb County Senior Games golf tournament at the City Club Marietta Monday morning. The games, which promote "May is Older American Month," provide seniors 50 and over an opportunity to participate in a variety of sports competitions, meet new people, learn new leisure skills, and become more aware of recreational opportunities available to them. STAFF/MIKE JACOBY

Taste of Marietta fills Marietta Square

Apr 26, 2010
Brian Caulfield of Acworth takes a big bite of his roasted corn on the cob from Bo's Roasted Corn as he and Sarah Ward of Kennesaw make their way through the crowd during the Taste of Marietta in the Marietta Square on the sunny Sunday afternoon. STAFF/LAURA MOON.

KSU To Open Soccer Stadium

Apr 26, 2010
Kennesaw State University President Dr. Dan Papp and KSU Foundation Chairman Norman Radow visit the new KSU soccer stadium in the final stages of construction. The official ribbon cutting is slated for May 2. Photo by Thinh D. Nguyen

Cobb County new jail tour

Apr 21, 2010
Foreground, Sheriff Neil Warren talks about security while, Col. Don Bartlett, public safety building administrative division commander listens on Tuesday afternoon in the holding room area at the new Cobb County jail. STAFF/ SAMANTHA WILSON

Chinese Culture Lesson

Apr 13, 2010
Peking University's Wang Yuechuan puts his personal stamp on his work using a 'chop' during a demonstration and lecture on caligraphy and Chinese culture Monday at Kennesaw State University's KSU Center as the Lovett School students look on including freshman Abigail Van Horn, left. Yuechuan is a professor and director of Peking University's Department of Chinese Language and Literature, Chairman of the University's Academy of Caligraphy and one of China's foremost authorities on the art of caligraphy. STAFF/MIKE JACOBY

Professional Land Care Network event

Apr 12, 2010
Right, Chattahoochee Technical College North Metro Campus students, Brian Watters of Acworth and Nikki Morris of White, look at plants during The Professional Land Care Network national competition at Chattahoochee Technical College North Metro Campus on Saturday morning. STAFF/ SAMANTHA WILSON

Warriors Watch Riders honor POW

Apr 12, 2010
Left, Richard Diltz of Marietta shakes hands while his plaque is passed to him from right, Tom Cissell of Ball Ground on Sunday afternoon in Marietta. Diltz is honored for service in World War II and being a POW (prisoner of war) in Germany. STAFF/ SAMANTHA WILSON

Marietta Rotary Club Park Fun Run

Apr 11, 2010
Marietta Rotary Club Park Fun Run

4 Law Officers Graduate for Cobb

Apr 09, 2010
Christopher Rice, Cobb County Sheriff's Office, is applauded for the Marksmanship Award at the North Central Georgia Law Enforcement Academy Graduation on Friday in Austell. Rice also received an Honor Student Award. He is one of four graduates that will work in Cobb County. STAFF/THINH D. NGUYEN

Spring Break at the River

Apr 05, 2010
Ashley Cornejo, 5, and her sister Michelle, 8, take a peek under a rock to see what they can find while playing in the river at the Chattahoochee River National Park in Vinings as mom Denise Cornejo of Kennesaw keeps an eye on them from the shore. STAFF/MIKE JACOBY

Kennesaw Mtn Easter service

Apr 05, 2010
Numerous people attend Easter sunrise service at Kennesaw Mountain Battlefield on Easter Sunday morning.STAFF/ SAMANTHA WILSON

Easter at Sprayberry High School

Apr 04, 2010
Left, Sprayberry High School junior, Meghan McNaar, 17, and Sprayberry High School sophomore, Taylor Thompson, 15, both of Marietta, disperse the colorful Easter eggs on the football field for the Easter egg hunt at Sprayberry High School on Saturday morning.STAFF/ SAMANTHA WILSON

