Bill Thrash
Bill Thrash
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Bladder cancer claims the life of Kennesaw Council...
09:37 AM, Friday, May 24
Countless friends and colleagues said though talking local politics was a favorite pastime for Thrash, his true passion was using his position to further the city and its residents. Thrash worked tirelessly to initiate youth programs, such as the ...

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Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle with Dr. Ron Newcomb, president of Chattahoochee Technical College, and Mitzi Moore, board chair, stand together at the graduation ceremony on Monday at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre. <br>Special to the MDJ
More than 450 graduate from Chattahoochee Technical College
More than 450 graduates of Georgia’s largest technical college were honored in a ceremony at the Cobb Energy Performi...
12:00 AM, Thursday, May 16
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William Hall
Elderly Marietta man missing from his Windy Hill home
Mr. Hall is a white male with blue eyes and white/gray hair, who stands six feet tall and weighs approximately 145 po...
09:33 AM, Wednesday, May 15
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Odell Littleton
Cobb Police looking for a missing elderly man from Powder ...
Odel Littleton was last seen at his home on Glenn Road in Powder Springs around noon on Tuesday. Littleton told his w...
09:18 AM, Wednesday, May 15
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Jmaal Keyes was reported missing on April 29. Police made an arrest in his death on May 9.
Authorities: Human remains found in missing Austell studen...
Human remains have been found by investigators near the home of a 17-year-old charged with murder in the disappearanc...
05:00 AM, Wednesday, May 15
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Dr. Gregory Taylor, a 22-year veteran of Marietta City Schools, titled his first release “Paradise Lost: The Unraveling of American Morals.”<br>Staff/Laura Moon
‘We’re going in the wrong direction’: Marietta educator pe...
Dr. Gregory Taylor, a 22-year veteran of Marietta City Schools, titled his first release “Paradise Lost: The Unraveli...
12:50 AM, Wednesday, May 15
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David Hankerson
Cobb's county manager pulls out in Fulton
Official says he was top choice for job but couldn’t get majority council votes
12:40 AM, Wednesday, May 15
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Q Massage health spa located at 1200 Ernest Barrett Parkway, located in a strip mall near U.S. Highway 41. STAFF/KELLY J. HUFF
Commissioners close spa connected to prostitution charges
In 2012, the county issued Qiyi Hao a health spa license to operate the massage business, but when Hao applied to ren...
12:36 AM, Wednesday, May 15
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Mary Finlayson
CCSD investigator’s resignation follows supervisor’s termi...
Jay Morrissey, an investigations manager with the school system, confirmed Tuesday he was resigning from his position...
12:31 AM, Wednesday, May 15
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WellStar Health System’s Reynold Jennings, left, and Board of Trustees Chairwoman Janie Maddox look through a copy of ‘Life Well-Lived,’ a book about the 20-year history of WellStar Health System.
WellStar celebrates milestone: Founders reunite for 20th a...
WellStar’s 20th anniversary reception at the Marietta Country Club on Tuesday united former colleagues, who engaged i...
12:20 AM, Wednesday, May 15
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Randy Scamihorn
Cobb school board budget front still quiet
The board is set to vote on the fiscal year 2014 budget, which includes an $86.4 million shortfall, during Thursday n...
12:18 AM, Wednesday, May 15
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Ancely Green, shown here in her Facebook profile picture, made her first appearance in court facing charges of armed robbery and evading arrest.
Bank heist suspect appears in court: Warrant lists woman a...
The woman who stands accused of robbing a west Cobb bank and leading police on a high-speed chase through the county ...
12:14 AM, Wednesday, May 15
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Joseph Pond
Pond’s ethics complaint against Birrell dismissed — again
JoAnn Birrell sat in the audience with her husband, Dave, and attorney, Fred Bentley Jr., as the board took just minu...
12:11 AM, Wednesday, May 15
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Emily Bowman
Woodstock hit-and-run victim going home
Family members of a Woodstock teen critically injured in a February hit-and-run in Athens say despite a recent downtu...
12:00 AM, Wednesday, May 15
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Cobb Crime Briefs
Today's Crime Briefs: A Kennesaw man charged with distributing child pornography, Predator accused of disabling monit...
12:26 PM, Tuesday, May 14
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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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