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2020 Elections April 13, 2019

Flynn Broady announces run for Cobb District Attorney

Flynn Broady has announced he’s running for the Cobb County District Attorney seat in the 2020 election. The position was vacated by Vic Reynolds, who was recently appointed director of…

Debbie Fisher delivers SPLOST criticisms at Cobb GOP headquarters (photo by Larry Felton Johnson)

Cobb County April 12, 2019

Group critical of Cobb SPLOST spending holds town hall

A citizens group that has criticized the spending and accounting practices of the county’s Special Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST) held a town hall meeting in the Cobb County Republican…

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

Cobb County April 5, 2019

Cobb judge sentences woman to twenty years for cruelty to children

According to a press release from Cobb Acting District Attorney John Melvin, Tashia Lenette Woods, 34, of Tennessee was given a 20-year sentence after pleading guilty to a variety of…

Police, firefighters, and their families and supporters at BOC meeting to push for staffing, increased pay and benefits (photo by Larry Felton Johnson)

Cobb County March 29, 2019

Cobb Police and firefighters protest staffing levels, pay at contentious BOC meeting

Cobb Police and firefighters, and their families and supporters, packed last Tuesday night’s meeting of the Cobb County Board of Commissioners to lodge a protest for higher staffing levels, more…

Smyrna March 28, 2019

Trucker convicted in South Cobb Drive road rage incident

According to a press release from Cobb Acting District Attorney John Melvin, Quantuse Jace Johnson, 46, a truck driver from Marietta, has been convicted of assaulting another driver in a…

Cobb County March 26, 2019

GBI Investigates officer-involved shooting in Cobb County

According to a press release from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) the Cobb County Police Department requested that the GBI investigate an officer-involved shooting in unincorporated Cobb County near…

Cobb Commissioners at february BOC zoning hearing used in article about the proposed Jewish Community Center

Cobb County March 24, 2019

Decision on KSU Jewish Center delayed at Cobb BOC zoning hearing

Concerns over the effects of a proposed driveway off Frey Lake Road caused the Cobb County Board of Commissioners to delay the decision on the request for a special land…

Acting Cobb District Attorney John Melvin at 1831 Piru Bloods indictment press conference (photo by Larry Felton Johnson)

Cobb County March 8, 2019

11 suspected members of 1831 Piru Bloods gang indicted in Cobb

In a press conference at the Cobb County Police Department headquarters this afternoon, Acting Cobb District Attorney John Melvin announced the indictment of 11 suspected members of the 1831 Piru…

Cobb County March 7, 2019

Aggravated Assault Charges in East Cobb double shooting

UPDATED: The Cobb County Police Department issued the following update to this story: The victim, 21-year old Jake Allen Horne, succumbed to his injuries. The Cobb County Department’s Crimes Against…

Juan Lazaro-Abrego (photo courtesy of the Cobb County District Attorney's Office)

Crime February 26, 2019

2008 Cobb murder and fugitive case to be highlighted on “In Pursuit with John Walsh”

Cobb Acting DA John Melvin announced that a 2008 Cobb County murder and fugitive case will get national TV coverage. Kimberly Isaza, spokesperson for the the Cobb DA’s office sent…

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