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The Georgia Bureau of Investigation identified the man shot and killed by police in a suspected kidnapping incident and car chase Tuesday.
President Joe Biden awarded Col. Ralph Puckett Jr., 94, of Georgia with the Medal of Honor on Friday for his courage in the Korean War.
Keep Cobb Beautiful is hosting a textile and household goods recycling event this Saturday in Smyrna. Get the details here.
The city of Avondale Estates' Urban Redevelopment Agency voted to hire a construction company to build a new park and event pavilion.
The list, unveiled Thursday, includes a rebuild of Sprayberry High School's main building, a second career academy and an events center.
Two Marietta residents are opening a combination dog park, coffee shop and bar in the city — the first of its kind in Cobb County.
A psychoactive chemical in a fungus causes the insects emerging in Georgia to copulate until their genitals fall off, research shows.
The grocery store retailer invested more than $5 million to remodel existing stores, including in Decatur, and open hundreds of new ones.
The Alif Institue will host its annual Spring Bazaar — which means "marketplace" in Arabic — Saturday, offering homemade items and foods.
Heading out for a bite? Check out the latest inspection scores for 18 DeKalb County restaurants and food-service operations.
Heading out for a bite? Check out the latest inspection scores for 48 Cobb restaurants and food-service operations, plus local schools.
The Pentagon finally says UFOs — or unidentified aerial phenomena — are real and may explain what you’ve seen in the skies over Marietta.
Sterling Organization, owner of North DeKalb Mall, is planning to sell the mall to a developer to turn it into a mixed-use development.
You could get a free, medium hot or iced coffee Friday at the new Decatur location. Here's how.
Pandemic cabin fever is expected to boil over this Memorial Day as more than 37 million Americans hit the road for the holiday.
Pandemic cabin fever is expected to boil over this Memorial Day as more than 37 million Americans hit the road for the holiday.
Pandemic cabin fever is expected to boil over this Memorial Day as more than 37 million Americans hit the road for the holiday.
Pandemic cabin fever is expected to boil over this Memorial Day as more than 37 million Americans hit the road for the holiday.
Smyrna City Council members changed its laws Monday to allow private dog parks in the city, and let them have alcohol pouring licenses.
After a dog fell into a deep hole in Cobb County, local firefighters came to its rescue and reunited it with the owner.
