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Woman living in hotel charged after toddler found ...
by Marietta Daily Journal Staff
01:21 PM, Tuesday, May 21
A local woman living in a hotel in Kennesaw is accused of neglecting her 4-year-old child after leaving the child home alone for six hours. Fumiko Blakely allegedly left her child without supervision at the Green Roof Inn and Suites while she w...

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Lembeck to host ‘Coffee Talk’ at Hickory Hills Elementary
Marietta City Schools Superintendent Dr. Emily Lembeck will host “Coffee Talk” — a community dialogue, at 7 p.m. Jan....
02:06 PM, Monday, January 07
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Kennesaw teacher, resident receives scholarship for studies
Sophie C. Renaud is the recipient of a Student Professional Association of Georgia Educators Graduate Scholarship, aw...
02:03 PM, Monday, January 07
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Scott Welker
Kennesaw man charged in accident that injured cop on I-75
A 2011 Hyundai Sonata driven by Scott Eugene Welker, 45, collided with the police vehicle of Atlanta Police Officer O...
12:51 PM, Monday, January 07
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Marietta school district looking ahead to 'another tough b...
Marietta City Schools has a lot to do in 2013, including implementing the Common Core Standards and a three-year Stra...
12:54 AM, Monday, January 07
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Rep. Ed Setzler (R-Acworth) answers questions from the Cobb GOP members during Saturday's breakfast. Staff/Todd Hull
Cobb GOP delegation: We need to end reliance on federal do...
Some of Cobb’s Republican state legislators said it’s time for Georgia to move away from the federal government durin...
12:52 AM, Monday, January 07
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Longtime friends since first grade at Osborne School and fellow Girl Scouts through their senior year of high school, from left, Dora Embry Partain, Bonnie Ayers Goldthorpe, Beverly Georgia Painter, Diane Gillespie Eubanks, Dorothy Sosebee Blum, Judy Clay Brown, Sandra Glass Rackley, Glenda Castleberry Cook, Barbara Ayers Fischer and Sherrill Linville Stanford continue to gather together at least three times a year and go on an annual trip.
Group of ladies plan a cruise to celebrate their lifelong ...
Together for more than 60 years, women give each other shoulders to laugh or cry on. They all first met around 1948 w...
12:39 AM, Monday, January 07
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Marietta Schools return from holiday
* Students in Marietta City Schools return to class on Monday and students in the Cobb County School District return ...
11:24 PM, Sunday, January 06
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Russ Parker's trial notes include photos of 15-year-old Bridgett Lee and 7-year-old Britney Ikharia, who were killed 20 years ago today in an apartment off Six Flags Drive in Austell.<br>Staff/Noreen Cochran
After 20 years, investigator, attorney recall deaths of Au...
Today is the 20th anniversary of the stabbing deaths of Pebblebrook High School honor student Bridgett LaShelle Lee, ...
12:43 AM, Sunday, January 06
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Grant Newton receives an award and a certificate of recognition for his bravery under pressure from Cherokee 911 Communication Training Officer Cindy Brookshire.
Boy honored for helping save his father
A 9-year-old boy was recognized Friday at Cherokee County Public Safety Headquarters for his heroic actions that help...
12:27 AM, Sunday, January 06
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Cobb GOP Breakfast: Father of Aurora shooting victim speak...
speaking to a panel discussion of eight current, outgoing and future Republican state representatives and senators at...
12:20 AM, Sunday, January 06
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Roy Barnes, founding partner of Barnes Law Group and former Georgia governor, stands in his Marietta office.
Despite offers from Atlanta law firms, Mableton native and...
At his desk, smoking a pipe, surrounded by fountain pens and vast collections of antique law books; Barnes Law Group ...
12:17 AM, Sunday, January 06
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Mike Sikes of Acworth talks to Cobb Probate Clerk Jonathan Swiney as he files an application for a concealed weapons permit Friday afternoon.<br>Staff/Emily Barnes
Gun permits reach record pace in Cobb
Applications for concealed weapons permits are reaching numbers no one in Cobb County’s probate court can remember se...
12:18 AM, Saturday, January 05
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Smyrna won’t revisit old court cases after breach in security
Cobb County officials do not foresee a need to revisit past court cases after details emerged of a breach in security...
12:15 AM, Saturday, January 05
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New Cobb Commissioner Lisa Cupid holds her son, Nehemiah, 4, as her husband, Craig, holds their son, Noah, 2, and the Bible as she’s sworn in Friday afternoon by Cobb Superior Court Judge Gregory Poole during the ceremony at the Cobb Board of Commissioners office.<br>Staff/Emily Barnes
With Cupid joining BoC, ‘women rule!’
Holding one of her sons as her husband stood at her side holding the other, Lisa Cupid of Austell was sworn into offi...
12:11 AM, Saturday, January 05
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Life University President Dr. Guy Riekeman speaks in his office on the university campus. Life is a little different than most of the public institutions,’ Riekeman told the Journal. ‘Their money comes from recycled tax dollars. The money that comes here to our institution is all dollars that don’t come from tax dollars.’<br>Staff/Emily Barnes
Life president seeks to increase enrollment
When Dr. Guy Riekeman became president of Life University in 2004, enrollment was 600. Now it’s 2,700, and he doesn’t...
12:00 AM, Saturday, January 05
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