Over the past couple of weekends, the east Cobb elementary school invited students, teachers and parents to have a hand in the masterpiece. The design covers six columns at the school’s main entrance and serves as an artistic finish to more than $1 m… Read More
In one week, City Engineer Jim Wilgus closed three deals to purchase properties on behalf of the city, spoke at neighborhood meetings about the ever-growing need for speed humps, wrangled with residents about accessing property for drainage improveme… Read More
Harrison senior looks to use own experience to help others
One Harrison High School graduate plans to study a topic in college she hopes will help others the way it helped her: psychology. Eighteen-year-old Kiara Roberto has been at the Kennesaw-area school for the last two years. She transferred there from… Read More
With rain and stormy weather blanketing the metro area Sunday, numerous reports of downed trees and power lines came in throughout Cobb County, as well as reports of three house fires in the southwest Cobb area that apparently resulted from lightning… Read More
Kennesaw Mountain Magnet Program sophomores Julie Evans, Christina Lee and Katie Thornburgh are going to Peru later this monthto install water purification systems and check on the ones that they installed last year. Read More
Surrounded by small, older homes, tucked on a little hill off a narrow street that connects historic neighborhoods, the Lawrence Street Recreation Center has sat patiently waiting for some attention from the 2009 parks bond. Jeriene Grimes, vice pres… Read More
A new leash on life: Abandoned dog picks owners at adoption event
Angelina Jolie has drawn attention many times throughout her acting career, but the most recent reason she’s been in the news might be the most important. Jolie tested positive for a defective gene that causes cancer, and then proceeded to get a doub… Read More
Whitefield senior is headed to college on football scholarship
Described as a quiet leader by many, Whitefield Academy’s Richard “Roc” Sherrell will be missed by his coaches, classmates and teachers next school year. The 18-year-old will be attending Rhodes College in Memphis, Tenn., on a football scholarship th… Read More
Police: Acworth couple faces drug possession charges
An Acworth couple is facing drug possession charges after police say the pair had medication not prescribed to them that they intended to sell, following an arrest at their home Friday. Cobb County Police say Jeremy Williamson and Trishanna Williamson had 35 hydrocodone pills, seven alprazolam pills, and two film strips of Suboxone. Read More