Feds OK adding toll lanes to I-75 through Cobb; to...
by MDJ staff
12:00 AM, Saturday, May 25
The federal government has given final environmental approval to a long-debated project that would add toll lanes to Interstate 75 and Interstate 575 through Cobb and Cherokee counties.

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Chris Ragsdale (MDJ/File)
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A bill pre-filed in the Georgia Legislature has Cobb school officials taking notice of potential budget impacts from ...
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Philip Goldstein
City Council condemns Goldstein properties
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Randy Scamihorn
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Jamaal Taylor (CCSO)
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Rep.-elect Charles Gregory conducts a town hall meeting at DogFather's Hot Dogs near Town Center Mall on Wednesday evening. Saying he was targeted by the ‘incumbent protection program,’ Gregory told the audience of about 50, ‘Making more regulations won’t stop people from being unethical. Unethical people will do what they’re going to do regardless under the table.’<br>Staff/Emily Barnes
State Representative-elect Gregory talks guns, government,...
This was the second town hall meeting he’s hosted since ousting state Rep. Judy Manning (R-Marietta) in the Republica...
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Allegood: New positions save taxpayers money
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Warmer weekend on tap for Cobb
After weeks of high temperatures in the 40s and 50s, temperatures exceeded 60 degrees for the first time since before...
12:00 AM, Thursday, January 10
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Students watch monitors set up for a video chat with NASA’s Mission Control. <br>Todd Hull
Far out — Elementary students video conference with NASA
With questions written on note cards in hand, about 30 of Dr. Laura Lamar’s fifth-grade students eagerly anticipated ...
11:59 PM, Wednesday, January 09
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Austell City Council approves new, higher water rates
“Now it’s going up only 6 percent,” he said. In a memo to Mayor Joe Jerkins and the City Council, Bowens said, “wat...
01:00 PM, Wednesday, January 09
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Kennesaw State University President Dr. Dan Papp (MDJ Staff/Laura Moon)
Kennesaw State’s football program push given stiff-arm by ...
Delay by the Georgia Board of Regents could change plans for kicking off the program in 2015
01:14 AM, Wednesday, January 09
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Commissioner Helen Goreham
Immigration code change gains support with Cobb commissioners
Third commissioner favors making contractors become IMAGE-certified
01:13 AM, Wednesday, January 09
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Jackie McMorris
New directors hired to lead Cobb public safety, public ser...
Jack Forsythe of Currituck, N.C., who served in executive roles with NASA and FEMA/Homeland Security, was selected as...
01:10 AM, Wednesday, January 09
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Unanimous vote closes Hattie G. Wilson Library in Marietta
The Cobb Board of Commissioners closed the Hattie G. Wilson Library off Lemon Street in a 5-0 vote on Tuesday. The l...
01:07 AM, Wednesday, January 09
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U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-Moultrie) addresses the Vinings Business Association’s monthly meeting Tuesday. Chambliss announced he will not seek re-election in 2014.<br>Staff/Laura Moon
Chambliss: Debt ceiling battles loom
Senator rips Obama, saying he’s ‘been focused on election’ and ‘disengaged from leadership’
12:53 AM, Wednesday, January 09
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Preservation society honored as Vinings business of the year
Preservation society honored as Vinings business of the year
The Vinings Business Association on Tuesday named the Vinings Historic Preservation Society its 2012 Business of the ...
12:02 AM, Wednesday, January 09
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