Cobb County news

Carlyle Kent won a runoff Tuesday and was elected Marietta's next Ward 5 city councilman.

Marietta’s newest council member promotes inclusiveness

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The 80th Annual Dinner Gala of the Cobb Chamber will return from 6-11 p.m. Jan. 29 at the Cobb Galleria Centre. (Courtesy of Cobb Chamber)

Cobb Chamber hosts 80th Gala return

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Groundbreakings by Cobb County government will be held on Dec. 7 for a replacement library and Dec. 13 for a new police precinct. (Courtesy of Cobb County)

Cobb sets groundbreakings for police, library facilities

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Marietta police arrested John Chavis, 35, of Smyrna, outside a Bank of America on Cherokee Street. He was one of two suspects arrested within minutes of metro Atlanta bank robberies this week.

In 2 days, 2 suspects arrested minutes after metro Atlanta bank robberies

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A worker surveys damage from a road that was washed away in Marietta after heavy rains fell Sept. 8. Cobb County commissioner Jerica Richardson will be hosting a community meeting at 5:30 p.m. Thursday to hear input from residents affected by the storm. (AJC File)

Flooded Cobb County homeowners get chance to sound off at Thursday meeting

Members of the State Opioid Task Force met Tuesday at Kennesaw State University to discuss how to crack down on the opioid crisis. (Courtesy of the Georgia Attorney General's Office)

Georgia attorney general seeks ‘maximum allocation’ from opioid distributors

Atlanta mayoral candidate Andre Dickens campaigns across from Park Tavern as voters cast their ballots in the city of Atlanta runoff election Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021. Ben Gray for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Dickens wins runoff election, will become Atlanta’s 61st mayor

If you've lived in Atlanta for more than a week, you probably know the history of the theater backwards and forwards. Conceived as a Shriner's temple and finished as a grand theater, it opened on Christmas Day, 1929, as seen here, with crowds lined up around the block for their first look. (Edgar Orr, Courtesy of Fox Theatre Archives)

Deja News: 1970s Atlanta porn maven tried to save Fox Theatre

August 20, 2021 - Kennesaw, Ga: Buford wide receiver Tobi Olawale (4) celebrates his receiving touchdown with running back Victor Venn (6) during the second half against North Cobb at North Cobb high school Friday, August 20, 2021 in Kennesaw, Ga.. Buford won 35-27. JASON GETZ FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION

Maxwell playoff projections heading into Semifinals

November 30, 2021 Atlanta: Sylvia Cook-Lopez votes at Antioch Baptist Church North located at 540 Cameron M. Alexander Blvd, NW in Atlanta on Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021. (John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)

New leaders elected across metro Atlanta, unseating several incumbents

While supplies last, free food will be offered from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Dec. 1 and Dec. 15 at South Cobb Regional Library, 805 Clay Road, Mableton. (Courtesy of Cobb County)

Cobb food assistance programs still operating

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A box of mail-in ballots will be recorder by Fulton County employees as they continue to count mail-in ballots the day after the Georgia primary election at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, Wednesday, June 10, 2020. (ALYSSA POINTER / ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM)

Runoff voters to decide local leaders across metro Atlanta

Cobb asking public’s opinion on ARPA spending

More Christmas events planned in Cobb

Marietta to host water main meeting on Dec. 7

Collins Hill quarterback Sam Horn (21) runs with the ball against Brookwood during the 2021 Corky Kell Classic Saturday, Aug. 21, 2021, at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. Horn rushed for 44 yards and a score in addition to 31-of-44 passing for 402 yards and three touchdowns. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

Maxwell summary after Quarterfinals

After pandemic-slowed economy, Georgia shoppers venture out for Small Business Saturday

High school football playoffs: Future Bulldog Stockton’s team goes down

Smyrna hosts Hanukkah, Christmas events

Santa may be seen at many places in Kennesaw during December, including Dec. 4 at A Breakfast with Santa, also Dec. 4 at the city's Day with Santa and Parade and Dec. 11 at All Aboard for Holiday Fun at the Southern Museum. (Courtesy of Southern Museum)

Kennesaw presents Hanukkah, Christmas events

Maxwell playoff projections heading into Quarterfinals

Genealogists should be mindful of big events that alter trajectories

Cobb County judge reinstates elves to shelves for holidays

November 16, 2021 Marietta - Keiron Ragen, mobile pantry pilot, prepares groceries for senior residents inside MUST MinistriesÕ mobile pantry at Walton Ridge apartments in Marietta on Tuesday, November 16, 2021. MUST MinistriesÕ Mobile Pantry took its first trip to deliver food to neighbors in need on Oct. 26, 2021. Far too many people in our community live too far to get to our locations, so we are taking to the resources to them (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

