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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.

Pope, KMHS in Team Duals Tournament

Jan 15, 2010
GHSA Wrestling Team Duals State Tournament in Macon, Ga. STAFF/THINH D. NGUYEN

Cobb County aides Haiti

Jan 15, 2010
Students of the Haitian Student Alliance, a group of Haitians and Haitian supporters, at Kennesaw State University show their collection for relief efforts for victims of the earthquake in Haiti. Pictured from left, Marietta resident Lincoln Muriithi (kneeling) from Kenya, Melau Koipaton (standing) from Kenya and of Marietta, Amaku Ikpeme from Nigeria and of Sandy Springs, Errold Michel from Haiti and of Kennesaw, Valerie Pierre from Haiti and of Smyrna, Emmanuella Pierre from Haiti and of Marietta, Phucien Baptiste from Haiti and of Mableton, and Nechama Hilaire from Haiti and of Kennesaw. STAFF/THINH D. NGUYEN

Penske recovers from shooting

Jan 14, 2010
Flowers are left at the Penske Truck Rental and Leasing location at 3011 Barrett Lakes Boulevard in Kennesaw on Wednesday where alleged suspect Jessie James Warren opened fire on Tuesday afternoon killing three individuals and wounding two others who remain in critical condition. STAFF/LAURA MOON.

Olens gives State of County address

Jan 11, 2010
Cobb County Commissioner Tim Lee, left, enjoys a casual talk with Georgia Power regional manager David Connell following the Cobb County Chamber of Commerce First Breakfast meeting at the Atlanta Mariott Monday morning.

Snow!

Jan 08, 2010
From left, Daniel Foster, 15, turns away from a handul of snow from his younger brother, Isaac, 10, in their yard on Kennesaw Avenue in Marietta on Friday. STAFF/THINH D. NGUYEN

Snow falls, chill continues in Cobb

Jan 07, 2010
Patrick Danahy of Marietta snaps a photo with Suzi Lee of Sarasota, Fla., in the snowfall at Glover Park in downtown Marietta on Thursday afternoon. STAFF/THINH D. NGUYEN

Morning Fire Damages Apartments

Jan 06, 2010
Cobb firefighters investigate an upper unit following an apartment building fire, which has displaced seven families, at Signature Place Apartments on Powers Ferry Road on Wednesday morning. Building 2000, which has eight units, caught fire just before 8 a.m., and firefighters extinguished the blaze by 8:30. No major injuries were reported. STAFF/THINH D. NGUYEN

Cold Snap Hits Cobb

Jan 06, 2010
Dressed for frigid air, City of Smyrna Department of Parks and Recreation employee Jess Heglund removes a holiday bow and wreath from a lamp post near the Smyrna library on Tuesday. STAFF/MIKE JACOBY

Mayor Tumlin Swearing In

Jan 05, 2010
Georgia Supreme Court Justice Harris Hines, right, reads the Oath of Office to incoming Marietta Mayor Steve Tumlin, center, as his wife Jean Alice holds his grandmother's Bible on Monday evening. STAFF/LAURA MOON.

Community mourns store clerk death

Dec 30, 2009
Relatives, friends and community members gather outside Brito Supermarket on South Cobb Drive on Wednesday for a memorial service for grocery clerk Angelica Robledo De La Rosa, 32, of Marietta, who was fatally shot there on Tuesday. STAFF/THINH D. NGUYEN

Cobb County Senior Bowl 2009

Dec 23, 2009
Cobb County Senior Bowl 2009

Vinings Society Decorates Pavillion

Dec 01, 2009
Members of the Vinings Historic Preservation Society decorate the Old Pavillion for the holidays.

Round 2: South Gwinnett at Lassiter

Nov 20, 2009
Round 2: South Gwinnett at Lassiter

Round 1 Playoffs: N Forsyth at Lassiter

Nov 13, 2009
Round 1 Playoffs

Round 1: Brookwood at McEachern

Nov 13, 2009
Round 1 Playoffs: Brookwood at McEachern

Round 1: Kell at Peachtree Ridge

Nov 13, 2009
Round 1: Kell at Peachtree Ridge

Round 1 Playoffs Marietta at Grayson

Nov 13, 2009

Round 1 Playoffs Sprayberry at Marist

Nov 13, 2009

Round 1 Whitefield Academy at Wesleyan

Nov 13, 2009

Marietta celebrates Veterans Day

Nov 11, 2009
Marietta celebrates Veterans Day

Cobb School Board Meeting Calendars

Nov 11, 2009
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