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Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Cumming, GA – Residents across Forsyth County are being warned today after authorities reported a surge in phone scams involving callers impersonating sheriff’s deputies and demanding immediate payment....

A group of children managed a miraculous escape from the scene of a shooting Friday morning, that left four people dead in suburban Atlanta. Police in Gwinnet County responded to a shooting at a home in Lawrenceville around 2:30AM.

Cobb County Dept. of Transportation provides an update on county preparations ahead of the winter ice storm this weekend.

School districts are deciding on Monday changes ahead of the winter storm.

Daniel Luther Williamson, 24, of Powder Springs, is accused of becoming highly intoxicated on alcoholic beverages at a friend's birthday dinner on Jan. 18 at 10:07 p.m. at Hidalgos Mexican Restaurant, 3600 Dallas Highway, Marietta, according to an arrest warrant from the Cobb County Police Department. Williamson got...

Here is a list of a few things to do in Cobb County this weekend: Friday, January 23 to Sunday, January 25. Organize your pantry like a pro – 10 a.m. Friday, Jan. 23 at West Cobb Senior Center. For adults 55+ Register here. “Little Shop of Horrors” Musical...

Julian Sebastian Cronin, 30, of Richfield, Ohio, is accused of drug trafficking on Jan. 15 at 9:19 p.m., according to an arrest warrant from the Cobb County Police Department. Cronin departed the Chevron gas station, 2635 Delk Road in Marietta, in a black Nissan Frontier. Upon entering Delk Road, he failed to enter...

Tyrone Howard of Tampa, Florida is accused of joining three others to break into the Foot Locker and the NDM Market in Town Center mall, on June 20, 2025 at 11:36 p.m. while the businesses were closed, according to an arrest warrant from the Cobb County Police Department. The suspects breached through a roll-up door...

A Georgia State University study reveals over 4,600 people, including 1,635 children, are living in extended-stay hotels in DeKalb County, exposing a hidden homelessness crisis affecting vulnerable families.

Candace Elkins, a senior at Parkview High School, has been awarded the Legion of Valor Bronze Cross for Achievement Award from the Legion of Valor of the United States of America. Elkins serves as the Cadet Battalion Commander in the school’s Marine Corps Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (JROTC) and holds the...