It is 4:15 a.m., and the City Council just passed a resolution requesting two seats on the Atlanta Police Foundation’s board.
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At the Cobb jail, a new kind of rehabilitation starts at the horse barn
Joshua Arp is one of two Cobb County jail detainees taking part of the sheriff’s office new equine therapy program meant to help him stay out of jail.