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May 25, 2022 Atlanta: Voters at Park Tavern located at 500 10th Street NE, Atlanta. encountered short lines and limited problems as election day got underway. (John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)

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Election Day: Metro Atlanta voters share concerns as they head to the polls

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Three people were killed in July in a shooting at a Cobb County golf course, according to police.

3 indicted in triple killing at Cobb golf course

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A police pursuit in Marietta came to an end Tuesday morning at the intersection of Allgood Road and Cobb Parkway.

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Brief police chase through Marietta ends at busy intersection

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October 13, 2021 Cobb County: Cobb County firefighters worked to douse a Kingsmen tour bus that partially blocked a major interstate for hours in Cobb County after the bus burst into flames on I-285 on Oct. 13, 2021. The burned-out bus is sitting in the shoulder lane of I-285 South near Paces Ferry Road. (John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)

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Cobb County eyes land at Cumberland Mall for new fire station

The leaders of DeKalb, Cobb, Fulton, Gwinnett and Clayton counties (from left to right: DeKalb CEO Michael Thurmond, Cobb Chair Lisa Cupid, Fulton Chair Robb Pitts, Gwinnett chair Nicole Love Hendrickson and Clayton Chair Jeff Turner) met in Fulton’s Central Library for lunch and conversation about how to keep metro Atlanta safe on Friday, May 20, 2022. (Ben Brasch/AJC)

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Heads of 5 metro Atlanta counties meet to talk public safety

The incident began at a home in the Westbrook Mobile Home Park along Austell Road.

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Cops: 2 men dead after murder-suicide at Cobb mobile home park

Superintendent of the Cobb County School District Chris Ragsdale and board member David Chastain speak during a Cobb County school board meeting in Marietta on July 15, 2021. Employees in the Cobb County School District will receive raises in the 2022-2023 budget. (Christine Tannous / AJC file photo)

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Cobb school board approves $1.4 billion budget with employee raises

12/14/2020 — Marietta, Georgia — Cobb County voting stickers are displayed during early voting at the Cobb County Elections and Voter Registration Office in Marietta, Monday, December 14, 2020. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)

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Election 2022: A voter’s guide to the Cobb County cityhood movements

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)

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Learn all about court records at Georgia Archives seminar

A rendering of the restaurant for the planned location of Battle and Brew at Battery Atlanta.

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Battle and Brew to open at Battery Atlanta and more restaurant news from the week

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GBI agents were on the scene of a shooting Friday in Mableton involving Cobb County police. According to police, a man exchanged gunfire with officers before barricading himself inside a home on Hicks Road. He was later found dead.

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GBI: Man killed in exchange of gunfire with Cobb police at Mableton home

Gov. Kemp signs Mableton cityhood bill, sending another decision to Cobb voters

Race, class, partisanship loom large in Cobb cityhood votes

Georgia Board of Education overturns expulsion of Cobb student

Police released video footage from a southwest Atlanta strip mall showing the suspect who shot 51-year-old security guard Anthony Frazier in the back of the head. (Photo: Atlanta police)

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9 security guards shot, 4 fatally, in metro Atlanta in 13 months

Find Cuban food, empanadas and pastries under one roof this month in Marietta

Smyrna police seek help identifying 2 suspects in fatal shooting

Georgia primary ballots survey voters on partisan topics

An equestrian statue of John Brown Gordon on the Capitol grounds stands watch over the downtown Atlanta skyline. (Chris Hunt / Special to the AJC) [Captions by PETE CORSON / pcorson@ajc.com]

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PHOTOS: Confederate memorials in metro Atlanta

Yarbrough scholarship will fund non-traditional Kennesaw State nursing students

Austell approves senior apartments

Cobb cityhood: Legislative attorneys cast doubt on legality of ‘city lite’ charters

4/2/19 - Atlanta- Representative Matt Dollar, district 45, holds a cigar in his mouth while a bill is being presented at the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta, Georgia on Tuesday, April 2, 2019. Today is sine die day, the final day of the 2019 legislature. EMILY HANEY / emily.haney@ajc.com

