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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - Several people were arrested after a search warrant operation turned into a SWAT standoff at an Austell home on Thursday night, according to Cobb County police. The incident happened at around 8:25 p.m. as the Marietta-Cobb-Smyrna Narcotics Task Force combed through a home in...

The intersection of Windy Hill Road and Interstate 75 northbound is currently shut down.

Power has been restored at the Cobb County Adult Detention Center after a brief outage Thursday morning. The power in the jail was cut due to a blown switch during scheduled overnight maintenance, a spokesperson for the Cobb Sheriff’s Office said. A Georgia Power crew came onsite and had restored full power across...

Jerry Herndon, 52, of Marietta, is accused of throwing a rock through the front glass door of a closed Chevron gas station at 1501 Roswell Road in Marietta, on July 24 at 3:26 a.m. After Herndon broke the door, he unlocked and opened it, according to an arrest warrant from the Marietta Police Department. Herndon is...

GEORGIA — Two men were killed Thursday night after being struck by vehicles while trying to cross Interstate 85. According to police, the incident occurred around 9 p.m. in the southbound lanes near Buford Highway. A 51-year-old man and a 49-year-old man were attempting to cross the interstate when they were hit....

Kenneth Holmes, 47, of Marietta, is accused of fleeing from a lawful traffic stop by police in a 2015 white Chevrolet Spark and striking a gold Toyota Sequoia occupied by two people on July 24 at 5 p.m. at 31 Cobb Parkway SE in Marietta, according to an arrest warrant from the Cobb County Police Department. After...

Officers received a call just before 1 a.m. about shots fired at the Cheetah Lounge on Spring Street.

A narcotics raid in Austell turned dangerous Thursday night when a suspect allegedly opened fire on officers before barricading himself inside the home. 🔍 What Happened: The Marietta-Cobb-Smyrna Narcotics Task Force was executing a search warrant at a home on Eugenia Place SW around 8:25 p.m. when a man allegedly...