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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.

Cobb enjoys day of snow

Feb 14, 2010
Austin Hester, 10, of Kennesaw, left, and Hunter Jones, 11, of Acworth fly into the air after hitting a bump as they sled down a hill at Lost Mountain Park in Powder Springs on Saturday afternoon. STAFF/LAURA MOON.

Snow hits Cobb

Feb 13, 2010
Zoie Olszeski, 8, of Kennesaw, in brown jacket, gets hit from both Austin Hester, 10, and Riley Lane, 9, as she tries to outrun them in the snow in downtown Kennesaw on Friday afternoon. STAFF/LAURA MOON.

Vinings celebrate Valentine's Day

Feb 12, 2010
Amelia Johnson, 3, of Smyrna carefully places her heart unto her valentine during the valentine's party sponsored by the Vinings Historic Preservation Society at the Old Pavilion on Thursday afternoon. STAFF/LAURA MOON.

Wheeler at Campbell

Feb 10, 2010
Wheeler at Campbell. STAFF/LAURA MOON.

Rain showers come to Cobb County

Feb 06, 2010
Samuel Gooden of Marietta, fixes his broken umbrella outside Smyrna City Hall on a rainy Friday afternoon. STAFF/ SAMANTHA WILSON

Boy, 4, Abducted in Mableton

Feb 04, 2010
Police are looking for an older model white Chevy Suburban in connection with the abduction of 4-year-old Christian Guevera from Village Mobile Home Park on 6 Flags Road in Mableton. The abduction occurred at about 9:15 a.m. on Thursday. STAFF/THINH D. NGUYEN

Skaters ramp up at night in Kennesaw

Feb 02, 2010
BJ Hylton, 17, of Marietta attempts kick-flip has he sails over the steps while fellow skateboarders watch on Monday as they gather to await a special night appearance by the 1031 Skates team on tour at Swift Cantrell Park and Swift Wheels skate shop in Kennesaw. STAFF/THINH D. NGUYEN

Train-Truck collide in Downtown Acworth

Feb 01, 2010
A crowd of onlookers gathers near the wrecked trailer of an westbound U.S. Food Service tractor-trailer rig that became stuck on the tracks at School Street in downtown Acworth then was struck by a train as it travelled northbound. STAFF/MIKE JACOBY

Squadron returns from Haiti

Feb 01, 2010
From left, Chief Master Sgt. John Cohen, Tech. Sgt. Alycia J. Jackson, and Master Sgt. Shane Grizzle, members of the 94th Airlift Wing's Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, unload medical equipment from the C-130 at Dobbins Air Reserve Base after returning from their two week deployment to Haiti on Sunday evening. STAFF/LAURA MOON.

South Cobb at KMHS Basketball

Jan 31, 2010
South Cobb at Kennesaw Mountain STAFF/LAURA MOON.

Sinkhole Threatens Local Residence

Jan 26, 2010
Technicians with Geo Hydro Engineers in Kennesaw, Thomas Baglivo, left, strikes a metal pad with a sledge hammer as Marty Peninger records seismic data during a 'seismic refractory' test at the site of a sinkhole at 1115 Charlton Trace in Marietta. STAFF/MIKE JACOBY

KSU Students Organize to Help Haiti

Jan 25, 2010
Kennesaw State University student Kevin Hagler of Marietta, left, makes a dontation to a fund to help relieve victims of the earthquake in Haiti before passing the basket to fellow student Katie Johnson of Kennesaw during meeting of the African-American Students Association in the Carmichael Student Center on Monday. STAFF/MIKE JACOBY

Cobb Chamber holds annual dinner

Jan 24, 2010
Cobb Chamber of Commerce 2010 Chairman Rob Garcia, right, presents Dr. Lisa Rossbacher with her Outgoing Chairman's Plaque after her year of service to the chamber during the 68th Annual Dinner at the Cobb Galleria Centre on Saturday night. STAFF/LAURA MOON.

Haiti evacuee tells story

Jan 23, 2010
Allison Insley-Madsen and her son Jack Madsen, 6, were able to evacuate Haiti the Thursday after the earthquake hit the island on a C-130 flight to Santo Domingo and then reaching Atlanta Friday night. Her husband Eric Madsen remained with his parents Ronald and Josiane Madsen at their home after the earthquake, but is now safe in Miami. STAFF/LAURA MOON.

Trinity Chapel holds benefit concert

Jan 22, 2010
Ricardo Sanchez, center, entertains the crowd with songs of praise during the Restoration Flood Relief Benefit Concert on Thursday evening at Trinity Chapel in Powder Springs. STAFF/LAURA MOON.

Robinson tribunal begins

Jan 21, 2010
Nina Gupta, attorney representing the Cobb County School District, questions the student who accuses Lassiter counselor and coach Frank Robinson of inappropriately touching her, before the three-member tribunal of the Cobb School Board on Thursday morning. STAFF/THINH D. NGUYEN

New Cafe Opens At Life University

Jan 20, 2010
Life University's new Socrates Cafe is a 28,000 square-foot, zero-waste facility that serves all-natural food. The cafe, a first for the 2,400 student body, includes televisions and also offers indoor and outdoor seating with wi-fi availability. STAFF/THINH D. NGUYEN

Fine Weather Brings Kids Out to Play

Jan 19, 2010
East Cobb mom Kelly Fannin waits patiently as son Chance, 16 mos., gets up the nerve to go for a slide at East Cobb Park on a sunny, mild, winter day Monday afternoon.

Fine Weather Brings Kids Out to Play

Jan 19, 2010

NAACP Remembers MLK

Jan 18, 2010

Cobb Celtics participate in Special Olympics

Jan 16, 2010
From left, Beth Bridgers of Smyrna, Angela Pratt of Powder Springs, Amelia West of Austell, and Susan Porter show their team spirit for the Cobb Celtics on Friday afternoon. STAFF/LAURA MOON.
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