Portillo’s opens first Georgia restaurant, marking 100th location
KENNESAW, Ga. - Portillo’s, the Chicago-style restaurant chain famous for its hot dogs and Italian beef sandwiches, is making its Georgia debut with the grand opening of its 100th location in Kennesaw. Portillo's opens 100th location in Georgia. What we don't know:. The new restaurant is located along Barrett...
Cobb OKs $108k for MUST Ministries warming shelter
MARIETTA — As temperatures start to dip, the Cobb County Board of Commissioners has extended its agreement with a local homeless shelter to provide warming shelter services through the winter. The board voted 3-2 Tuesday, with Commissioners Keli Gambrill and JoAnn Birrell opposed, to allocate $108,000 to MUST...
Sandy Springs police officer terminated after allegedly using city’s Flock cameras for personal gain
Sandy Springs has terminated Reserve Sgt. Francis Esposito, after an internal investigation, was found to have used the city’s camera system for personal gain and may have engaged in corporate espionage.
The cost to remove boot from car could increase in Marietta
The cost to remove a boot from a car in Marietta could soon increase, as city council members consider a proposal to raise the fee from $50 to $75.
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...
