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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.

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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The hunt for a new leader of Atlanta Public Schools has picked up steam, with superintendent candidates being targeted from across the country to replace Erroll Davis, who will retire next year.

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