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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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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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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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