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    The Marietta City School Board unanimously authorized Superintendent Dr. Grant Rivera to begin a phased reopening of some classrooms as early as Sept. 8.
    Cobb County| 3h ago
    Marietta approves plan to reopen some classrooms after Labor Day
    A Marietta man recently turned himself in after police said he admitted to doing doughnuts in a parking deck at The Battery Atlanta for a YouTube video last month.
    Crime & Public Safety
    Man turns himself in after cops said he did doughnuts at The Battery...
    Organizers have canceled the 88th annual North Georgia State Fair due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
    Cobb County
    Organizers cancel 2020 North Georgia State Fair
    More Cobb news
    William T. Johnson was appointed as the new fire chief for Cobb County Fire and Emergency Services.
    Cobb County
    Cobb appoints new fire chief
    A former community garden owned by Austell - but not the one named the I. T. and Lodemia Terrell Community Garden - will be exchanged with Habitat for Humanity. (Courtesy of Habitat for Humanity of Northwest Metro Atlanta)
    Cobb County
    Austell will swap city property with Habitat for Humanity
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    High School Sports Blog
    GHSA reports 866 COVID-19 cases
    Nina Wilson drops off her absentee ballot while dozens of other voters line up to cast their votes in person on the first day of early voting at the Cobb County Board of Elections & Registration on May 18, in Marietta. (CURTIS COMPTON / CURTIS.COMPTON@AJC.COM)
    Cobb County
    Cobb doesn’t consider request to mail absentee ballot applications
    Cardboard cutouts of fans are in the seats at Truist Park.
    Atlanta Braves
    How the Braves accumulated $718 million in debt
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    Atlanta Weather
    TUESDAY’S WEATHER-TRAFFIC: Afternoon storms to greet voters at the polls
    August 11, 2020 Atlanta: Stickers await voters on Tuesday, August 11, 2020 at Park Tavern located at 500 10th St NE in Atlanta. A heated race for Fulton County district attorney saw a light turnout at the polls on Tuesday, August 11, 2020. Incumbent Paul Howard faces his former chief deputy, Fani Willis, in a closely watched contest to become the countyÕs top prosecutor. Election officials said they learned lessons from the June 9 primary to avoid the kind of extreme lines that some voters encountered last time. Poll workers have been retrained. Technicians were on hand at every voting location in Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton and Gwinnett counties. Voting machines were delivered well in advance of election day. Still, some voters experienced problems and long waits at the polls. Nearly 377,000 Georgians already voted in advance of election day, most of them casting absentee ballots. About 60% of early votes were absentee; the rest were cast in person during three weeks of early voting. With so many voters using absentee ballots, election results might be slow to come in Tuesday night. Absentee ballots will be counted if theyÕre received by county election officials before 7 p.m., but each ballot has to be fed through a scanner to be counted, a process that can take days. Election officials say itÕs normal for absentee vote-counting to take some time. But that means close races might not be settled on election night. The winners of TuesdayÕs runoffs will advance to the general election in November, when turnout is expected to break records and exceed 5 million voters. JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM
    Local News| 3h ago
    Results for local runoff elections in metro Atlanta
    Trontavious Deedee Tate
    Crime & Public Safety
    Cops: Fugitive arrested in Marietta after fleeing police, crashing car...
    The Marietta City School System has released a phased approach to reopening its classrooms in September. The school board will discuss the proposal during its virtual work session at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 11.
    Cobb County
    Marietta schools could reopen some classrooms after Labor Day
    Benjamin Wilder was charged last week in the June 13 crash on Canton Road near the intersection with Kensington Road.
    Cobb County
    Cops: Cobb man was driving 70 in 45-mph zone before fatal crash
    August 1, 2020 Marietta - Heather Hadden, holding her 5-year old daughter and rising 1st grader speaks during a rally to call on Superintendent Chris Ragsdale and the Cobb school board to offer in-person classes alongside virtual learning outside Cobb County Civic Center in Marietta on Saturday, August 1, 2020. The protesters gathered Saturday at the Cobb County Civic Center to call on Superintendent Chris Ragsdale and the Cobb school board to offer in-person classes alongside virtual learning to students returning to the classroom Aug. 17. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)
    Cobb County
    Cobb parents calling for in-person classes to host rally in Marietta
    Cardboard cutouts of fans in the otherwise empty seats face the field at the Braves' Truist Park for a game against the Tampa Bay Rays, Thursday, July 30, 2020 in Atlanta.
    Atlanta Braves
    Braves’ finances hit hard: 95% drop in revenue; employee pay cuts
    Atlanta Weather
    MONDAY’S WEATHER-TRAFFIC: A hot and humid week with stormy afternoons
    Cobb County
    Marietta schools offer childcare for teachers during remote learning
    Golf
    Keppler returns family name to Georgia Open trophy
    News
    SUNDAY’S WEATHER-TRAFFIC: Sunshine, mostly dry conditions to close...
    News
    SATURDAY’S WEATHER-TRAFFIC: First half of weekend will be hot, dry
    Local News
    A look at major coronavirus developments over the past week
    The World of Prom show, held at AmericasMart Friday, Aug 7, 2020, features this year's new trends. Designer Johnathan Kayne, left, points out details on a dress worn by model Bailey Towle, right, in his showroom for potential buyers despite low attendance. (Jenni Girtman for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
    Georgia News
    Prom shop owners gather in Atlanta, face gamble on pandemic’s future
    Chef Guy Wong has not gone the route that his parents took in operating a traditional ethnic eatery. (Beckysteinphotography.com)
    Atlanta Restaurant Blog
    Guy Wong to open new restaurant in Midtown and more dining news from...
    040316 ROSWELL, GA: Names and dates line the voluminous records at the Church of Latter Day Saints Family History Center, where people come to research their family's genealogy. Family History Center at 500 Norcross Street in Roswell. For Helen Cauley feature on Geneaology - Family Trees. (Parker C. Smith/Special)
    Life
    Got extra time? Update genealogy files stored on your computer
    Selena Kai Williamson
    News
    10-month-old girl, Lithia Springs man killed in head-on crash near Six...
    Nahjel Malik Williams
    Crime & Public Safety
    Cops: Cobb man bites man’s face when he asks him to slow down
    Cobb County schools has reported about 100 suspected cases of COVID-19. (AJC file photo)
    Cobb County
    Cobb schools district reports 100 COVID-19 cases in staff, students
    Cobb County
    Cobb celebrates 2020 ‘Teachers of the Year’
    Cobb County
    Comments sought for Marietta Police Department’s re-accreditation
    Cobb County
    Cobb has two new drop boxes for absentee ballots
    DeKalb County
    During a pandemic, think twice before cleaning out your pantry
    Cobb County
    Companies now required to report ethylene oxide spills to state
    Atlanta Weather
    FRIDAY’S WEATHER TRAFFIC: Nice day expected ahead of even better weekend
    Local News
    COVID-19 Report: This week’s impact on Metro Atlanta schools, ...
    Atlanta Restaurant Blog
    These metro Atlanta pop-ups offer everything from lobster rolls to...
    Georgia State Legislature
    Board mulls metro Atlanta transit projects for state funding
    Life
    Cobb firefighters rescue, provide home for kitten stuck in storm drain
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