County seeking nominations for Creating Community Awards

Nominations are being accepted for Cobb’s 2013 Creating Community Awards, which recognize an individual, team or organization with a unique approach to fostering diversity. Diversity can mean race, ethnicity, age, religion, gender or disability. Nominations are due to county commissioners by Jan. 17. An independent committee will choose the winners. Email submissions to ccrc@cobbcounty.org. or mail to 100 Cherokee St., Marietta 30090.

About the Author

Jaime Sarrio

Man pleads guilty in 2022 stabbing death of Buckhead grandmother

Officials identify 2 killed in Gwinnett before man’s arrest in Tennessee

NEW DETAILS

Cobb man killed mother, stepfather after wanting to be alone, warrant says

Featured

Credit: Miguel Martinez-Jimenez

When ICE takes breadwinners, it takes a toll on families ... and on the economy

For immigrant families, brushes with ICE can result in financial precarity that could have implications for the broader economy.

‘I’m a bad kid,’ he told himself. How Georgia’s special ed program failed one child.

Parents find that it's easy to get into the GNETS program, but in some districts, difficult to leave.

‘A lot of blame, but not enough action’: Atlanta leaders lack path to fix jail

Stakeholders across Atlanta and Fulton County grapple with a complex web of issues that contribute to overcrowding, crumbling structure.