Cobb County News

Becky Padgett, Douglas County Board of Commissioners office receptionist, empties used paper from her work station into a collection bin for recycling.

Cobb County police are investigating the Tuesday afternoon armed robbery of a bank near Marietta.

The covered bridge in Cobb County reopened Friday morning after a driver smashed a truck into the entrance of the bridge and then got his too tall U-Haul truck wedged tight inside the historic bridge.

A Marietta neighborhood was on edge Tuesday night after a man was shot to death.

Cherokee County officials say a dispute over cab fare led to two people being arrested.

Robin Manley said before Mulberry Creek subdivision flooded in September it was a nice neighborhood.

A Cobb County police officer who was the dealer at a Smyrna poker game resigned Wednesday, one day after an undercover operation broke up the illegal game, police said.

Police in Tennessee arrested a teen wanted in the shooting death of his cousin in Cobb County on Tuesday.

A Cobb County man died Tuesday evening after being shot during an argument. Officers were called to a home in the 100 block of Long Drive S.W. near Marietta shortly after 5 p.m., Cobb Police Sgt.

Georgia's Department of Transportation is reported to be planning an announcement about an ambitious project to build toll lanes along Interstates 75 and 575 in Cobb and Cherokee counties, north of Atlanta.

Police are searching for a Cobb County inmate who escaped Monday while working a detail at a Smyrna park.

The Cobb County Police Department said they are looking for a man who robbed a Subway restaurant of money, a sandwich and a drink.

Four people are recovering from minor injuries after a driver crashed into a restaurant in west Cobb County.

Cobb County police are investigating the Thursday night robbery of a Dunkin' Donuts in Kennesaw.

A pastor's wife was robbed of the church offering at a Mableton and investigators released video that they say might help them catch the thief.

The Cobb County Board of Education approved a contract with T-Mobile to erect a 150-foot cell tower at Eastvalley Elementary School even though the neighbors are adamantly opposed and have filed a lawsuit to stop it.

Many Cobb County homeowners say they'd like the county to buy their flood-damaged homes, but a county official says it's impossible to accommodate all of them.

In response to a public outcry by frustrated flood victims, Cobb County government has begun posting online the status for rebuilding individual properties.

Kids who come to Cobb County's Safepath are going through the worst days of their lives.

Dozens of Cobb County residents packed into Thursday night's school board meeting to voice their opposition to a cell phone tower.