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Crime & Public Safety June 27, 2025

Life without parole for three convicted in drive-by shooting on Austell Road

A sentence of life without the possibility of parole was handed down to three men convicted of a drive-by shooting that left an Austell man dead. Jermari Ferron, 23, Diomante…

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Crime & Public Safety June 24, 2025

One dead, one injured in off-campus student apartment complex

By Mark Woolsey A Sunday night shooting at a Kennesaw-area apartment complex left one person dead and another injured. Cobb County Police say officers were called to the Bixby Apartments,…

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

Crime & Public Safety May 27, 2025

Hit and run on I-285 results in one driver seriously injured

Officer Aaron Wilson of the Cobb County Police Department announced in a public information release that the department’s STEP Unit is investigating a serious injury hit-and-run collision that occurred on…

Cobb County April 17, 2025

Motorcyclist seriously injured on South Cobb Drive

[It is the policy of the Cobb County Courier to omit the names of people involved in traffic incidents that are still under investigation] According to a public information release…

Cobb County April 8, 2025

Crash leaves Marietta man with life-threatening injuries

[It is the policy of the Cobb County Courier to omit the names of people involved in traffic incidents that are still under investigation] Cobb County Police are investigating a…

Cobb County April 6, 2025

Ribbon-cutting for Cobb’s long-awaited Precinct 6 in East Cobb

By Mark Woolsey A Friday ribbon-cutting marked the official debut of the Cobb County Police Department’s $8.2 million Precinct 6 building near the Sandy Plains and Shallowford intersection in northeast…

Cobb County March 16, 2025

Cobb police officer dies in off-duty traffic accident

By Mark Woolsey Cobb County police say one of their officers died in an off-duty motor vehicle accident on Friday. Police confirmed officer Anthony Cantoral died as a result of…

Kennesaw March 10, 2025

Cobb STEP Unit aids Kennesaw police investigating serious injury collision

[It is the policy of the Cobb County Courier to omit the names of people involved in traffic incidents that are still under investigation] According to a public information release…

Cobb County Police Chief Stuart VanHoozer in front of large Cobb police badge emblem speaking toward camera with TV station microphones in front

Cobb County March 8, 2025

Cobb Police Chief VanHoozer leaving at end of April

(Stuart VanHoozer, photo by Arielle Robinson/Cobb County Courier) By Mark Woolsey Cobb County Police Chief Stuart VanHoozer has announced his resignation in what was seemingly an unexpected move. Departmental spokesman…

Austell March 6, 2025

Cool Kids’ Committee and Cobb police spearhead project to provide gently-used prom dresses and high heels for those who can’t afford them

By Mark Woolsey A program aimed at ensuring Cobb County senior high school girls will be able to go to this year’s proms will give away gently-used prom dresses and…

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