February 2019

Naseer Benefield (victim of stabbing death in Mableton) (photo courtesy of the Cobb County District Attorney's office)

Cobb County District Attorney, Cobb County Police Department February 4, 2019

40 year sentence given in stabbing death of teen in Mableton

Cobb County District Attorney Vic Reynolds announced in a press release that Dawson Lee Wagner, 19, of Woodstock, has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for the stabbing death…

New Zealand coast (photo by Jacobo Junior)

Recreation and Travel February 4, 2019

Adventure around the Pacific

[This is the first in a series by Jacobo Junior, a Mableton resident and a cook at The Cenacle, who went on a two-year adventure around the Pacific, and took…

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February 2019

40 year sentence given in stabbing death of teen in Mableton

Adventure around the Pacific