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14-year-old girl last seen at Woodstock outlet mall located, police say
WOODSTOCK, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Woodstock police have found a missing 14-year-old girl. The Woodstock Police Department says Lior Robinson was located Monday at 2:30 a.m. No other information was provided.
BrandsMart USA Celebrates Grand Opening in Kennesaw
KENNESAW — Hundreds of people eagerly lined up outside of BrandsMart USA’s new Kennesaw location for its grand opening Saturday. The new store, located in the Cobb Place Shopping Center on Ernest Barrett Parkway, celebrated its grand opening with a ceremony and ribbon-cutting with local, state and federally elected officials as well as BrandsMart and The Aaron’s Company employees. Attendees Sharon and Larry Dover, of Kennesaw, stood in line for...
One dead, one arrested after Saturday shooting in Oakwood
A man is facing murder charges after a shooting that killed a man in Oakwood Saturday afternoon. A release from the Oakwood Police Department Sunday said officers were called to a home on Aster Place in the Prescott neighborhood off of McEver Road just before 4:45 p.m. Saturday to a report of a shooting. When they got to the scene, they found a vehicle that had crashed into the rear of a home on nearby Wild Berry Court.
Josh Pate's SEC Champion Prediction Will Shock Georgia Bulldogs Fans
With SEC Media Days now concluded, the college football season is right around the corner, bringing with it heightened anticipation. This season promises to be one of the most intriguing in some time, marked by significant conference realignment and the introduction of an expanded College Football ...
Georgia Quarterback Carson Beck Confirms Relationship With D1 Hooper And Social Media Star Hanna Cavinder
Carson Beck is just days away from the start of preseason camp as he looks to get Georgia back to the college football mountaintop after a one-year hiatus last year after an SEC Championship Game loss to Alabama kept them out of the College Football Playoff. And, he’s going to have a new, internet-famous, friend […] The post Georgia Quarterback Carson Beck Confirms Relationship With D1 Hooper And Social Media Star Hanna Cavinder appeared first on BroBible.
ACT Back-to-School Jam + cleanup in Mableton
Barry Krebs submitted the following reports and photos from two volunteer events in south Cobb: the Austell Community Task Force Back-to-School Jam, and a litter cleanup in Mableton organized by the First Christian Church Of Mableton along with the Lions Club and Friends Of Mableton. ACT Back-to-School Jam. Krebs wrote:
NFL Draft analyst compares Carson Beck to Eli Manning
NFL Draft analyst Daniel Jeremiah thinks very highly of Georgia quarterback Carson Beck. It is so much so that Jeremiah recently compared him to a former first-round draft pick, none other than Eli Manning. Jeremiah waxed poetic about Beck last week. In doing so, the longtime NFL Draft analyst compared...
Cobb Approves Acworth Senior Living Development
MARIETTA — This week, the Cobb Board of Commissioners approved a rezoning request 4-0, with Chairwoman Lisa Cupid absent, for an Acworth residential senior-living community. Creator’s Group Investments proposed a site plan for a senior residential living community of 39 homes on 11.8 acres at 2856 Wade Green Road, near the Shiloh Road Home Depot. The site plan also includes walking trails, a pavilion and sport courts. Earlier this month,...
UGA alumnus leaves $1.5 million estate gift for SPIA and Grady College
Joshua W. Jones, a University of Georgia graduate who died in 2023, left UGA a $1.5 million estate gift. The money will benefit UGA’s School of Public and International Affairs and Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication. Jones had been a member of the SPIA Board of Visitors...
Polite named new Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum
During the Thursday business meeting of the Troup County School Board, new superintendent, Dr. Rachel Hazel introduced the new Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum, Angela Polite. Her official title, once she begins work in August, will be Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction. “Just know that you can expect much from me. And I’m here to […] The post Polite named new Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum appeared first on LaGrange Daily News.
UGA adds new campus security measures
The University of Georgia is introducing several new campus safety measures, including increased lighting, emergency call buttons, Campus Safety Ambassadors and more. The university has invested $7.3 million in new security systems this year, adding to the more than $16 million spent over the past eight years on campus security, bringing UGA’s total investment in safety and security enhancements during that time to more than $23 million.
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