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An Norfolk Southern engine pulling a long line of boxcar, tankers and other cars starting through a crossing in downtown Austell GA

Austell April 7, 2024

The incorporation of Austell, Georgia in September 1885

With the recent incorporation of the City of Mableton as the now-largest city in the county, we’ve decided to revisit our series Cobb County history through documents. This is an…

Marietta police SUV parked at the curb on Marietta Square

Marietta April 7, 2024

Marietta police suspect murder-suicide in bodies found after SWAT team standoff

Investigators believe that the two bodies found in an Amy Lane house after the Marietta and Cobb Sheriff SWAT teams were called in were the result of a murder-suicide. See…

Marietta April 7, 2024

2 dead after SWAT Team standoff in Marietta

Two people were discovered dead, including the suspect, after the Marietta Police Department and Cobb County Sheriff SWAT teams attempted to negotiate the surrender of a suspect in auto theft…

The big bad wolf blowing down one of the three little pigs straw houses

Cobb County April 4, 2024

Wind advisory in effect for Cobb: gusts up to 35 mph

The National Weather Service issued a wind advisory for Cobb County and other parts of north and central Georgia today, April 4. The advisory is in effect until 8 p.m….

Marietta April 2, 2024

Suspect arrested in non-fatal shooting in Marietta

[The Cobb County Courier has a policy of withholding or redacting the name of suspects unless and until the person is convicted in a court of law or enters a…

Exterior of Marietta City Hall. Red brick modern building

Marietta March 27, 2024

Marietta’s Gem City Spring Break Camp starts April 1

The City of Marietta’s Parks & Recreation Department’s Gem City Spring Break Camp begins next week, April 1-5, for children ages 6 – 12, at Custer Park Sports & Fitness…

Marietta March 24, 2024

Marietta Basketball Skills Clinic begins this week

The City of Marietta posted the following notice on its website announcing that the Marietta Basketball Skills Clinic for youth between 7-15 years of age begins this week: Registration is…

Climate and Weather March 24, 2024

Wind advisory in effect for Cobb & Douglas counties starting midnight

The National Weather Service (NWS) issued a wind advisory for Cobb County and Douglas County beginning midnight Sunday and lasting until Monday morning. In addition, there is a chance that…

Marietta March 23, 2024

Marietta Councilman Goldstein appointed to FCC advisory committee

Marietta City Councilman Joseph Goldstein was appointed to the FCC’s Intergovernmental Advisory Committee. According to the committee’s page on the FCC website: The mission of the Intergovernmental Advisory Committee is…

A telephone receiver with the words 911 in a circle above

Austell March 16, 2024

Cobb County 911 now handling City of Austell calls

City of Austell residents’ 911 calls are now being answered by Cobb County’s Department of Emergency Communications (DEC). The change from Austell running a separate 911 service to the county…

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