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Ice on I-20 causes morning crash
The Georgia Department of Transportation spokesperson Teri Pope says western side of Atlanta, along with the northwes...
07:54 AM, Friday, January 18
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Sen. Barry Loudermilk on the first day of the 2013 Georgia General Assembly (MDJ / Laura Moon)
Conservative senator seeks a show of remorse for slavery f...
Sen. Barry Loudermilk says resolution spurred by group of pastors. While there have been several attempts by the Legi...
01:07 AM, Friday, January 18
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Experts say winter storm threat should move on out today
Snow accumulations were recorded Thursday throughout parts of Mississippi and Alabama, but meteorologist Tom Moore wi...
01:06 AM, Friday, January 18
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Gordon Ponsford restores the Bible once belonging to Martin Luther King, using adhesives to restore loose leather.<br>Special to the MDJ
Acworth man restores Bible that belonged to MLK for inaugu...
Gordon Ponsford contracted with the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change to prepare a Bible tha...
12:58 AM, Friday, January 18
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Dr. Alpa Patel speaks about the history of cancer studies during the American Cancer Society Kickoff Breakfast on Thursday. Patel is the principal investigator of a new study by the society aimed at preventing cancer.<br>Staff/Nathan Self
Cancer society kicks off new prevention study
American Cancer Society seeks participants
12:23 AM, Friday, January 18
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Service projects to mark MLK holiday
Events that celebrate the life, ministry and civil rights milestones of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. kick off today in ...
12:21 AM, Friday, January 18
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Marietta man pleads guilty in tax fraud case
Arnold Tobias Gervais, 34, said in federal court Wednesday he engaged in a scheme to defraud the IRS out of more than...
12:19 AM, Friday, January 18
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Marietta council's district map catching some flak
The Marietta City Council approved a new district map last month, but some residents still have concerns over how wel...
12:09 AM, Friday, January 18
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This NOAA satellite image taken Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013 at 1:45 a.m. EST shows persistent cloudiness associated with a strong area of low pressure across the southeastern US into the Gulf of Mexico. As this system continues to get organized it will bring heavy rain and thunderstorms to the Mid Mississippi Valley and southeastern United States. Another area of low pressure skirts across the Northern Plains with snow. (AP PHOTO/WEATHER UNDERGROUND)
Accumulating snow starts to fall across Southeast
UPDATE: A winter storm left 2 to 4 inches of snow in parts of Mississippi on Thursday morning and was headed east tow...
12:00 PM, Thursday, January 17
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GDOT preps our roads for possible winter weather
ATLANTA - The Georgia Department of Transportation says it's ready for whatever mother nature throws our way. They h...
09:00 AM, Thursday, January 17
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From left: Ninth-grade advisement teacher Linda Turner; Asia Leonard, 15; and Demetrius Lathan; 15; remain quiet as they sit in a corner of the classroom along with other freshman students after turning off the lights and blocking the door with a bookshelf during Wednesday morning’s lockdown drill at Marietta High School. (MDJ/Laura Moon)
Drill at Marietta High simulates reaction to shooter on ca...
During their second lockdown drill this school year, Marietta High School students, faculty and staff acted Wednesday...
12:16 AM, Thursday, January 17
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Cobb County School Board faces huge deficit for 2014
While Cobb County School Board members learned Wednesday that the district received high marks once again on its annu...
12:15 AM, Thursday, January 17
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From left, Hinna Zeejah, 8; Taejah Goode, 10; Julia Stokes, 11; and Grant Fritz, 8; — who wrote letters to President Barack Obama about the school shooting in Newtown, Conn. — watch as Obama signs executive orders outlining proposals to reduce gun violence in the South Court Auditorium at the White House in Washington on Wednesday. Teajah attends church in Marietta.<br>The Associated Press
Letter earns a Marietta child a trip to see Obama sign gun...
The Rev. Harris Travis, pastor of Zion Baptist, said Goode’s mother, Kimberly Graves, received a phone call from a Wh...
12:00 AM, Thursday, January 17
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Youth summit to focus on underage drinking
Organizers of the summit, the fourth annual event sponsored by the Cobb Alcohol Taskforce, are hoping to have 75 stud...
12:00 AM, Thursday, January 17
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Cobb representatives receive their Committee assignments
The 15 Cobb state representatives in the Georgia House could have done better than the assignments given to them by H...
12:00 AM, Thursday, January 17
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