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‘Homeless’ Dallas woman makes first court appearance on ar...
The mother of three is being charged with armed robbery and theft of $425 from SunTrust Bank at 1755 Mars Hill Road a...
09:24 AM, Tuesday, May 14
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Jmaal Keyes was reported missing on April 29. Police made an arrest in his death on May 9.
Fire site searched in missing college student case
The Telegraph reports that the fire scene is not far from where the teenage suspect in the case lived. The 17-year-ol...
08:50 AM, Tuesday, May 14
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Q Massage in Kennesaw could be shut down by the Cobb Board of Commissioners after employees were arrested on sex charges.
Health spa faces sex charges; Kennesaw club’s employees ac...
This morning the Cobb Board of Commissioners will consider closing a Barrett Parkway massage business whose employees...
07:15 AM, Tuesday, May 14
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WellStar celebrates 20 years
Friends and supporters of the nonprofit WellStar Health System will gather today for a luncheon at the Marietta Count...
12:33 AM, Tuesday, May 14
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Tricia Pridemore talks with former Cobb GOP Party Chairman Scott Johnson on Monday before announcing her candidacy for U.S. Rep. Phil Gingrey’s seat.
Tricia Pridemore to seek Gingrey’s congressional seat
Standing before a packed room at Dave Poe’s BBQ on Monday evening, Tricia Pridemore, a successful businesswoman and f...
12:29 AM, Tuesday, May 14
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American Volunteer Group Flying Tiger 3rd Squadron Veteran Edward L. Stiles Sr., right, shakes hands with Korean War U.S. Navy Veteran Gerald McWhorter of Marietta on Monday evening after the band concert at Lovinggood Middle School.
Flying Tiger 3rd Squadron Veteran honored at Lovinggood Mi...
One of only four surviving members of the 1st American Volunteer Group of the Chinese Air Force was honored Monday ni...
12:29 AM, Tuesday, May 14
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Dr. Kevin Bracher, center, was officially named Whitefield Academy's new headmaster Monday. Here, Bracher gathers with students after school yearbooks were passed out.
Whitefield announces Bracher as headmaster
Whitefield Academy’s Board of Trustees announced Monday that interim headmaster Dr. Kevin Bracher is officially the s...
12:26 AM, Tuesday, May 14
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Bank robbery drama unfolds across Cobb
Police: Woman pulls holdup, leads chase before crashing
11:43 AM, Monday, May 13
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WellStar celebrates 20th anniversary
Friends and supporters of the nonprofit WellStar Health System will gather Tuesday for a luncheon at the Marietta Cou...
11:49 PM, Sunday, May 12
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School system will again talk budget
The Marietta City School Board is on tap to approve its $81.8 million General Fund budget for next school year, along...
10:59 PM, Sunday, May 12
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Kennesaw State University president Dan Papp, center in hard hat, was one of many people who attended a celebratory groundbreaking ceremony Friday for the university’s new multi-million dollar Bagwell College of Education.
KSU's Bagwell College is growing
As the number of future teachers and educational leaders enrolling at Kennesaw State University continues to grow, so...
10:55 PM, Sunday, May 12
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Workers from the Cobb County-Marietta Water Authority cut a replacement pipe during repairs to the broken line Sunday afternoon.
Water main break closes Cobb Parkway
Cobb Parkway, just north of Roswell Road, was closed for more than five hours Saturday night while emergency crews fr...
06:34 PM, Sunday, May 12
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Jody Wilson
Cobb restaurateur turned bomb threat suspect
Bomb threats happen all the time. At schools, malls, courthouses. The perpetrators, more often than not, never get ca...
12:24 AM, Sunday, May 12
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Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-east Cobb.)
Isakson under pressure: GOP eyes senator on immigration vote
As Congress takes up a sweeping overhaul of the nation’s immigration system, U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.) has com...
12:21 AM, Sunday, May 12
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Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.), right, presents former Marietta City Schools Superintendent Loyd Cox with a United States flag during Cox’s birthday lunch Friday. The flag flew over the U.S. Capitol on May 9 in Cox’s honor. <br>Staff/Laura Moon
Former Marietta schools chief Cox lauded
Community celebrates 93rd birthday of man who helped bring in desegregation
12:20 AM, Sunday, May 12
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