2021 MLB All-Star Game: Cobb commissioner pleads for game to stay

After a union executive with Major League Baseball said players were ready to discuss moving the 2021 MLB All-Star Game out of Georgia in protest a controversial new election law, a Cobb County elected official is pleading for the game to stay.

First teachers, now a school district plans to start vaccinating students

First it was teachers and staff, now one local school district plans to start vaccinating students. It's the next phase of Marietta Schools plan to help those in the community get the vaccine if they want it.

Parents, some Board members still question Cobb Schools expenditures following briefing by scientist

Cobb County parents can't stop talking about Iggy, a multimillion-dollar aqueous ozone hand rinsing device. Aqueous ozone is a mixture of water and ozone and has been used to sanitize drinking water and food for years.

Former teacher, pastor sentenced to prison for molesting young Georgia relative

According to investigators, the Georgia man had abused his relative starting when she was 4 years old and continued to abuse her each time he saw her for a decade.

Georgia Tech professor indicted on visa and wire fraud charges

Officials say the professor tricked Georgia Tech to bring Chinese nationals to the United States to work at a partially state-owned Chinese company in New Jersey.

Man, child shot outside Cumberland Mall, police say

Cobb County police are investigating after a man and child were shot outside of Cumberland Mall early Tuesday evening.

Police: 26-year-old killed, 18-year-old hospitalized in Cobb County wreck

The Cobb County Police Department said a 26-year-old driver died when she was ejected from her vehicle during a Monday morning car wreck.

Kennesaw police investigating shooting outside bar

Police investigators determined an altercation inside the bar spilled out into the parking lot. 

Kennesaw police locate missing elderly couple

Police in Kennesaw said they located an elderly couple that was reported missing early Saturday morning.

Asian Americans say race can't be overlooked in deadly spa shootings

Some members of the Asian American community say race cannot be separated from the shootings at spas in Atlanta and Acworth. 

Metro Atlanta family part of Moderna COVID-19 vaccines for children

Moderna is conducting more clinical trials for a COVID-19 vaccine, but this time, for children. Thousands of children nationwide are part of the trial and a family in metro Atlanta is among them.

Atlanta-area spa shootings: Confessed shooter motivated by “addiction to sex,” officials say

Authorities in Cherokee County said 21-year-old Robert Aaron Long, suspected of killing eight and injuring one, confessed to all three shootings, one in Cherokee County and two in Atlanta.

Marietta PD: 3 involved in I75 crash hospitalized, 1 with life-threatening injuries

The Marietta Police Department said an Acworth resident being treated for life-threatening injuries at WellStar Kennestone Hospital after a Monday-night accident on Interstate 75 in Marietta.

Incredible Georgia girl earns highest Girl Scout honor, the Gold Award

A Smyrna ninth-grader has earned the highest Girl Scout award for creating math videos for sixth graders to help them during the pandemic.

Fulton County receives $3 million to combat HIV in metro-Atlanta

Fulton County leaders say one in 55 people in metro-Atlanta can contract HIV, but new funding from a federal program may help the county fight the disease better than ever before.