Cobb County News

A burglar broke into a couple's Cobb County home Monday morning, stole the usual collection of valuables that burglars usually take -- and, sadly, stole much, much more.

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.

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

The Georgia Supreme Court has ruled in favor of WellStar and one of its local doctors and against a Newnan man who lost his wife to ovarian cancer in 2010.

A Northeast Cobb man has been arrested in connection with a brush fire behind an Acworth business.

A Smyrna man has been arrested in connection with the rape of a 7-year-old girl.

The sounds of banjos, guitars and accompanying voices will once again stake their claim in Floyd County this week.

Rejoice, disc golf lovers. The Frog Rock Disc Golf Course at Austell's Louise Suggs Memorial Park is complete.

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.

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

The Cobb County Board of Education on Thursday approved a fiscal year 2014 budget that includes five furlough days for teachers and staff, a reduction of 182 teaching positions through attrition, a half-year step increase for employees and taking $41 million from reserves to reach a balance.

A warrant has been issued for the arrest of a Kennesaw man who allegedly choked, punched and suffocated a woman who is four weeks pregnant with their child.

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.

Lawrence Street Recreation Center Recreation Coordinator Dunican Caselberry supervises a game of basketball after school in the center's gymnasium.

Workers with Skin Cancer Specialists in Marietta offer free skin cancer screenings during a past Information Fair.

Updated 5 p.m. Bennett was released from the hospital and taken to the Bartow County jail by 4 p.m., according to sheriff's office Sgt.

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.

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

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.

Four people, including one man from Powder Springs, have been arrested on drug-related charges after police found more than seven pounds of marijuana in their Kennesaw Extended Stay America Hotel room.