Mableton News

Shoupade Park Tours When: Saturday, May 18 at 9 a.m. and 10 a.m.; Sunday, May 19 at 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. Where: Shoupade Park, 4770 Oakdale Rd., Smyrna What: In conjunction with the Cobb Coalition for Historic Preservation's Historic Site Open House celebration, Michael Shaffer, assistant director of Kennesaw State University's Civil War Center, will ... (more)

Young Actors Playhouse Presents "Legally Blonde the Musical " When: Friday, May 17 at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, May 18 at 7:30 p.m. Where: Theatre in the Square , 11 Whitlock Ave SW, Marietta, GA What: Legally Blonde the Musical is based on the novel Legally Blonde by Amanda Brown.

Join your fellow South Cobb community members to celebrate Mableton Day this Saturday, May 18.

McDuffie County Sheriff's Deputy Mike Coke checks an item after four people, two of them juveniles, escaped injury in a single-vehicle accident Saturday on Interstate 20 near mile marker 174.

Mableton residents Joe C. Bailey and Latoya Deneen Hampton got into an argument early Saturday.

Here are the 10 most popular stories on Lilburn Patch for the week ending May 10: 1. Frozen Pizza Brands Recalled Due to Possible Plastic Fragments Nestle USA has voluntarily recalled four different frozen types of California Pizza Kitchen and DiGiorno pizzas.

Kidnapping Attempt Reported Near First Baptist Church - Canton-Sixes Patch The Canton Police Department and the Cherokee Sheriff's Office are on the hunt for a man who allegedly attempted to kidnap an adult from the First Baptist Church in Canton.

Mountain View High School Teacher Accused of Sexual Assault - Dacula Patch A Mountain View High School teacher is facing a charge of sexual assault in connection with an alleged inappropriate relationship with a student.

A 30-year-old man and his girlfriend stabbed and choked his grandfather to death, then rode around metro Atlanta with the elderly man's body in the back of a pickup truck, police say.

Man Killed in Whitlock Avenue Wreck - Marietta Patch Marietta Police are investigating a single vehicle fatality accident on Whitlock Avenue at Winn Street that occurred at 1:42 a.m. on Wednesday, May 8. Marietta Patch has more details on the accident .

A Mableton woman allegedly threw a rock at a woman she believed to be a vampire.

A missing Lilburn man was found dead in Mableton tonight, and one of two people being held on a felony murder charge in connection with his death is his grandson.

Cobb County Police believe a man found dead in his truck Tuesday was killed by his 30-year-old grandson and that man's girlfriend.

Authorities have made two arrests in connection with the death of a Helen man. In a news release Friday, Helen Police Chief Jim Couch said arrest warrants were obtained for 21 year old Jason William Bowlen of Dallas, Georgia, and 52 year old James Patrick Thigpen of Mableton.

A Villa Rica man is accused of attempting to rape a Mableton woman, and assaulting one son who came to his mother's defense.

Root House Museum and Garden Annual Plant Sale When: Friday, May 3, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday, May 4, Where: Root House Museum and Garden , 145 Denmead St NE, Marietta, GA What: Cobb Landmarks' annual plant sale will be at The Root House Museum and Garden Friday and Saturday.

Cobb County is celebrating National and Georgia Historic Preservation Month in May, and East Cobb's Hyde Farm is taking part.

A Mableton man is accused of using a lighter in an attempt to burn a woman's feet and left knee.

Two separate armed robberies in Mableton during the past week have police investigators looking for clues.

Three men, one of them armed with a black semi-automatic pistol, robbed a Mableton gas station late Saturday, and the Cobb County Police Department needs your help.