Austell News

Cobb County police have detained two suspects in a crime spree that included two killings and a car chase that ended with a suicide.

What began early Friday morning as a deadly home invasion in Austell ended in a hail of gunfire in South Cobb County Friday evening.

One man was killed and three other people wounded early Friday in a shooting in south Cobb County, police said.

Cobb Police are investigating an early morning shooting that left one person dead and three others wounded at an Austell address.

An Austell woman is behind bars Thursday after she allegedly attacked the wife of her ex-husband by striking the 61-year-old Carrollton woman in the head with a metal rod, authorities say.

An Atlanta man is accused of selling 23 tickets to Six Flags that had already been used.

Elegant French and English country designs have been the dominant new home styles around here for several years, but another very different style, Craftsman, has a growing fan base, too.

An Austell woman told police she used the two pairs of pliers in her bra and the flashlight in her front pocket to steal scrap metal from vacant trailers in her neighborhood.

If you're counting on the new school choice law to help get your child into a better school, get in line.

A former employee of the VA hospital in DeKalb County has been accused of stealing four BlackBerry telephones and running up $10,355 worth of charges.

A man wanted in connection with a 1991 murder in the Bronx has been arrested in Cobb County, according to Sgt.

Police in Austell said they expect to formally charge a man Wednesday in the alleged attack on his neighbor.

An Austell man has been charged with kidnapping and assault after he forced his way into a neighbor's home and attacked her, police said.

The woman police say has pulled off a string of wallet thefts is now accused of doing the same thing at a second Cobb County school.

Three men from South Carolina are under arrest, charged with targeting the elderly in a home improvement scam.

Police in Cobb County have arrested two caregivers and charged them with elder abuse after two separate incidents at allegedly unlicensed care homes.

A federal grand jury in Atlanta has indicted 13 people with making and distributing counterfeit DVD movies, such as "Gran Torino," "Changeling" and "Dark Knight." The individuals also are charged with pirating the copyrighted recordings of Lil Wayne, Kanye West, T.I. and Robin Thicke, according to the indictment, handed up this week.

Former Atlanta police officer Mike McCain suffered a career-ending back injury when he came to the aid of two fellow officers in 1997.

After trying to run over an officer with his car, an Atlanta man allegedly led police on a chase through two counties Sunday night before he was arrested.

Georgia families have a new school choice law that allows them to send their child to any public school in their district, provided the campus has room.