Musician tracks stolen instruments to Marietta
A metro Atlanta musician says he’s thankful for technology after tracking down thousands of dollars worth of stolen instruments using Apple AirTags.
“My name is Dottie, and I’m in need of a loving home!”
The Cobb County Courier’s Cat of the Day, selected from the Cobb Animal Services Shelter website, is a female black/white 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...
Marietta honors Rev. Dr. Nelson Price with Roswell Street commemorative naming
MARIETTA — In the 35 years Rev. Dr. Nelson Price served Roswell Street Baptist Church, thousands of congregants drove into Marietta on Roswell Street to see the late pastor preach. Now, that same road — from Marietta Square to Cobb Parkway, by the Big Chicken — will bear his name as the “Rev. Nelson L. Price Memorial...
Police investigating deadly shooting that left woman dead in Atlanta
Witness accounts indicate she had been arguing with a man she knew over a barbecue grill in the moments before the shooting.
Georgia woman busted for posing as SLC sheriff’s office personnel in nationwide scam
ST. LUCIE COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) — A scam involving people pretending to be St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office personnel has come to an end with the arrest of a Georgia woman. The St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office (SLCSO) reported that Alisha Chejuan Ester, 47, from Douglasville, Georgia, was part of a sophisticated...
Principal Ousted After Blaming Black Students For School’s Academic Rating
A Dallas high school principal has been ousted after she reportedly singled out a group of Black students and blamed them for the school’s lower academic rating. According to The Dallas Morning News, Principal Chandra Hooper-Barnett called the group of Black students into a meeting, during which she allegedly said...
Gwinnett SWAT team captures Marietta murder suspect
A man accused of fatally shooting his stepfather at a Marietta apartment complex has been arrested by a SWAT team in Gwinnett County. Pharron Carlos Banks, 26, had been on the run since Monday night. He is suspected of fatally shooting his stepfather, 58-year-old Michael Jackson. Marietta Police officers responded to...
Scammer Impersonating Deputies Arrested in Jacksonville; Scheme Involved Multi-State Fraud
ST. LUCIE COUNTY, Florida – The St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a Georgia woman accused of impersonating law enforcement officers as part of an elaborate nationwide scam. Detective Reddler with the Sheriff’s Criminal Investigations Division identified and arrested 47-year-old Alisha Chejuan Ester of...
How you can help Georgians affected by the upcoming pause in SNAP benefits
Food banks in Georgia are preparing for a surge, and are asking for donations. According to the Atlanta Community Food Bank, every $1 helps provide 3 meals.
Video: After DUI arrest, chief forest ranger in northwest Georgia now off the job
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn — The chief forest ranger for a county in northwest Georgia is now off the job after his arrest on DUI charges this week. The Georgia Forestry Commission (GFC) confirms that it employed Carnell Bryant was the GFC Chief Ranger III for Bartow, Cherokee and North Fulton Counties.
