Cobb County mourning loss of officer killed in motor vehicle collision

Cobb County Officer Anthony Cantoral's death happened just days after he was named the First Responder of the Month for the county.

Cobb County police investigating suspicious death on Pat Mell Road

Cobb County police say they are investigating a suspicious death in the 200 block of Pat Mell Road near South Cobb Drive in Marietta area.

Convicted child molester banned from Cherokee County

A Marietta man will serve decades in prison and is banned from Cherokee County after he was found guilty of rape and child molestation.

Masked gunman threatens Marietta store owner's life over iPhones, cash

An armed robbery in the middle of the day in a busy shopping plaza in Marietta. The store owner who was held up at gunpoint says it was traumatic. 

Smyrna teen murdered after prom in Powder Springs

An after-prom party in Powder Springs ended in gunfire over the weekend. Now one Smyrna teen is dead and another is behind bars.

Cobb County father killed in hit-and-run, family still seeking justice

Cobb County police are still looking for the driver who hit and killed a man walking on the sidewalk, leaving him there to die. Meanwhile, the victim's family is trying to cope while planning his funeral.

Suspect arrested with meth, marijuana, and drug paraphernalia in Kennesaw

Police arrested David Taylor in Kennesaw with 129 grams of meth, significantly exceeding the 28-gram threshold for trafficking in Georgia.

'Slow down': Driver clocked going 94 mph on Smyrna road

Smyrna police are warning drivers to slow down after one of their officers clocked a car going nearly 50 mph over the speed limit,

Heroin, $261K in cash, guns seized in Cobb County drug bust

A traffic stop in Cobb County ended in a drug bust and the seizure of hundreds of grams of heroin and over $261,000 in cash, deputies say.

Former Cobb Sheriff's chief of staff found guilty of making false statements

A Cobb County jury has found Braxton Tyree Cotton, 44, of Mableton, guilty of making false statements and concealing a material fact in connection with a hit-and-run crash he reported in 2023.

Mother dead, 6 injured after fire breaks out at Marietta home

One woman is dead after a fire broke out at a Marietta home early Friday morning. Five others, including two firefighters, have been rushed to local hospitals.

Two women dead in suspected murder-suicide at Vinings apartments

Authorities in Cobb County are investigating a suspected murder-suicide after two women were found dead inside a Vinings apartment Thursday afternoon.

Firefighters rescue women from burning Powder Springs home

Firefighters found the woman unconscious in her bedroom while fighting the flames at home in Powder Springs.