Cobb County News

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.

If you are considering purchasing your first home, the Cobb County Cooperative Extension is hosting a free homebuyer workshop today.

An Acworth woman who worked at the Baker Road CVS Pharmacy has admitted to stealing thousands of prescription pills from her job and selling them.

Earlier this month, Around Town learned that longtime Cobb County Manager David Hankerson was one of three finalist for the same position in Fulton County.

Officials with the Cobb County Cooperative Extension Service and the Master Gardener Volunteers of Cobb County want to hear from community garden coordinators across the county.

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)

Nearly 2,800 people are set to gather in Jim Miller Park tonight to honor cancer victims and survivors and to raise awareness and money for a cure for the disease.

A missing 82-year-old man who never made it to a lunch gathering at a Marietta Piccadilly was discovered at a Lilburn church.

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.

When Derrell Lamar King was prohibited from taking his 5-month-old daughter, tensions escalated Friday inside a Powder Springs home.

An Austell man was arrested early Saturday in connection with the alleged sexual battery of a boy who lives at the Haven Heart Community Development Center .