Marietta GA

Property owners in Kennesaw could see a higher tax bill next year under a proposed increase approved for public review by the city council.

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. - Jail officials and the medical examiner are investigating the death of a 73-year-old man who suffered a sudden medical emergency inside the DeKalb County Jail in Decatur on Friday. What we know:. Jail medical personnel and emergency medical services administered immediate aid to John Parazzo after.

Growing up four hours inland, I believed good seafood required a plane ticket. Shrimp came frozen. Crab arrived in cans. Then a college roommate from the coast invited me home one weekend, and her father set a bag of steamed oysters on the porch table. That evening rearranged my priorities...

Atlanta officially wrapped up its month-long FIFA World Cup celebration Sunday with the “Celebration of Soccer & Sound” festival at Piedmont Park that also marked a historic milestone for the city.

Atlanta’s soul runs through its kitchens — crispy fried chicken, creamy mac and cheese, slow-simmered collards, cornbread that soaks up pot likker, and peach cobbler that tastes like Sunday supper. In historic neighborhoods like Sweet Auburn and Castleberry Hill, that tradition has long lived in small, family-run spots

Several new dining concepts were revealed by WhatNow last week, adding even more variety to metro Atlanta’s restaurant scene. The upcoming openings range from burger joints and Brazilian steakhouses to European cafés and specialty coffee shops. Upcoming Restaurant Openings in Atlanta. The metro Atlanta area is welcomin

[This is an evergreen article that we periodically update and republish, first published in the Courier in May of 2024]. Trains played a very important part in Cobb County’s history, and the county still has active lines of the two largest freight haulers: CSX and Norfolk Southern (the subject of a proposed merger with

Alley Stage, a popular comedy club off Marietta Square, is launching its first slate of comedy classes in August. The club’s inaugural lineup will feature five classes teaching improvisation and stand-up comedy skills to teens and adults in the community. Classes will run for one month from early August to September, b

Monsoon-fed storms dumped sudden, torrential rain on the Atlanta metro early Sunday, turning low-lying streets into rushing waterways and blindsiding drivers who found themselves surrounded by fast-moving floodwater. Circulating clips from the chaos show vehicles stalled in waist- to chest-deep water as crews pulled mo

Investigators have identified 1983 Everglades murder victim Shelia Ann Nichols of Georgia through DNA and now urge public tips to help solve the decades-old homicide.