“My name is Mel. Are you here to adopt me?”
The Cobb County Courier’s Dog of the Day, selected from the Cobb Animal Services Shelter website, is a female black/white pointer. 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 Catalog.
FOX 5 Storm Chaser tracks oncoming storms
The FOX 5 team is chasing severe storms as they move into North Georgia Wednesday evening. Here's what the team is seeing.
Flood Watch Remains in Effect for Cobb County Thursday Morning
Showers and thunderstorms will continue across north and central Georgia through this morning, bringing the risk of heavy rain, lightning, gusty winds, and localized flooding. A few storms across central Georgia could become strong to marginally severe, mainly south of the Americus-to-Dublin-to-Swainsboro corridor. A Flood Watch remains in effect for parts of north and central Georgia through this morning due...
Woman sitting inside parked car at Kroger in Decatur killed after driver slams into...
DECATUR, Ga. — A woman was killed and two other people were seriously injured Tuesday afternoon after a crash outside a DeKalb County grocery store sent a vehicle onto a sidewalk and into the building, according to police. Officers with the DeKalb County Police Department responded around 3:20 p.m....
GBI investigating Fulton jail after inmate’s limbs removed
Fulton County leaders and civil rights attorneys are calling for state intervention after an inmate lost his limbs following a medical emergency at the county jail.
Ground stop issued at Atlanta airport
Heavy rain and strong to severe storms are moving through the North Georgia and metro Atlanta area.
Atlanta-based journalist Brian Goldstone wins Pulitzer for spotlight on city’s ‘working homeless’
An Atlanta-based journalist is now a Pulitzer Prize winner for his analysis on the city’s “working homeless.”. On Monday, author Brian Goldstone was awarded in the general non-fiction category for his 2025 book, “There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America.”. “These are the...
Paper Gang Family members sentenced for drug trafficking in Atlanta
Antonio Pierre Ashmeade was sentenced Wednesday to 18 years in federal prison for his role in a major Atlanta drug distribution ring. Ashmeade was the last of 13 members and associates of the "Paper Gang Family" to be sentenced following a multi-agency investigation. Law enforcement seized 30 firearms and massive...
South Carolina-based BBQ chain abruptly shuts down all locations
Lines once stretched around the block for this award-winning barbecue restaurant, drawing tourists and locals eager for smoked whole hog and Southern sides. Now, one of the South’s most recognizable…
Lightning strike may be to blame for Roswell house fire
A neighbor says they saw a bright flash of lightning and stepped outside to find fire and smoke coming from the roof.
