Marietta GA

The family of a woman who was shot and killed by a security guard on the campus of a Los Angeles college is filing a wrongful death lawsuit against the school, the shooting suspect, and other parties.

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - A state agency is now investigating allegations that a child ingested kratom at a daycare in Mableton. The Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning said it is looking into what may have happened at Bright Minds Learning and Childcare Center. The department said...

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - A new park in Vinings will honor a beloved Cobb County artist. The nonprofit Cobb Landmarks and Historical Society announced Monday that it had secured funding to create a new “pocket park” honoring the legacy of celebrated Black folk artist Nellie Mae Rowe.

The situation started when deputies went to serve a warrant at a home.

Daryl Lakeith Hackworth, 43, of Marietta, is accused of throwing a rock through the glass window on the front side of the Smoke 41 store at 349 Cobb Parkway, Marietta, on Aug. 8 at 2:41 a.m., according to an arrest warrant from the Marietta Police Department. The rock created a large hole in the glass window, with...

COBB COUNTY, GA — Two Georgia men wanted for the 2024 murder of Curtis Coleman have been arrested in Pennsylvania, according to law enforcement officials. U.S. Marshals took 21-year-old Jayden M. Hooks and 23-year-old Malik Drake into custody without incident. Both are facing felony charges of murder and aggravated...

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - Atlanta police said two people were shot in a northwest Atlanta neighborhood on Tuesday. Police said they responded to Emory University Hospital Midtown shortly after noon to speak with two gunshot victims, a 43-year-old man who was shot in his left arm and a 34-year-old woman who...

Norma Patton, testifying against her ex-son-in-law, Christopher Wolfenbarger, admitted she helped her husband, serial killer Carl Patton, dispose of bodies. But Wolfenbarger, not Carl, is charged with killing the Pattons' daughter, Melissa. (8/18/25)

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - A man accused of killing his wife and dismembering her body is standing trial 26 years after her murder. Christopher Wolfenbarger is facing murder charges in connection with the death of his wife, 21-year-old Melissa Wolfenbarger. Melissa’s dismembered remains were found in black...

ATLANTA, GA – Authorities have issued an urgent Amber Alert for two Florida children believed to have been abducted by their non-custodial mother and possibly en route to the Atlanta area. Children Last Seen in Riviera Beach, Florida. According to Riviera Beach Police, 3-year-old Aizon Turner and his 11-year-old...