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The father of a man whose dismembered body was found in a reservoir says he learned a lot about what happened to his son during a court hearing on Monday. But he told Channel 2’s Tom Jones that he still has many questions. Charles Parker was in a Douglas County courtroom when prosecutors detailed how his son, Jamal Par

ATLANTA - The man wanted in connection with a chilling mugging in Midtown Atlanta faces even more charges as police say he attempted to run from them. Phelan Thorpe, 30, was wanted for stalking and robbing a woman who had just stepped out onto the street from the Midtown MARTA Station.

In September, several packaging manufacturers and materials suppliers disclosed their intentions to close facilities and lay off employees in the coming weeks. Greif plans to close its Sweetwater paperboard mill in Austell, Georgia, by the end of this year, which will end the company’s production of coated recycled pap

SMYRNA, Ga. - A series of 911 calls revealed frantic moments before and after a woman's torso was discovered inside a plastic tub outside a Smyrna apartment complex. Shanteria "KT" Mosley’s mother called emergency dispatchers on Sept. 23 to report her daughter missing. Family members placed the call from...

ATLANTA - Atlanta police are investigating after a late-night dispute escalated into gunfire, leaving a 24-year-old man hospitalized with a gunshot wound on Rockmart Drive NW. Officers responded to a report of a person shot on Rockmart Dr. NW around 10:06 p.m. Sunday. When officers arrived, they located a 24-year-old..

About 40% of the 11 million people who live in Georgia have a criminal history. The team at Barred Business says that group has major voting power.

MARIETTA — The marquee project of Cobb County’s proposed 2028 Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax plan is a $174 million state court building officials say is necessary to address overcrowding, security concerns and the changing needs of a growing county. The estimated seven-story, 229,000-square-foot building would

A longtime voice in the Peach State has received a national honor for his distinct writing that forged a one-of-a-kind connection with readers. Times-Journal syndicated columnist Dick Yarbrough won the 2026 Carmage Walls Commentary Prize for personal interest columns, beating out writers from USA Today and the Minnesot

The Cobb County Courier’s Cat of the Day, selected from the Cobb Animal Services Shelter website, is a male orange tabby/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 Shel

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Police are asking for help finding a missing 13-year-old Norcross girl. Evelin E. Inestroza was last seen near her home on Gulf Terrace in Norcross around 5 p.m. on Sept. 29 getting into a blue Toyota Corolla. Inestroza was last seen wearing a...