Crime & Public Safety

Fires October 1, 2025

Multiple East Cobb businesses closed after fire Sunday

Multiple East Cobb businesses are closed for now after a Sunday morning fire at a strip shopping center in the 38-hundred block of Roswell Road. One of those impacted, Owl Repairs…

Cobb County Police Department Crime Scene Unit vehicle

Cobb County September 27, 2025

Second homicide at same Cobb Cumberland-area motel within a week

By Mark Woolsey Cobb County Police have made arrests in two high-profile homicides at the same Cumberland-area hotel this week. In the most recent instance, officers were called to the…

Mableton September 26, 2025

Mableton council approves municipal court chief judge, solicitor

PHOTOS ABOVE: L-R, Che Karega II, Flynn D. Broady, Jr. provided by the City of Mableton At its meeting on Wednesday, September 26, the Mableton City Council approved Che A….

Cobb County September 25, 2025

Arrest made in killing of 9-month-old girl in Cumberland area

By Mark Woolsey One arrest has been made, and more may come in the killing of a 9-month-old girl at a Cumberland-area hotel. Police say they were called to the…

Mableton September 24, 2025

Former Cobb DA Flynn Broady nominated as Mableton solicitor; Che Karega nomimated Municipal Court judge

PHOTO Above: Flynn Broady speaking at press conference in 2021. Photo by Larry F. Johnson/Cobb County Courier According to a public information release from the office of Mableton Mayor Michael…

Marietta police SUV parked at the curb on Marietta Square

Traffic incidents September 21, 2025

Marietta police investigating fatal crash on Powder Springs Street

By Mark Woolsey Marietta Police are investigating a Saturday morning crash that left one person dead. Authorities say it happened about 6:40 a.m. on Powder Springs Street near Laurel Springs…

Mableton September 17, 2025

Mableton Mayor Owens: homicide death of Pebblebrook student a “heartbreaking loss”

Mableton Mayor Michael Owens calls the killing of Pebblebrook High School student David Daniel a “heartbreaking loss.” Cobb County Police responded to an address on Milam Creek Road shortly after…

Georgia Bureau of Investigation September 16, 2025

Mableton resident promoted to Manager of GBI Trace Evidence section

Kimberly Jewett, a resident of Mableton, was promoted to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation’s Trace Evidence Section manager. She began her career in 2009 as a scientist in the Trace…

photo of Cobb Superior Court building from the front with a blue sky with clouds in the background

Kennesaw September 13, 2025

Sentence handed down in 1997 Kennesaw rape cold case solved via DNA

Cobb District Attorney Sonya F. Allen announced in a public information release that Jerry Lee Pruitt was convicted of kidnapping with bodily injury, rape, aggravated sodomy, aggravated assault, burglary and…

Cobb County September 13, 2025

Three teens arrested for East Cobb Waffle House brawl

By Mark Woolsey Three teenagers are facing charges in connection with a brawl at an East Cobb Waffle House this past weekend. Cobb Police say two of the suspects assaulted…

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Cemeteries, Community December 7, 2025

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