Kids snatch up eggs in Vinings hunt

Apr 02, 2010
Chase Hunsicker, 5, of Vinings shows his game face as he dashes from egg to egg in the annual Vinings Historic Preservation Society egg hunt at the Pace House and Old Pavilion lawn on Thursday. STAFF/THINH D. NGUYEN

Cobb gets shots for allergies

Mar 31, 2010
After his peak flow test to check airways, Bayley Norwood, 11, of Kennesaw gets his allergy shot from left, Jamie Moon, LPN and of Acworth, while Dr. Stanley Fineman of Marietta, watches at his office Atlanta Allergy and Asthma Clinic on Tuesday afternoon. STAFF/ SAMANTHA WILSON

Eagle Scout ceremony in east Cobb

Mar 22, 2010
Taking a group photo prior to their Eagle Scout ceremony at Mt. Bethel United Methodist Church, from left, Wheeler senior, Joseph Privateer, 17; Walton senior, Alex Walgren, 17; Walton senior Kirk Malcolm, 18; Walton senior Connor Crank, 18; Walton senior Preston Ehlers, 17; Woodward Academy senior, George Merriam, 18 and Walton senior Benjy Stamberger, 18, all of east Cobb on Sunday afternoon. STAFF/ SAMANTHA WILSON

Republicans celebrate their history

Mar 21, 2010
From left, Donna Rowe, past Cobb Republican Women's Club president talks with Cobb County Commissioner Tim Lee, both of Marietta, prior to celebration of the Republican Party since March 20, 1854, the date people first called themselves Republicans, at the Marietta square on Saturday morning. STAFF/ SAMANTHA WILSON

Sentence Hearing held for Mathew Wilkins

Mar 19, 2010
Mathew Wilkins walks into the courtroom to hear his jail sentence that Judge LaTain Kell believes to be appropriate for the 2008 murder of Marlisa Wells that Wilkins was found guilty of committing. STAFF/LAURA MOON.

Cobb celebrates St. Patrick's Day

Mar 18, 2010
From left, Brooke Holland, 3, and her sister Olivia, 7, of Smyrna watch as the water turns green in the fountain at the Market Village in Smyrna on Wednesday evening as they celebrate St. Patrick's Day. STAFF/LAURA MOON.

Betty Gray Scholarships

Mar 09, 2010
Betty Gray, center, presents from left, Chattahoochee Technical College student Reanna Daniels, South Cobb High School senior Jessaca York, daughter of Rhonda Fuller of Austell, and Pebblebrook High School senior Uxivyon Pearce, daughter of Rosalyn Scott of Mabelton, thier checks for a $1500 scholarship during the annual Betty Gray Scholarship luncheon at Roswell Street Baptist Church. At far right is 2008 scholarship recipient, former South Cobb High School student Jay Sessoms, now a student at Georgia State University.

Cobb enjoys warm weather

Mar 09, 2010
From left, Amanda Massey of Marietta and Sarah Thakkar of Marietta, both alumni of Wheeler High School, enjoy their spring break from college together as they play games in the warm weather at East Cobb Park on Monday afternoon. STAFF/LAURA MOON.

Globetrotter visits Birney Elementary

Mar 05, 2010
Harlem Globetrotter Moo Moo Evans speaks to third through fifth grade students who participate at the Birney Elementary Homework Center through the "C.H.E.E.R. For Character" program which emphasizes character development. STAFF/LAURA MOON.

Recall Hearing held for Dr. Crooks

Mar 04, 2010
Cobb County school board member Dr. John Crooks, left, testifies before Rome Judicial Circuit Superior Court Chief Judge Walter Matthews, right, during a hearing to review the petition to recall Crooks in Cobb County Superior Court on Thursday. STAFF/THINH D. NGUYEN

Children learn about music

Mar 04, 2010
Jasper Haimes, 6, of Marietta, left, passes the bean bag in rhythm to a song they sing in the Music Makers: Around the World class at The Art Place-Mountain View on Wednesday afternoon. STAFF/LAURA MOON.

