The Marietta City Council on Wednesday appointed Dorothy Woodruff to represent Ward 1 on the Marietta Historic Board of Review for a two-year term. Stephen Diffley, Ward 7, was reappointed to the city planning commission for a three-year term. Councilman Johnny Walker was named mayor pro tem to serve when the mayor is absent, and council member Michelle Cooper Kelly was appointed presiding officer. Both are one year terms.

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Fulton DA Fani Willis (center) with Nathan J. Wade (right), the special prosecutor she hired to manage the Trump case and had a romantic relationship with, at a news conference announcing charges against President-elect Donald Trump and others in Atlanta, Aug. 14, 2023. Georgia’s Supreme Court on Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025, upheld an appeals court's decision to disqualify Willis from the election interference case against Trump and his allies. (Kenny Holston/New York Times)

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