Marietta News

Marietta's unemployment rate fell slightly in April to 7.7 percent. Other Cobb County cities had similar reductions.

The City Council helped sweeten the pot for four businesses eyeing a move into the Kennesaw city limits, offering the owners reduced license fees, while the city's Downtown Development Authority tacked on other goodies.

Former Georgia Governor and attorney Roy Barnes held a news conference Thursday at his law office in Marietta to discuss the charges against his client, State Representative Tyrone Brooks, D-Atlanta. Former Georgia Governor Roy Barnes held a news conference at his law practice Tuesday afternoon in Marietta.

The Glow Band will continue the 2013 Glover Park Concert Series Friday, May 31 at 8 p.m. in and around the park in downtown Marietta, and you can reserve a front-row seat online .

Here are the latest updates on road work being done around Marietta and Cobb County, according to the Cobb Department of Transportation .

For kids and families who love water play, the Memorial Day weekend signifies the opening of a new summer season.

A tip led to the arrest of a Marietta man who allegedly grew 39 marijuana plants near a park in the Bartow County city of White, just outside Cartersville.

The public is invited to join the city of Marietta for the dedication of Joe Mack Wilson Park, 190 Roswell St., May 23 at 3 p.m. The park, at the corner of Anderson and Roswell streets , honors former Marietta mayor Joe Mack Wilson.

Marietta High seniors Wilson Wood, Dalton Bee, Kylie Guckian, Alexander Goolsby and Mary Louise Trippe were part of Wednesday's Marietta High Baccalaureate Service.

Students in the Transition Academy program at Pope High School gather in front of a mural they created, which contains 4,200 individual pieces.

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

Louise McCleskey McMurtry, a 79-year member of the Old Friendship Road Missionary Baptist Church in Powder Springs, and church pastor, the Rev.

Chief Dan Flynn said while on scene, investigators found that 18-year-old Jose Zamora was driving a 1999 Honda Civic north on Fairground.

Buying a new home or refinancing a house currently owned is something that a lot of Americans are going for.

A Marietta man is accused of stealing from his neighbors, who entrusted him with walking their dog while they were out of town.

Cobb County Police are investigating an armed robbery reported to have occurred at the Krystal's at 2929 Canton Road in Marietta just before 10 p.m. Tuesday.

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.

The Cobb Board of Commissioners on Tuesday approved a zoning change that allows St.

From left, LUNAFEST organizer Ursula S. Kelly, Trizae Barton, 11, and Good Acting Studio founder Michael Mario Good looks forward to this year's LUNAFEST Short Films Festival this weekend.

Bellamy Funeral Homes Gladys Hill : The 95-year-old of Cupertino, Calif., died May 9, 2013.