‘It has been a true blessing’: Nonprofit dishes up healthy meals with food bank on wheels

Christmas events announced for Marietta

Georgia high school theater award will change to non-gendered category

Marietta armed robbery suspect remains at large, police say

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How Andre Dickens became Atlanta’s next mayor in a landslide

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Education

Atlanta Public Schools is relaunching its facilities master planning work. BOB ANDRES /AJC FILE PHOTO

Atlanta Public Schools restarts work on facilities master plan

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The J. Alvin Wilbanks Instructional Support Center in Suwanee, Georgia, on Wednesday, July 28, 2021. (Rebecca Wright for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Woman arrested at Gwinnett school board meeting denies allegations

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People opposed to Fulton County Schools' mask mandate protest outside a board meeting on Thursday, Aug. 12, 2021. VANESSA McCRAY/AJC

Georgia’s school boards association breaks with national after Biden letter to...

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Scout Schultz, a Georgia Tech student, was shot after walking toward an officer while carrying a multitool and refusing officers’ demands to drop the object. Schultz’s family say Schultz had a history of depression and may have had a mental breakdown. PHOTO CONTRIBUTED.

Family reaches $1 million settlement in Georgia Tech student leader’s death

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Politics

Stacey Abrams speaks Saturday, July 17, 2021, at the celebration of life and dedication of the Jordan Family Life Center in Vernon Jordan's honor at St. Paul A.M.E. Church, where he was a lifelong member. The Atlanta native, who became a champion of civil rights before reinventing himself as a Washington insider and corporate influencer, died March 1 at age 85. (Photo: Steve Schaefer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Politically Georgia: Stacey Abrams joins the race for governor17m ago

Democrat Stacey Abrams has faced criticism that her refusal to concede the 2018 election for governor is similar to the false claims former Republican President Donald Trump has spread to try to undermine the results of the 2020 presidential election. But Georgia State University political scientist Amy Steigerwalt sees few similarities. “The biggest difference, obviously, is that Donald Trump continues to say that in fact he is the rightful winner of the election,” she said. “Stacey Abrams didn’t continue to suggest that she was going to be rightfully installed as governor or that all of the election results were going to be overturned.” Miguel Martinez for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Abrams and Trump both questioned elections, but evidence is different

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Democrat Stacey Abrams announced that she is running for governor of Georgia in next year's election.

Capitol Recap: Stacey Abrams launches bid for Georgia governor4h ago

A photo at Atlanta's City Hall on March 23, 2018 JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM

The Jolt: New progressive party makes major gains in Georgia

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Chester Doles, founder of American Patriots USA and former KKK leader, makes remarks during a ‘Stop the Steal’ rally outside of the Georgia State capital building in downtown Atlanta, Wednesday, January 6, 2021. (Alyssa Pointer / AJC file photo)

Why does a longtime white supremacist think he can win an election?5h ago

Herschel Walker and other Georgia Republicans running for the U.S. Senate praised efforts to limit abortions as the Supreme Court weighs whether to uphold a Mississippi law that would block the procedure after 15 weeks of pregnancy.

Georgia U.S. Senate candidates ready for new fight over abortion

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Crime

Henry Laxson’s patrol car has been parked in front of Clayton County police headquarters this week for those wanting to drop off flowers or other gifts to honor him.

Funeral set for Clayton County officer remembered as ‘the very best of us’

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The two-vehicle crash Nov. 24 resulted in the death of passenger Luis Urquiza Requena, 36, and injuries for a 56-year-old driver.

Gwinnett police seek driver in fatal hit-and-run

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2 men get prison time for armed robberies in Brookhaven, Lithonia

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Both Durrell Tyler and DeShawn Johnson were sentenced to multiple years in prison and ordered to pay restitution in the combined amount of more than $130,000.

2 Atlanta men get prison time for stealing more than 75 identities

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Cops: Gwinnett couple accused of child cruelty locked daughter in empty bedroom

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Three men and a woman were detained for questioning after a man was stabbed and his children were kidnapped during a Cobb County home invasion, police said.

3 children kidnapped, father stabbed during Cobb home invasion, police say

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No charges have been filed after Philip Appiah was found dead by Union City officers near Citizens Lanes bowling alley and Cru-Lounge along Goodson Connector Road on Nov. 23.

Cops: Uber driver’s fatal shooting near Union City nightclub appears to be self-defense

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Damon Thomas Young was sentenced to seven years in prison after he was convicted of wire fraud and aggravated identity theft in August while he was serving a 20-year sentence.

North Georgia man sentenced for running $3M fraud scheme from prison cell

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