Student says she was handcuffed and detained for nearly three hours for not having...
A Clark Atlanta University student says a routine walk to class turned into a humiliating, hours-long detention, after she couldn’t produce her campus ID when a university police officer stopped her near campus. FOX 5 Atlanta reporter Annie Mapp, reporting live near CAU, said the student’s name is Sierra Morrison and...
Human skeletal remains found near Perimeter Mall, Dunwoody police say
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Human skeletal remains were discovered near Perimeter Mall on Wednesday, Dunwoody police said. Shortly after noon, a surveyor for a construction company found the remains on the ground in the woodline behind 233 Perimeter Center Parkway, a high rise down the street from the mall,...
“My name is Marci, and I’m in need of a loving home!”
The Cobb County Courier’s Dog of the Day, selected from the Cobb Animal Services Shelter website, is a female merle Catahoula leopard dog. 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...
Police: Austell man stabbed victim at Highland Hills Apartments
Miguel Angel Michaca, 25, of Austell, is accused of stabbing a man with a green and black knife in the torso area on Feb. 3 at 7:03 p.m. at an apartment at 6800 Landmark Way in Austell, in the Highland Hills Apartments complex, according to an arrest warrant from the Cobb County Police Department. Michaca is charged...
Georgia Officially Ranks As The #1 Most Stressful State To Drive In — Where...
We’ve got some very not-shocking at all news for ya, Atlanta: Georgia just ranked as the #1 most stressful state in the country to drive in, according to data from a new study conducted by A1 Auto Transport. And even though this might not be the most shocking news in the world, we do now have it officially on the...
Person shot in leg at Marietta shopping center, police say
MARIETTA, Ga. - Marietta police are investigating a late-night shooting at a Marietta shopping center that left one person hospitalized. Officers were called to Powder Springs Junction on Powder Springs Street around 11:15 p.m. Thursday after reports of gunfire. When they arrived, they found a 20-year-old male...
Southern Living names 2 Georgia grocery stores among most legendary
Some travelers collect postcards. Others stock up on snacks. Southern Living says two Georgia markets are so beloved they are worth planning a trip around, naming them among the South's most legendary grocery stores. The magazine highlighted the longtime favorites, praising their massive selections and hard-to-find...
Cobb woman faces long recovery after being run over at gas station
KENNESAW, Ga. - A Cobb County woman is facing a long road to recovery after a woman ran her over outside a Kennesaw gas station, narrowly missing her 12-year-old son. Chelsea Pruitt remains in the hospital with almost a dozen broken bones in her leg, hip, wrist, ribs and 3 fractures in her back.
Cobb County Real Estate: Weekly Bargain Listings and Deals
Each week, we use advanced search techniques and human follow-up to identify Cobb County residential prices listed significantly below comparable market values. And as usual, this week we found several detached homes and townhouses that look like great bargains.
Metro Atlanta DA says the county owes her money, so she’s suing
The county says she's a county employee, but she says she's a state employee.

















