Cobb County Police Department

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…

Cobb County Police Department Crime Scene Unit vehicle

Cobb County February 25, 2025

Son suspected in murder of mother in Kennesaw

[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…

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

Cobb County February 24, 2025

Several people injured, one seriously, in traffic incident on Dallas Highway

According to a public information release from Officer Aaron Wilson, the Cobb County Police Department’s Special Operations STEP Unit is investigating a serious injury collision at the intersection of Dallas…

Powder Springs February 18, 2025

Powder Springs man arrested in connection with Feb 15 homicide

[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…

Cobb County February 6, 2025

Man shot and killed on Windy Hill Road

According to a public information release from Officer Aaron Wilson, the Cobb County Police Department responded to a report of a person shot at 2359 Windy Hill Road on February…

Cobb County January 31, 2025

Cobb police make arrest in connection with homicide on Pat Mell Road

Sgt. Eric Smith of the Cobb County Police Department announced in a public information release that a 33-year-old Marietta man was arrested in a homicide that took place yesterday, January…

Photo of John Elmer Eaton, 87, courtesy of the Cobb County Police Department

Missing Persons January 30, 2025

Mattie’s Call: Cobb police seek missing 87-year-old man

Photo of John Elmer Eaton, 87, courtesy of the Cobb County Police Department The Cobb County Police Department distributed the following appeal to the public: The Cobb County Police Department…

Cobb County January 23, 2025

Acworth man killed in collision on Hickory Grove Road

[It is the policy of the Cobb County Courier to omit the names of people involved in traffic incidents that are still under investigation] Officer S.A. Barner of the Cobb…

Snowy roadway and Chevron station at the intersection of Veterans Memorial Highway and Oakdale Road/Discovery Blvd. A highway road sign hangs over the intersection

Weather January 12, 2025

Winter storm kept police in Cobb County busy; travel danger still present

By Mark Woolsey Travel conditions eased across Cobb County Saturday after Friday’s snowstorm kept first responders and road crews hopping. Authorities warn that problems could still crop up in the…

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