John Kristofak - Cobb County Sheriff's Office
John Kristofak - Cobb County Sheriff's Office
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Man pleads guilty to murder
by Lindsay Field
12:22 AM, Wednesday, May 22
Kristofak gets life for killing ex-wife in her east Cobb home

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Holly Springs police officer Shane Ladner is no longer employed with the police department. Ladner allegedly falsified his record to gain entry to a parade last November that provided honorees with an all-expenses-paid whitetail deer hunt.
Former officer accused of lying about purple heart
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An autopsy on a Columbus State University music student from Cobb County showed the young woman’s death was not the r...
12:31 AM, Tuesday, April 30
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Cobb settles on tentative budget cuts: Cutting 182 teacher...
After weeks of debate, the Cobb County School Board has approved a tentative budget with $86.4 million in proposed cu...
12:24 AM, Tuesday, April 30
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Robert Moon of Smryna, center, points to where his neighborhood is as he takes advantage of Monday’s clear skies to enjoy the panoramic views from atop Kennesaw Mountain with Lucy Patrick of Rome, his aunt Teresa Evans of Powder Springs, and her dad Amos Lowery of Smyrna.
Sequestration: National parks in Cobb looking down barrel ...
Heading into the busy summer season, national parks in Cobb are doing what they can to lessen the impact of sequestra...
12:16 AM, Tuesday, April 30
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The Cobb School Board approves a tentative $894 million bu...
The Cobb School Board approved its tentative budget with a 4-3 vote.
03:05 PM, Monday, April 29
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Sunrise at East Cobb resident Isabelle Davies Stange Keeling Burton celebrated her 100th birthday Sunday with family and friends. Hank Glenn of Johnson Ferry Baptist Church presents Burton with a box of almost 100 birthday cards from church members.
Cobb woman dances her way to 100th birthday
On Sunday afternoon, Isabelle Burton, who turns 100 today, sat in the front row at the Sunrise senior living center a...
12:18 AM, Monday, April 29
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Seventh-grader Cobe Jackson, 12, left, and eighth-grader Nicolas Badila, 14, each received an $800 scholarship for the anti-bullying website they created for the 2013 Middle School WEBChallenge Competition and a week at MAD Junior iOS/Android App Development Summer Camp by the Kennesaw State University Coles College of Business.
The anti-bullies: Students create educational anti-bullyin...
A Cobb County seventh grader has used willpower, music and technology to overcome his three-year struggle with being ...
12:04 AM, Monday, April 29
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Event-goers take advantage of a break in the rain to check out the Taste of Marietta.
Taste of Marietta festival a hit: Rain didn’t keep event-g...
Although the weather closed the 20th annual Taste of Marietta festival a few hours early, by all accounts the estimat...
12:00 AM, Monday, April 29
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Attorney Robert Kilgo drove from South Carolina on Saturday to see the grave of Mary Phagan, the 13-old-girl who was murdered 100 years ago at an Atlanta pencil factory. Above: Kilgo holds his favorite book about the famous murder mystery while visiting the Marietta City Cemetery.<br>Staff/Leo Hohmann
A pilgrimage for ‘little Mary’
Visitors remember factory worker Phagan a century after her death
12:30 AM, Sunday, April 28
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Islamic terrorism topic of forum at Cobb restaurant
Michael Opitz, president of The Madison Forum, said he chose Furnish as an expert on Islamic terrorism to speak from ...
12:27 AM, Sunday, April 28
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Racers take part in the 2012 Gobble Jog in Marietta. In response to the Boston Marathon bombings, Marietta police are introducing new security measures for large events like the race and today’s Taste of Marietta, including bomb-sniffing dogs.<br>Staff/file
City police increase measures for large events in Marietta
Today’s Taste of Marietta is the next big event on the Square, and the Marietta Police Department will add some new s...
12:22 AM, Sunday, April 28
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Customers visit the new Starbucks on Whitlock Avenue in Marietta on its opening day Friday morning.
Starbucks at the Square: Loyal brand customers line up for...
After weeks of construction on the lot, the anticipation ended Friday at 5 a.m. when the new Starbucks store opened o...
12:04 AM, Sunday, April 28
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McCleskey Middle School student Jackson Leitch, center, receives a hug from school nurse Becky Slade as teacher Carin Wilkes applauds after Leitch thanked the two for saving his life when he had a stroke during class in March.
14-year-old stroke victim thanks teacher, nurse
A McCleskey Middle School student gave a heartfelt “thank you” to his P.E. teacher and school nurse during this week’...
12:01 AM, Sunday, April 28
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Sex tapes, privacy issues take main stage at hearing
Privacy issues and the number of sex videos in existence took center stage during the latest pre-trial hearing in the...
12:00 AM, Sunday, April 28
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