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Hinojosa to meet Mableton Imagine school’s principal

MABLETON — Is Cobb Schools Superintendent Dr. Michael Hinojosa backing off his earlier recommendation to pull the charter of Imagine International Academy of Mableton? He...

Setting a good example: Cobb County school district launches mentor program

POWDER SPRINGS — Cobb County schools are now offering an opportunity for community members to make a difference in the lives of its students by volunteering to be a mentor....

Community raises more than $50K for Carmo funeral

MARIETTA — Through an outpouring of love and support, members of the Sprayberry High community and people from all over the country have raised more than $50,000 to defer...

Few comment on plan to close 2 Cobb schools

MARIETTA — Fewer than 50 people have contacted the Cobb County school district about a redistricting map that proposes the closure of two south Cobb schools and relocation...

Authorities release interview with Brunn

ATLANTA — “I didn’t have, like, the intention of killing a kid,” Ryan Brunn told police after he pleaded guilty to molesting a girl, slashing her throat...

Winter weather expected this weekend

MARIETTA — Winter weather will make a comeback this weekend, with temperatures expected to drop below freezing in Cobb County. The National Weather Service predicts that...

City celebrates renovated baseball complex

from:City Of Marietta

Marietta celebrated its newly rebuilt baseball complex Feb. 9. Read more

DMDA snubs museum request for $10,000

MARIETTA — The Downtown Marietta Development Authority made its displeasure known with the Marietta Museum of History on Thursday by declining a $10,000 museum request to...

Foreclosures fall to three-year low

MARIETTA — Foreclosures in Cobb County will hit a three-year low next month as 908 homes are set for the auction block — the lowest number since March 2009, when 871...

Police: Siblings took advantage of elderly woman

MARIETTA — Two siblings from Austell are accused of taking advantage of an elderly resident at Greenwood Gardens Assisted Living Home on Whitlock Avenue at the Polk Street...

School board set to vote on three SPLOST projects; Bids for two of them are over budget

MARIETTA — Two of the three construction projects that the Cobb school board is expected to approve later this month came in over budget. At the Feb. 23 meeting, the board...

Ott is all for TIA do-over

SMYRNA — On Thursday, Southeast Cobb Commissioner Bob Ott hailed legislation that would call off this summer’s vote on a 10-year, 1 percent tax and start over with the...

Watch latest City Council meeting online

from:City Of Marietta

Streaming video of the Feb. 8 regular meeting of Marietta City Council is available for viewing online. Read more

Hot-button school issues surface again

MARIETTA – For the second time in a week, Cobb School Board member Kathleen Angelucci has requested that two hot-button issues, Teach For America and STEM Inventors Academy,...

Allegood is Foundation’s newest exec

MARIETTA — Directors of the Cobb Community Foundation approved two major changes Wednesday morning, selecting Tommy Allegood as the foundation’s executive director,...

Dream come true: Family going to Disney World courtesy of radio personality

CANTON — Living with muscular dystrophy is an ongoing challenge for 5-year-old Jordan Strong of Canton, but adventure for the young boy and his family begins next week....

Bridging gaps, building stronger relationships

MARIETTA — Though Chattahoochee Technical College’s new president, Dr. Ron Newcomb, vacated his Smyrna City Council seat that he held for 20 years over a month ago,...

Powder Springs city manager’s contract at issue

POWDER SPRINGS — With its city manager a finalist for yet another job, the Powder Springs City Council has called a special meeting to discuss his plans tonight. According...

Tumlin wants mayor, not city manager, to propose the budget

MARIETTA – Mayor Steve Tumlin, who has proposed creating a citizen commission to review the city’s charter, said Wednesday another change he wants is allowing the...

Thompson brothers: Lawmakers hurting Mableton

MABLETON — The Thompson brothers — Commissioner Woody Thompson and state Sen. Steve Thompson (D-Marietta) — are not pleased that a proposed county commission map...

Students exhibit robot at White House

MARIETTA — Two Kell High School students were in the nation’s capital yesterday to show off their team’s robot, which is designed to clean up oil in shallow...

Rep. aims to postpone TSPLOST

ATLANTA — State Rep. Ed Setzler (R-Acworth) and other lawmakers introduced legislation Tuesday that would postpone the Transportation Investment Act referendum for two years...

AmericanTowns Heroes: Ariana Hargis is a Real Livesaver

Ariana Hargis is the kind of lifeguard you want on duty when your loved ones are in the pool. She's a quick-thinking, focused professional with eyes in the back of her head. When...

Commissioners will vote on bus camera fines

MARIETTA — More than 100 Cobb school buses have cameras on their stop arms to catch drivers who don’t stop while children are getting on and off. To date, bus drivers...

Police arrest mom in child sex case

MARIETTA — A mother charged with selling sexual access to her young daughters in Marietta is now in custody in Savannah-Chatham County, after a tip came in from someone who...

