Marietta City and Cobb County Schools fared well in the College and Career Ready Performance Index, which replaces Adequate Yearly Progress reports.
He faces charges in Cobb and Cherokee counties.
Just before 1 p.m. today, Col. Milton Beck with the Cobb County Sheriff's Office told Patch that officials had someone in custody.
Around 11 a.m., someone called the Cobb 911 Center and said "there was a bomb threat for Cherokee and the Cobb County Courthouses."
The incident occurred last August at the Woodcrest Apartments.
Girls and boys teams resume action with second-round games.
The home city of one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects is asking a funeral home director not to request a burial there. Should cities be allowed to turn down burial requests?
The Lassiter and Allatoona boys and Walton and Kell girls are among the favorites as action starts Tuesday.
Mark Young first came to law enforcement's attention in January 2012 when an undercover officer received information that Young had manufactured his own C-4, which is a type of plastic explosive.
Check the website for special events and activities this week in our area.
The latest inspections by Cobb Public Health include visits to China Dragon and Marietta Pizza Company.
With a 20 percent chance of showers Tuesday, mostly sunny skies on tap in West Cobb.
The theft is one of three in Cobb that may be connected.
Hillgrove and Chapel Hill earned team runner-up honors and five athletes earned state titles in individual events.
Before you start the week, check out the latest updates on road constructions, delays and detours around Smyrna-Vinings and Cobb County.
A runner’ gesture cost his high school a trip to the state championships. Tell us if you think the ruling on the gesture was right on, or if the disqualification was unwarranted.
Pope, Kell and Marietta dodged the raindrops with sweeps, but Walton and McEachern are among those facing delayed rubber matches.
It will run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 22.
The registration deadline is May 17.
This weekend get out to the Root House Annual Plant Sale in Marietta, a concert in East Cobb, a car show in Smyrna, the Mad Hatter Tea Party in Mableton and the Cinco Loco 5K Race in Acworth.
McEachern is ranked No. 1 as the state tournament begins Friday, and Walton and Marietta also are contenders.
She was stopped in front of the Powder Springs Road Taco Bell when a Powder Springs man allegedly "scraped the entire driver side of victim's personal vehicle" and drove away.
College football programs are not allowed to place website addresses or social media messages on the field due to rules that were recently amended by the NCAA. Tell us what you think of the athletic association’s decision.
Classes begin May 18.
Space is limited.
No. 1 Lassiter went out in the first round, but Harrison, North Cobb, Allatoona, Campbell and Pope advanced Wednesday.
Cobb schools will be well-represented today, including the 1,600-meter run to finish the day.
He "confessed to the crime," said Officer Mike Bowman, a spokesman for the Cobb County Police Department.
The Dartmouth men joked with Tsarnaev about his resemblance to the FBI suspect photos, then “freaked out” when they concluded it was really him.
There are at least three places in Powder Springs to celebrate.
The incident occurred Saturday.
Harrison, Walton, Lassiter, Pope and Hillgrove were among the first-round winners Tuesday.
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A total of 13 girls teams and 18 boys teams from Cobb, Douglas and Paulding qualified for state tournaments.
Two Florida men allegedly changed the locks on a vacant apartment unit and lived there rent-free.
The alleged incident took place last Tuesday afternoon.
Deangelo Damond Harris was booked into the Cobb County jail on a charge of sale of marijuana.
Daniel Eric Cobble, who is in the Baldwin State Prison until July 2021 for aggravated stalking, allegedly spelled out his plans in a letter mailed to a home on Harmony Road in Powder Springs.
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