Cobb News

The federal government has given final environmental approval to a long-debated project that would add toll lanes to Interstate 75 and Interstate 575 through Cobb and Cherokee counties.

Teasley Elementary School was more than 200 students over capacity this school year, with some teachers instructing as many as 30 students at a time or working with two classes in one room at a time.

Cobb police search vehicles at the Cumberland Festival shopping center Wednesday in response to a reported bomb threat.

The unemployment rate in Cobb County dropped below 7 percent in April, a fall of three tenths of a percent.

Cobb County Police are asking for the public's help in locating on suspect who they believe robbed two separate stores at gunpoint over a two-week period in south Cobb.

Mark your calendars, Cobb seniors. The Senior Information Fair is scheduled for 10 a.m. Wednesday, May 22, at the Cobb County Civic Center .

Goodwill of North Georgia will open the doors to its 45th store location on Thursday.

A Mableton woman allegedly came to Pebblebrook High School last Friday to fight a student, and had a steak knife with a 5-inch blade with her.

JoEllen Smith is a bona-fide East Cobb Republican. She is a business woman and mom, involved in her children's public education.

For the first time, the Cobb County School District is partnering with the Cobb Public Library System to create a "unified" summer reading experience for students in kindergarten through eighth grade.

In less than 20 minutes, the man accused of killing his ex-wife at her home in east Cobb entered a guilty plea and was sentenced to life in prison.

Kimberly Tinsley, volunteer and activities coordinator at The Center for Children & Young Adults, helps a student with her painting.

An arrest warrant has been issued for a Cobb woman who allegedly stole more than $3,000 worth of electronics and other goods from a Smyrna home where she worked as a daytime caregiver.

Mark your calendars, Cobb seniors. The Senior Information Fair is scheduled for 10 a.m. this Wednesday, May 22, at the Cobb County Civic Center .

City of Marietta Street Department worker Ken Thomason cuts branches from a large tree out of the roadway Sunday at the intersection of Whitlock and N. Woodland drives after lightning, winds and rain pelted the area.

You Could Be Miss America. Young women can take the first step by entering the 56th annual Miss Cobb County Scholarship Pageant set for the Jennie T. Anderson Theatre, Cobb County Civic Center, Aug 3, 7 p.m. The deadline to enter is June 25.

There will be more than 150 local businesses with booths at today's Cobb Business-to-Business Expo , and Patch will be one of them.

One Killed, 1 Injured in Cobb Crash - Marietta Patch A 46-year-old Hiram woman was killed and her 14-year-old son was injured Wednesday in a three-vehicle accident in Cobb.

Only a small handful of people turned out for a public hearing on the proposed Cobb County School District fiscal year 2014 budget Tuesday.

It costs $400 less to get an MRI in Cobb County than Fulton County. That's according to data from New Choice Health, a private company that encourages people to become smarter healthcare consumers.