16 Cobb schools earn AP honors

MARIETTA — The state department of education has recognized 16 schools in Cobb County as 2012 Advanced Placement Honor Schools. The schools in the Cobb and Marietta...

Mental health home snubbed

POWDER SPRINGS — After 19 people showed up in opposition, the Cobb Planning Commission voted Tuesday to recommend turning down a woman’s application for a permit to...

Board will mull strategic plan at meeting

MARIETTA — Despite all that was revealed last week about the Cobb school district’s two applications for Race to the Top money for Teach For America and STEM Inventors...

Mayor Tumlin seeks charter review group

MARIETTA — During its Monday work session, the City Council considered creating a city charter review committee, strengthening its ethics code and purchasing property for a...

Three from Cobb now serve at state NAACP

MARIETTA — Three members of Cobb’s NAACP chapter are now officers at the organization’s state level. And in October, the state organization will hold its annual...

Hyde Farm partners with UGA

EAST COBB — University of Georgia students are studying Hyde Farm’s past to help determine how the park can be used in the future. Cobb County owns about 42 acres of...

EMC will sell off ProCore Solutions LLC

MARIETTA — Cobb EMC announced last week that the company is shedding one of the for-profit companies created by Cobb Energy, ProCore Solutions, LLC. Sam Kelly, Cobb...

60 parents line up to get children in magnet school

MARIETTA — Sixty people camped out in line for up to nearly 24 hours this weekend, but not for concert tickets or a big sale. They were hoping to enroll their children at...

Goldstein suit moved to Court of Appeals

MARIETTA — The Georgia Supreme Court has transferred Marietta Councilman Philip Goldstein’s lawsuit against the city to the state Court of Appeals. Goldstein’s...

‘A welcome breath of fresh air’

MARIETTA — Dr. Ernest L. Easley knew he was following a legend in 2002 when he replaced Dr. Nelson Price as senior pastor at Roswell Street Baptist Church. Price announced...

Supreme Court will hear Cobb murder cases

MARIETTA — The Georgia Supreme Court will hear two Cobb County murder cases today. In the first, Kevin Martin is appealing his conviction in the 2008 New Year’s Eve...

Church gathers for Super party

MARIETTA – More than 30 members of the Gathering of Champions International Cathedral gathered on Super Sunday to watch the New England Patriots go against the New York...

Mount Paran Christian advances to statewide mock trial competition

MARIETTA — Dozens of students from high schools around Cobb County got to experience being lawyers Saturday at the 10th annual Cobb County Regional High School Mock Trial...

Dems object to redistricting map moving forward

ATLANTA — In a defeat for Democrats and state Rep. Judy Manning (R-Marietta), state Rep. Ed Setzler (R-Acworth) announced he has the needed votes to pass a redistricting map...

A race against hunger

MARIETTA — Middle school students at Mt. Bethel Christian Academy packaged 50,550 meals in less than two hours Friday to help stop hunger-related deaths worldwide for two...

Musicians from Cobb set to play Grammys event

CANTON — Creekview High School students got a taste of Hollywood when rock band Almost Kings visited the school Friday to thank students for helping them score a performance...

Some lawmakers feel Deal's gas tax plan could ease opposition to TSPLOST

MARIETTA — Cobb lawmakers are praising Gov. Nathan Deal’s proposal to use gas tax money to help fund a $900 million toll road project along Interstates 75 and 575 in...

Police searching for two ‘fake’ firefighters

MARIETTA — The Marietta police and fire departments are searching for two men they suspect impersonated fire department officials to scam businesses. Authorities reported...

Chairman Lee says he’s unaware of Gov. Deal’s new toll road proposal

MARIETTA — A day after Gov. Nathan Deal announced a plan that would use mainly gas tax money to pay for the $900 million managed toll lanes on Interstates 75 and 575 in Cobb...

Fired Osborne teacher suing school district

MARIETTA — A former Osborne High School teacher has filed a lawsuit in federal court against the Cobb County School District to get her job back. Fran Skipper, who was an...

Bound for Afghanistan: Marietta-based Medevac unit to aid injured

CLAY NATIONAL GUARD CENTER — A Marietta-based detachment of Georgia Army National Guardsmen got a hero’s sendoff Friday before heading to Afghanistan to help those...

Two firefighters in jail, accused of stealing meds

CANTON — Two Cherokee County Firefighters are in jail after an investigation alleged they tampered with narcotics on a county ambulance. Johnathan Wayne Thomas, 34, and...

Special needs school in east Cobb to have open house on Wed.

MARIETTA — MDE School, which is located in east Cobb and serves children with learning disabilities, will host its second open house Wednesday for new students in...

Local Catholics oppose Fed health insurance rule

MARIETTA — Local Catholics have added their voices to the opposition to a federal health insurance mandate that requires church-affiliated institutions to offer employee...

Cobb may have to reject funds for charter school

MARIETTA — Although Cobb Schools Superintendent Dr. Michael Hinojosa signed an application for a $50,000 grant to be used toward creating a STEM charter school, the district...