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1 killed, 3 injured in Cobb wreck
One woman was killed and three others injured when two vehicles collided early Saturday afternoon in Cobb County. Police said Irene Giannangelo, 72, was driving north on Mars Hill Road around 12:20 p.m. when her 2011 white Ford Escape crossed the center line for unknown reasons and struck a white ...
East-west transit trip reveals riders’ woes
Two and a half hours. That’s about how long it takes to fly nonstop from Atlanta to New York City. It’s also how long it took me to travel from Duluth to Marietta on metro Atlanta’s public transit systems. Is this the best that a world-class city can do? Voters ...
Making the trip by car a stop-and-go affair
When we started this venture, reporter Andria Simmons and I joked that I might be getting the worst end of the deal. Everyone knows that battling traffic in metro Atlanta — especially during morning rush hour — is usually an extremely frustrating task. However, I knew that Atlanta Journal-Constitution readers ...
Lawmakers focus on transit coordination
When the transportation sales tax referendum sank last year, many feared metro Atlanta transit was doomed to remain disjointed and underfunded. Funding challenges remain, but an effort is under way at the state Capitol to unite the Atlanta region’s four major transit providers and create a more seamless system. A ...
Cops: Woman struck child with golf club
A Cobb County woman was arrested for allegedly striking a juvenile with a golf club, according to police. Anna Lee Balogun, of Austell, was charged with first degree child cruelty after striking the boy twice in the abdomen with an aluminum eight-iron club during an argument, according to the arrest ...
Boys, 14 and 16, charged in stabbing death of Marietta teen
Two boys, ages 14 and 16, have been charged with the weekend stabbing death of another teenager near a Marietta bus terminal. Around 11:30 p.m. Saturday, Marietta police officers responding to reports of an unconscious person in a grassy area near the Cobb Community Transit terminal on South Marietta Parkway ...
Government shut down leads to closing of local National Park Service sites
One of the immediate local impacts from the overnight partial shutdown of the federal government will be the shuttering of National Park Service facilities in metro Atlanta, including the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site, Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park and the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area. Personnel at ...
Tuskegee mourns Mableton senior killed at off-campus party
No matter how tense the situation, his friends say, Bobby “B.J.” Smith kept smiling. The Tuskegee University senior was the type to stop fights, not start them, which made the news that he had been shot dead Friday night at an off-campus party all the more unsettling. “He was running ...
Ghana president visits Kennesaw State University
Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama addressed students, faculty and staff at Kennesaw State University Monday, the first such visit by a sitting head of state in the school’s 50-year history. Before an audience of 600 at KSU’s Bailey and Family Performance Center, Mahama said economic and political conditions are improving ...
College student from Cobb shot to death in Alabama
A Cobb County high school graduate was gunned down at a block party Friday night in Alabama. Bobby “B.J.” Smith, 21, was a senior finance major at Tuskegee University, where he played on the tennis team. Smith died after being shot in the back during a block party, according to ...
Dozens rally against Chuck E. Cheese in Cobb
Special needs parents joined a group of civil rights activists outside a Chuck E. Cheese in Smyrna this weekend. The NAACP organized the rally after a father claimed he and his 9-year-old special needs daughter were mistreated by employees when he tried to take her to the restroom back in ...
Marietta man, 62, killed in early morning wreck on Lower Roswell Road
A car crash early Saturday morning on Lower Roswell Road in Marietta left the driver dead, and sent the front seat passenger to the hospital, according to Cobb County police. Police identified the driver as 62-year-old Roosevelt Schimmel, of Marietta. According to investigators, Schimmel was westbound on Lower Roswell Road ...
Cobb schools to start earlier next two years
A divided Cobb County school board narrowly approved new school calendars with earlier start dates and more breaks during the school year, reviving an historically nettlesome issue parents and school officials.The board voted 4-3 Thursday to begin school on Aug. 4, 2014 — a week earlier — and to add ...
Our Town: Powder SpringsSmall town celebrates its history
There’s a long tradition of marking “Powder Springs Day” in the west Cobb County town. But this year’s event on Oct. 5 will be one of the most memorable, as it not only marks an anticipated annual party; it’s also a giant celebration of the city’s 175th birthday.The milestone will ...
Smyrna to start disaster planning
Smyrna plans to join a national effort to prepare residents, businesses and schools for emergencies and disasters. Mayor Max Bacon will start the campaign 10:30 a.m. Friday at City Hall, 2800 King St. with Federal and Georgia Emergency Management Agency Coordinators Robert Samaan and Gary Kelley and Georgia Red Cross ...
Two convicted in Cobb armed robberies
Two men in unrelated incidents have been convicted of armed robbery in Cobb County, according to District Attorney Vic Reynolds. Kevin Muckle, 39, of Marietta, was convicted of armed robbery, false imprisonment and second-degree burglary and sentenced to life without parole due to his history of felony convictions. Muckle robbed ...
Pigs just the latest wild animals to roam metro Atlanta
For days now, four wild pigs have terrorized residents of a DeKalb County neighborhood. Sure, maybe “terrorized” is a bit much. But these aren’t exactly the three little pigs we’re talking about. These wild animals, if angered, are capable of harming humans, according to state wildlife officials. After unsuccessful attempts ...
Fulton superintendent gets contract extension, pay raise
The Fulton County superintendent hired two years ago has received his second contract extension, which should keep him in the job for three more years. Robert Avossa can stay on until May 31, 2016 under a new contract extension approved last week. The school board, with one member absent, unanimously ...
Board approves air traffic control contract
Cobb County Airport will continue to have air traffic control service even if the federal government shuts down amid a budget showdown in Washington, D.C. In the event of a federal shutdown, Cobb will pay CI2 Aviation $20,118 monthly to maintain air traffic control at Cobb County Airport. County commissioners ...
SEC sues former Marietta investment consultant
The Securities and Exchange Commission is suing a Marietta investment adviser, accusing him and his company of defrauding investors in the U.S. and Great Britain of at least $800,000 with promises of guaranteed returns. The SEC, which regulates the investment community, said Stephen Kirkland and the Kirkland Organization repeatedly made ...
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