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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Cobb School Board
Worries over cuts have teachers at ‘breaking point’
The board will vote on its fiscal 2014 budget, which includes cutting 182 teachers, only allowing for half a salary s...
07:26 AM, Thursday, May 16
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Felix, a playful 2-year-old feline.<br>Staff/Laura Moon
Adopt-a-thon’s goal: Help needy animals find a home
Cobb Animal Shelter’s adopt-a-thon will try to find homes for 131 cats and kittens and 168 dogs and puppies 10 a.m. t...
12:37 AM, Thursday, May 16
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Marietta-based Georgia Tea Party a victim of IRS runaround
The Georgia Tea Party applied for a tax exempt 501(c)(4) status in 2009. The process took more than three years to ac...
12:34 AM, Thursday, May 16
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Gov. Nathan Deal
Deal signs order on Common Core school standards
Measure blocks info-sharing on students, federal standards
12:20 AM, Thursday, May 16
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Planned river trail gains $90K worth of ground
The Marietta City Council has OK’d $90,451 in land purchases for the development of a trail from Kennesaw Mountain to...
12:07 AM, Thursday, May 16
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Professional wakeboarder Josh Palma of Orlando, Fla., practices for the MasterCraft Pro Wakeboard Tour at Dallas Landing Park in Acworth in 2012.
Wakeboarders to attract 10,000 to Cauble Park
The MasterCraft Pro Wakeboard Tour continues to earn big points with local officials for boosting tourism for the cit...
12:04 AM, Thursday, May 16
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Evan Gekas, left, and Marc Nichols talk as Nichols cooks souvlaki-on-a-stick, which is pork marinated in spices, lemon juice and olive oil.<br>Staff photo by Jon-Michael Sullivan, jsullivan@mdjonline.com
23rd annual Greek Festival begins Friday
Countless diets will be put on hold when the Greek American community of Marietta prepares homemade Greek food and pa...
12:00 AM, Thursday, May 16
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Smyrna IHOP waiter charged with stealing from customers
An IHOP waiter was arrested Saturday and charged with stealing from customers and the restaurant, which is located on...
12:00 AM, Thursday, May 16
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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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