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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Helping One Guy honors local man for perseverance
Acworth resident Jeff Murch rose over serious obstacles by the time he sat down at J.D.’s Bar-B-Cue on South Main Str...
12:03 AM, Sunday, January 20
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The Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History in Kennesaw held a family event Saturday all about trains. The day featured crafts, hobby model train tips and techniques. Right: Kennesaw resident Rich Peach and his son, John, 7, watch as the scale model electric trains circle the giant indoor track.<br>Staff/Todd Hull
Kennesaw museum conducts Trains! Trains! Trains!
An admission line 20 people deep at times indicated that Saturday was no normal day at the Southern Museum of Civil W...
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Michael Armistad of Cumming, representing the United States Coast Guard, Rev. Cheryl Graves of Emmanuel Tabernacle Christian Church in Marietta, and Lynnwood Sterling of Acworth, working with the Omega Psi Phi Marietta Alumni Association, serve food together at MUST Ministries. <br>Emily Barnes
MUST Ministries host MLK meal
MUST Ministries’ Elizabeth Inn homeless shelter yesterday hosted a day of service in its Loaves and Fishes Community ...
01:07 AM, Saturday, January 19
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Oncology patient Denice Ann Marek sits in her former room in the WellStar Kennestone Green Tower before she’s moved to her private room in the new 108-bed Blue Tower West, a $48 million addition to the hospital.<br>Staff/Laura Moon
WellStar Kennestone’s new $48-million addition affords pat...
With the $48 million addition, Kennestone now has only 51 “semi private” rooms, in which patients may double-up in “s...
12:57 AM, Saturday, January 19
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Marietta man given life for 2009 murder of ex-girlfriend
Senior Assistant District Attorney Ann B. Harris, who prosecuted the case, said the killing appeared to be deliberate...
12:36 AM, Saturday, January 19
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Alvin Sutherland
Veteran officer charged with sexual assault of inmate
Sgt. Alvin Blake Sutherland, 51, of Douglasville faces four felony counts: violation of public oath, aggravated sodom...
12:33 AM, Saturday, January 19
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During its last race, the 10K Classic drew as many as 16,000 runners in a race.
After two years in limbo, 10K Classic shut down
Word that a prominent Cobb 10-kilometer road race would be returning this year appears to have been a false start.
12:00 AM, Saturday, January 19
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Twins to serve prison time for multiple thefts
Twin brothers from Mableton were convicted this week by a jury and sentenced to serve time in state prison for a seri...
12:00 AM, Saturday, January 19
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Whitefield Academy looking to replace top administrators
Whitefield Academy families will see a shifting of top administrators over the next several months.
12:00 AM, Saturday, January 19
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Cobb police seek men who robbed convenience store
AUSTELL — Cobb County Police are looking for two men who robbed a convenience store Monday afternoon in Austell. A...
11:05 AM, Friday, January 18
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Ice on I-20 causes morning crash
The Georgia Department of Transportation spokesperson Teri Pope says western side of Atlanta, along with the northwes...
07:54 AM, Friday, January 18
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Sen. Barry Loudermilk on the first day of the 2013 Georgia General Assembly (MDJ / Laura Moon)
Conservative senator seeks a show of remorse for slavery f...
Sen. Barry Loudermilk says resolution spurred by group of pastors. While there have been several attempts by the Legi...
01:07 AM, Friday, January 18
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Experts say winter storm threat should move on out today
Snow accumulations were recorded Thursday throughout parts of Mississippi and Alabama, but meteorologist Tom Moore wi...
01:06 AM, Friday, January 18
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Gordon Ponsford restores the Bible once belonging to Martin Luther King, using adhesives to restore loose leather.<br>Special to the MDJ
Acworth man restores Bible that belonged to MLK for inaugu...
Gordon Ponsford contracted with the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change to prepare a Bible tha...
12:58 AM, Friday, January 18
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Dr. Alpa Patel speaks about the history of cancer studies during the American Cancer Society Kickoff Breakfast on Thursday. Patel is the principal investigator of a new study by the society aimed at preventing cancer.<br>Staff/Nathan Self
Cancer society kicks off new prevention study
American Cancer Society seeks participants
12:23 AM, Friday, January 18
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