Class Fei-vorite: Chemistry, research in Walton se...
by Lindsay Field
12:14 AM, Tuesday, May 21
One east Cobb senior is leaning toward pursuing an occupation in education after being inspired by many of his own Walton High teachers and peers. “I’m pretty bent on becoming a professor in chemistry,” said 18-year-old George Fei. “I get to do re...

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Dr. Ernest Easley, senior pastor of Roswell Street Baptist Church, left, and wrestler Rocky King hold King's championship belts at the church's office on Wednesday. Easley will serve as a manager and King will wrestle as part of a Wrestling Extravaganza event for charity.<br>Staff/Emily Barnes
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Cupid concerned about about parking lot gun sales in Cobb
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07:13 PM, Thursday, January 03
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Cobb GOP Party Chairman Joe Dendy and Georgia Republican Party Chairwoman Sue Everhart of east Cobb say they can’t believe that congressional Republicans would ‘compromise’ with Democrats late Tuesday night in striking a tax law deal to avert the ‘fiscal cliff.’
Cobb Republican leaders ‘disgusted’ by fiscal cliff deal
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Smyrna water rates going up 6%
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White Water gets first OK for new slide
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A Cobb Sheriff's Deputy directs Chance, a bomb detection canine, to inspect the landscaping around the Superior Courthouse on Wednesday morning.  STAFF/LAURA MOON.
Cobb Courthouse locked down after bomb threat
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Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-east Cobb.)
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Isakson said he voted for the deal because it made permanent the Bush tax rates for “99.1 percent” of the American pe...
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