The Cobb Board of Commissioners Tuesday donated $38,000 to the Make-A-Wish Georgia Foundation, with money raised from an October 5K race. The money will be used to grant wishes for Cobb children with life-threatening medical conditions. Since 2001, the county has raised almost $350,000 for the organization.

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Mathew Palmer, a former Delta Air Lines employee, at his home in Atlanta on Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025.  Palmer was fired less than two weeks after writing a post on social media about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. (Natrice Miller/AJC)