Family of APD detective named in Christmas murder-suicide breaks silence
The family of an Atlanta Police detective identified as the suspect in a Christmas murder-suicide near Piedmont Park is speaking publicly for the first time.
Police: Rideshare driver hit by stray bullet in Atlanta, drives himself to Grady Hospital
ATLANTA — A rideshare driver drove himself to the hospital after being shot while working, according to the Atlanta Police Department. On Jan. 1, around 1:00 a.m., officers were called to 562 Boulevard NE regarding someone being shot. When they arrived, they learned the victim had self-transported to Grady Hospital.
Here’s the Real Reason Folks in Atlanta Love Buddhist Monks Walking for Peace
A group of Buddhist monks traveling from Fort Worth, Texas, to Washington, D.C. has been winning over the hearts of thousands across the country. And after they spent New Year’s Eve in Atlanta, it’s safe to say they’ve won over the hearts of Black folks, too!. Suggested...
Driver killed after tractor-trailer hits guardrail, overturns along I-75 in Cobb County
The wreck happened along the exit ramp from I-75 at Wade Green Road just before 6 a.m.
Meth trafficking arrest follows undercover deal at Mableton Burger King
Jesus Alonzo Galarza, 35, of Austell, is accused of trafficking methamphetamine on Dec. 18 at 1 p.m. at the Burger King at 809 Veterans Memorial Highway in Mableton, according to an arrest warrant from the Cobb County Sheriff's Office. Galarza sold approximately 86 grams of methamphetamine to a Georgia Bureau of...
Georgia authorities arrest 10, seize enough drugs to ‘kill nearly 4 million people’
The operation targeted distribution across Paulding, Cobb, Douglas, Carroll, and Haralson counties.
“My name is Marshmallow. Are you here to adopt me?”
The Cobb County Courier’s Cat of the Day, selected from the Cobb Animal Services Shelter website, is a male white/tabby domestic short hair. The following information on this potential family member is copied and pasted from the Animal Shelters website. To see the original text visit this link to the Animal Shelter...
Appeals court rejects effort to expel Cobb County student over school shooting warning
A Cobb County middle school student will remain in the district, despite efforts to expel him by the Cobb County school board.
Rideshare driver injured during Friday morning shooting in Atlanta
ATLANTA - Atlanta Police are investigating a shooting that left a rideshare driver injured early Friday morning in northeast Atlanta. According to preliminary information, officers responded around 1 a.m. Jan. 2 to reports of a person shot near 562 Boulevard NE. Investigators learned the male victim had already...
DNA test helps Atlanta man reunite with long-lost father
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — It was a reunion decades in the making and nothing short of heartwarming. Seventy-one-year-old Calvin Cooper flew into Atlanta from Toledo to meet his son. A son he never knew existed. Thirty-three-year-old Tim Holloway, who lives in Atlanta, had uploaded his DNA to...