Funeral Service for Rajaan Bennett

Feb 28, 2010
McEachern Indians football players weep as the casket of their friend and teammate Rajaan Bennett is placed into the hearse after the funeral service at Trinity Chapel on Saturday afternoon. STAFF/LAURA MOON.

Memorial Service Held for Rajaan Bennett

Feb 25, 2010
McEachern junior Dondre Purnell, left, and senior Chris Quince react after head coach Kyle Hockman places the jersey of Rajaan Bennett in the empty seat between them on Wednesday evening. STAFF/LAURA MOON.

Rajaan Bennett Tribute

Feb 24, 2010
Brookwood at McEachern. Nov. 13, 2009. STAFF/LAURA MOON.

Ashes mark Lent beginning

Feb 17, 2010

Pancake supper at St. James' Episcopal

Feb 17, 2010
From left, Ethan Triebsch, 11, and his sister, Stella, 7, both of Marietta and St. James' Episcopal Church members, eat their pancakes, bacon and sausage at the pancake supper held in the Parish Hall on Tuesday evening. STAFF/ SAMANTHA WILSON

Fire Claims Powder Springs Restaurant

Feb 15, 2010
Hunt's Restaurant owner Cindy Hunt of Dallas is comforted by friend and regular customer Billie Williams of Powder Springs as her almost 5-year-old business is being destroyed. The initial call came in around 8:28 a.m. and the fire didn't get contained until around 10:10 a.m. The restaurant was closed and there were no injuries. STAFF/MIKE JACOBY

Weddings held on Valentine's Day

Feb 15, 2010
Denton Douglas places the wedding band onto the hand of his bride Ashia Thomas, a former Marietta resident, during their wedding ceremony at the Cobb County Courthouse on Valentine's Day. STAFF/LAURA MOON.
MDJ Photo Archives

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Feb 02, 2010
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Feb 01, 2010
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Squadron returns from Haiti

Feb 01, 2010
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Jan 31, 2010
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Sinkhole Threatens Local Residence

Jan 26, 2010
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KSU Students Organize to Help Haiti

Jan 25, 2010
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Cobb Chamber holds annual dinner

Jan 24, 2010
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Haiti evacuee tells story

Jan 23, 2010
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Trinity Chapel holds benefit concert

Jan 22, 2010
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Robinson tribunal begins

Jan 21, 2010
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New Cafe Opens At Life University

Jan 20, 2010
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Fine Weather Brings Kids Out to Play

Jan 19, 2010
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Fine Weather Brings Kids Out to Play

Jan 19, 2010
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NAACP Remembers MLK

Jan 18, 2010
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Cobb Celtics participate in Special Olympics

Jan 16, 2010
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Pope, KMHS in Team Duals Tournament

Jan 15, 2010
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Cobb County aides Haiti

Jan 15, 2010
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Penske recovers from shooting

Jan 14, 2010
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Olens gives State of County address

Jan 11, 2010
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Snow!

Jan 08, 2010
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Snow falls, chill continues in Cobb

Jan 07, 2010
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Morning Fire Damages Apartments

Jan 06, 2010
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Cold Snap Hits Cobb

Jan 06, 2010
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Mayor Tumlin Swearing In

Jan 05, 2010
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Community mourns store clerk death

Dec 30, 2009
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Cobb County Senior Bowl 2009

Dec 23, 2009
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Vinings Society Decorates Pavillion

Dec 01, 2009
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Round 2: South Gwinnett at Lassiter

Nov 20, 2009
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Round 1 Playoffs: N Forsyth at Lassiter

Nov 13, 2009
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Round 1: Brookwood at McEachern

Nov 13, 2009
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Round 1: Kell at Peachtree Ridge

Nov 13, 2009
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Round 1 Playoffs Marietta at Grayson

Nov 13, 2009
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Round 1 Playoffs Sprayberry at Marist

Nov 13, 2009
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Round 1 Whitefield Academy at Wesleyan

Nov 13, 2009
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