Georgia–Florida Weather Alert: Cold Rain Targets Atlanta and Jacksonville March 11-17, 2026 as Milder...
Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Atlanta, Georgia – A damp, cooler pattern is lining up across Georgia and northern Florida ahead of St. Patrick’s Day, with repeated rounds of rain and daytime temperatures running below the typical...
Residents at Cobb apartments say trash hasn’t been picked up in months, but they’re...
Piles of trash scattered around a Cobb County apartment complex have residents furious.
Maintenance worker accused of stealing appliances, TV from Acworth apartment
Renfro Jousha Core, 36, of Kennesaw, is accused of unlawfully entering an apartment at 5200 Cardinal Way in Acworth, in the Laurel Glen Apartments complex, on Feb. 6 at 8:50 a.m., according to an arrest warrant from the Acworth Police Department. Core, while employed as a maintenance employee, was not acting within...
A sample of gasoline prices around Mableton in photos
The average cost of a gallon of unleaded gasoline in Georgia passed the $3.00 mark yeterday, driven by the unfolding war in Iran. As of the publication of this news brief, AAA calculates the average price of a gallon of unleaded gasoline in Georgia at $3.13. Here in Cobb that...
Body of missing Atlanta-area fisherman found off Alabama coast
DAUPHIN ISLAND, Ala. (Atlanta News First/WALA) — The body of an Atlanta-area fisherman who went missing off the Alabama coast has been found, the U.S. Coast Guard said Wednesday. The Coast Guard told Atlanta News First sister station WALA that they got a call Tuesday morning from a friend...
Atlanta traffic stop turns into drug bust, loaded firearm found
ATLANTA - A traffic stop in southwest Atlanta turned into a drug bust last week after officers searched a vehicle and found promethazine, oxycodone, marijuana and a loaded firearm. What we know:. Officers pulled over a vehicle in the 700 block of Michael Langford Drive SW on Feb. 26 for...
Man traveled to Atlanta for cocaine before I-85 drug bust, deputies say
A man is facing drug trafficking charges after authorities say he traveled to Atlanta to get a large amount of cocaine before being stopped along Interstate 85.
Atlanta Parents Say Sham Funeral Fundraiser Boasted $16,000 That Never Existed
An Atlanta family says an online copycat hijacked their tragedy, falsely showing that roughly $16,000 had been raised for their 13-year-old son's funeral, money they never saw. Mason Towler, 13, was struck on Interstate 75 near Cleveland Avenue on Jan. 29, 2026, and his parents, Salena Holmes and DeMarko Towler, say...
Woman Claims TSA ‘Forced’ Her to Go Through Airport Security Scanner, Allegedly ‘Destroying’ Her...
In a complaint filed on Feb. 18, Kerri Thomas claims she felt "shock and immediate pain" while walking through the scanner at the Atlanta airport in May 2024
Meth trafficking charges filed after Kennesaw traffic stop
Jennifer Erin Rich, 47, of Covington, and Bryan Caleb Owen, 57, of Monticello, are accused of trafficking approximately 2,300 grams of methamphetamine on Feb. 11 at 10 p.m. at the intersection of I-75 and Wade Green Road in Kennesaw, according to arrest warrants from the Cobb County Sheriff’s Office. Rich was...
