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Cobb County July 17, 2021

Cobb County E911 Emergency Department accredited for seventh time

Cobb County E911 Director Melissa Alterio announced in a news release on the Cobb County website that her department was accredited for the seventh time by the Commission on Accreditation…

Music Director and Conductor Timothy Verville (pictured, standing center) leads the Georgia Symphony Orchestra’s return to live performances in its upcoming 71st concert season

Music July 16, 2021

Georgia Symphony Orchestra to resume live concerts in September

Marietta-based Georgia Symphony Orchestra announced that it will return to the stage for its 71st season with a performance of Gustav Mahler’s Fourth Symphony on September 21, 2021. The concert…

Cobb County government building in article about rental assistance

Cobb County July 15, 2021

Upcoming Cobb County budget and millage rate hearings

The county held its first budget and millage rate hearing in conjunction with the July 13 meeting of the Cobb County Board of Commissioners. The remaining hearings are as follows:…

Rally to mark the one-year anniversary of the shooting death of Vincent Truitt by a Cobb County police officer

Cobb County July 15, 2021

Loved ones of people killed by Georgia police rally to mark anniversary of Vincent Truitt‘s death

by Arielle Robinson “Georgia has a police brutality problem,” Gerald Griggs, attorney for Vincent Truitt’s family, told a crowd of about 70 people gathered in Marietta Square on a Saturday…

Girls Who Conduct Co-founder Chaowen Ting (Chaowen-Ting-image 6483441.JPG)

Music July 15, 2021

Georgia Symphony Orchestra partners with Girls Who Conduct

Marietta-based Georgia Symphony Orchestra (GSO) has entered a partnership with Girls Who Conduct to launch a fellowship program for women conductors. “The women’s conductor fellowship program is a tribute to…

Education July 8, 2021

KIDS CARE and Cobb police team up for a school supply drive

KIDS CARE, a Marietta-based nonprofit organization that organizes and promotes children and youth volunteer projects issued the following announcement about a school supply drive in preparation for the start of…

Detail of Cobb County Police Department STEP Unit vehicle in article about fatal accident on I-75

Cobb County July 6, 2021

Two dead in separate Cobb County collisons

According to a public information release from Sgt. Wayne Delk of the Cobb County Police Department, the department’s Selective Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP) Unit is investigating traffic deaths in two…

Powder Springs June 22, 2021

Free first Pfizer COVID shots to be offered at Powder Springs July 4 SpringsFest

Cobb & Douglas Public Health will administer free first doses of the two-part Pfizer vaccination at SpringsFest, the annual Independence Day festival in Powder Springs. CDPH is asking that those…

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

Cobb County June 20, 2021

Cobb DA announces support of Second Chance Desk

Cobb County District Attorney Flynn Broady Jr. announced the opening of a record-restriction help desk spearheaded by the Georgia Justice Project and the Cobb County court system. Record restriction was…

Cobb County June 17, 2021

Cobb Board of Elections and Registration returning to in-person meetings

The Cobb County Board of Elections and Registration, which has been meeting virtually since the beginning of the pandemic, will return to in-person meetings starting with the Monday June 21…

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Uncategorized January 15, 2025

Marietta police make arrest in December homicide

By Mark Woolsey Marietta Police say they’ve made an arrest in a Dec. 30 murder case. Spokesman Chuck McPhilamy says in a news release that a 70-year-old Marietta man was…

Uncategorized January 15, 2025

Cobb County announces intent to opt out of HB 581 homestead exemption

Cobb County announced in a news release (reprinted below) that it intends to opt out of the homestead exemption created by Georgia’s new law created with the passage and signing…

Education January 15, 2025

Kennesaw State, Georgia Leadership Institute for School Improvement partnership will expedite career advancement for educators

[This article by Travis Highfield first appeared on the Kennesaw State University website, republished with permission] A new partnership between the Bagwell College of Education and the Georgia Leadership Institute…

Marietta January 15, 2025

Marietta History Center presents lecture “The Last Slave Ships to the South

The Marietta History Center will host a presentation about “The Last Slave Ships to the South” on Monday, January 27, 2025 at 6:00 p.m. The lecture, part of the MHC’s…

Product recalls January 15, 2025

Recall of 24,870 pounds of chicken and cheese taquitos shipped nationwide to ALDIs

Bestway Sandwiches Inc., based in Valencia, Calif., has issued a recall of approximately 24,870 pounds of frozen chicken and cheese taquito products due to potential metal contamination, according to the…

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