🌱 Deputies Shot & Killed + Root House Beer Festival

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First, today's weather:

A shower and thunderstorm; humid. High: 77 Low: 69.

Here are the top three stories today in Marietta:

1. Two Cobb County Sheriff's Office deputies were shot and killed on Thursday evening. The deputies were serving a warrant to a Marietta-area home when they were abruptly shot and killed. The department responded to the home and a standoff occurred that lasted nearly four hours. The deputies' names have not been released. (Fox 5 Atlanta)
2. A Marietta couple has been arrested for leaving their infant child home alone while delivering for Door Dash. The couple was pulled over by officers near Cobb Parkway and Kennesaw Due West Road when the information was revealed. Matthew Stander and Grace Bowes have been charged with cruelty to children in the first degree. (Fox 5 Atlanta)
3. The 7th Annual Beer Festival will be hosted at the Root House on Sep. 30. The festival will feature a large selection of local beers and will be between 6:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. Click for tickets and additional information. (City of Marietta)

Today in Marietta:

• Youth Mental Health First Aid At Cobb Collaborative (8:00 AM)
• Opening Day For Tragedy Of War: Japanese American Internment At Marietta History Center (10:00 AM)
• Smoke On The Mountain At Earl and Rachel Smith Strand Theatre (3:00 PM)

From my notebook:

• The City of Marietta shares the recording of the Hedges Street Traffic Calming Public Input meeting. Click to watch the recording. (City of Marietta, Ga., Government via Facebook)
• The Marietta Police Department has shared footage from the shooting of Grayson Green. Anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact the department. Click to watch the footage. (Marietta, Georgia Police Department via Facebook)
• Sunday hours are returning to Marietta's Switzer Library. Starting this Sunday, the library will be open from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. each Sunday. (City of Marietta)

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Thanks for following along and staying informed! See you all Monday morning for another update.

— Danielle Fallon-O'Leary

About me: Danielle Fallon-O’Leary is a senior writer with content creation agency Lightning Media Partners and assists Patch.com with community newsletter curation. Danielle also holds a Master’s Degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders and works part-time as a pediatric speech therapist.