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Cobb County January 25, 2020

Another 16 year old arrested in connection with Anderson Mill Road homicide

Another 16-year-old male was arrested in connection with the Anderson Mill Road homicide. The victim of the crime was Daquan Murphy, 22. Previously, two other 16 year olds were arrested,…

Neighbors seated at a table talking to Ryan Teague of Baldwin Paving

Cobb County January 24, 2020

Baldwin Paving and neighbors meet about conflict over concrete crushing

A meeting took place Wednesday evening between Ryan Teague, who is the owner of Baldwin Paving , and a group of residential neighbors of Baldwin’s facility on Sanders Road. The…

Cobb Sheriff's Office vehicle at Cobb government office in article about evictions

Cobb County January 22, 2020

ACLU says Cobb Sheriff in potential violation of U.S. Constitution

In a letter to the Cobb County Sheriff’s Office the American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia stated that alleged absence of clean drinking water at the Cobb County Adult Detention…

Cobb County January 21, 2020

MUST Ministries winter warming shelters open

With temperatures in the 20s this week, MUST Ministries is opening its warming shelters when the temperature reaches 35 degrees F or lower. There are two shelters, one for women…

Cobb County January 21, 2020

Genetic genealogy helps solve three Cobb rape cold cases

Three Cobb cold cases from 1999 were solved with the use of technology called genetic genealogy, according to a public information release from the office of Cobb District Attorney Joyette…

Cobb County January 19, 2020

Cobb Sheriff pens response to jail water quality concerns after ACLU issues statement

After the American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia alleged in a scathing news release that prisoners at the Cobb County Adult Detention Center were left without clean water for drinking…

The Railroad Disaster to the West India Mail Near Blackshear, Georgia, an engraving from a photograph published in Harper's Weekly, March 1888 in article about emergency response training

Cobb County January 18, 2020

CERT training available in February

Do you know what to do if a crisis happens in your area? Would you like to be able to protect yourself, your family, and help neighbors when such an…

Cobb County January 17, 2020

Two arrested, one killed in encounter with police in connection with homicide on Anderson Mill Road

Two suspects have been arrested and a third shot to death by police (previously reported here) in connection with the January 14 homicide on Anderson Mill Road. In a public…

Cobb County January 17, 2020

Murder suspect arrested on Favor Road

According to a public information release from Deputy Glenn Daniel of the Cobb County Sheriff’s Office, a murder suspect was arrested on Favor Road yesterday. The public information release describes…

Cobb County January 16, 2020

GBI investigates officer-involved shooting death of Powder Springs man

Nelly Miles, the Public Affairs Director for the Georgia Bureau of Investigation announced in a press release that the GBI is investigating the shooting of a Powder Springs man today…

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Immigration March 19, 2025

Beatings, overcrowding and food deprivation: US deportees face distressing human rights conditions in El Salvador’s mega-prison

by Mneesha Gellman, Emerson College and Sarah C. Bishop, Baruch College, CUNY, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] El Salvador President Nayib Bukele framed his offer…

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