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Also on today's calendar: 26th Annual Plant Sale & Expo and 9 more events.
Today's riddle: Why are banana jokes so funny 🤔 (Answer below!)
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1. Cobb County awarded $1.7M grant for World Cup safety (fox5atlanta.com) — Marietta residents can expect major World Cup training activity and tighter security around the Atlanta United facility as Cobb County uses a new $1.7 million federal grant to boost safety. The money will fund extra first-responder staffing, specialized equipment, and crowd-management tools for events at Marietta’s training site and Kennesaw State University, as officials brace for large numbers of international teams, fans, and media.
2. Sleeping Driver Crashes Into Patrol Car, Fire Truck: Police (patch.com) — Police are investigating after a driver allegedly fell asleep in a black Mercedes SUV at Terrell Mill and Brookview roads in Marietta, then crashed into both a patrol car and a fire truck before fleeing. An officer fired at the vehicle as it drove toward him, and the driver escaped south on Terrell Mill; no injuries or suspect details have been released yet.
3. Man charged with attempted murder of woman at East Cobb home (eastcobbnews.com) — A Marietta resident is jailed without bond after Cobb authorities charged him in a violent attack on a woman inside an East Cobb home earlier this month. Police say the suspect, arrested at his Franklin Gateway address, faces multiple felony counts including aggravated assault with intent to murder, kidnapping, and burglary, with a bond hearing set for early May.
4. Mix & Mingle with Cobb County Business Bootcamp (macon.com) — Local entrepreneurs can connect at a free Cobb County Business Bootcamp Mix & Mingle on April 27 at Marietta Melt Yard on Whitlock Avenue. Attendees in Marietta will share business goals, give 60‑second pitches, and explore partnership and growth opportunities with fellow business owners.
5. Cobb commissioners approve right-of-way acquisition for Noonday Creek Trail pedestrian bridge (cobbcountycourier.com) — Cobb commissioners have approved funding to buy land for a new Noonday Creek Trail pedestrian bridge, part of a regional trail system that will link Marietta with Kennesaw Mountain, Cherokee County, and Woodstock. The grade-separated crossing over Cobb Parkway aims to make walking and biking safer along this busy corridor as the county leverages SPLOST and federal funds.
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