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Dem chair accuses ex-Rep of illegally voting on East Cobb cityhood

Georgia Symphony Orchestra on May 21

Kennesaw restaurant featured on Food Network’s ‘Restaurant Impossible’

Condemned child killer should be spared from execution, attorney says

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Education

Radio personality Donald Craddock leads a discussion on school safety during a May 3 meeting in Clayton County. PHOTO: Branden Camp/For the Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Clayton County school safety survey to wrap up Tuesday

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A parent writes about how her young son benefited from attending a school vigil in Marietta for victims of injustice and violence. More than 1,000 miles away from this George Floyd mural in Minneapolis, the Marietta vigil included a wall of hundreds of photos showing cultural events, rallies and protests, with Floyd’s photo among them. (Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

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Roswell parent: Vigil for victims of injustice, violence opened eyes

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Kennesaw State University President Kathy “Kat” Schwaig greets graduates during the Spring 2022 Commencement for the Radow College of Humanities and Social Sciences at the Convocation Center two weeks ago. Schwaig is creating a $100,000 need-based scholarship from her own funds. (Jason Getz / Jason.Getz@ajc.com)

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Kennesaw State president uses own money to start $100,000 scholarship

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Cobb school board approves $1.4 billion budget with employee raises

Politics

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Voters find short lines in big Georgia primary election52m ago

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Election Day: Metro Atlanta voters share concerns as they head to the polls

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Rick Sloss (L) helps voters fill out their paperwork on election day at GraceLife Church in Marietta Tuesday morning, May 24, 2022. (Steve Schaefer / steve.schaefer@ajc.com)

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Gov. Brian Kemp of Georgia (left) with former Senator David Perdue shake hands before the debate on Sunday, April 24, 2022at the WSB-TV in Atlanta. Sunday, April 24, 2022. Miguel Martinez /miguel.martinezjimenez@ajc.com

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As primary neared, Kemp took in big money and Perdue’s fundraising lagged

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Republican candidate for Georgia governor and former U.S. Sen. David Perdue speaks in Dunwoody, Ga. on Monday, May 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Sudhin S. Thanawala)

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The Jolt: David Perdue’s last stand includes racist insult of Stacey Abrams7h ago

The race between Gov. Brian Kemp, left, and former U.S. Sen. David Perdue is the biggest battle on Tuesday's primary ballot. Miguel Martinez /miguel.martinezjimenez@ajc.com

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Trump, turnout and turmoil: What to watch in Georgia’s primary

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Crime

Gwinnett County police and GBI agents blocked Pine Lane near Lawrenceville to conduct an officer-involved shooting investigation Tuesday morning. A man was shot after firing on officers and striking a police dog, according to police.

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Suspect, K-9 injured in exchange of gunfire in Gwinnett neighborhood, police say

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Christopher Thomas, 30, was sought in connection with a deadly double shooting in Canton on Sunday night. He died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, authorities announced Tuesday.

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Acworth man accused of killing ex-wife, shooting her mother has died

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3 indicted in triple killing at Cobb golf course

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Two people were shot and multiple cars were damaged by gunfire at a Fayette County graduation party Saturday that authorities said grew out of control.

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Cops: At least 50 shots fired at Fayette grad party that swelled to 200 guests

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Atlanta police investigate a homicide in the 2900 block of Forrest Hills Drive that they say stemmed from a gambling dispute Tuesday morning.

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Cops: Gambling dispute leads to deadly shooting at SW Atlanta apartment complex

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Brief police chase through Marietta ends at busy intersection

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Christopher Thomas, 30, was wanted by the Cherokee County Sheriff's Office in connection with a deadly double shooting in Canton on Sunday night.

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Acworth man suspected of killing ex-wife, shooting her mother now in custody

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Attorney Mawuli Davis (left) speaks on behalf of Taniyah Pilgrim (second from left) and Messiah Young (second from right) during a news conference held June 2, 2020. Former Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard brought charges against six Atlanta police officers for their use-of-force in the students' arrests. Those charges have since been dropped.
(ALYSSA POINTER / ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM)

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Charges dropped against Atlanta officers who Tased college students

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