Marietta News

After 2 Years in Jail: Not Guilty, Not Bitter

MyATLtv.com - Thu Oct 09

He's not bitter. After two years in the Cobb County Jail awaiting trial for murder, then convincing a jury he could not have committed the crime, Mattrail Hooks is back home with his wife, Deven, and with their ...

State officials won't identify stations suspected of price gouging

The Times - Thu Oct 09

The state has subpoenaed sales records from nearly 150 Georgia gas stations that are suspected of price gouging customers in the aftermath of Hurricane Ike.

State merging 14 technical colleges

The Macon Telegraph - Thu Oct 09

Officials plan to merge 14 of Georgia's 33 technical colleges because of the worsening economic crisis.

Man beaten, dumped in Bibb

The Macon Telegraph - Thu Oct 09

Authorities in Bibb County and Marietta are investigating a violent carjacking Wednesday where a Rome man was kidnapped, cut in the neck and abandoned near a former public recreation park in east Bibb.

Some ballot initiatives deserve a YES vote

Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Wed Oct 08

Metro Atlanta voters will not only choose elected leaders on Nov. 4, they will also be asked to vote on a wide array of initiatives, from increasing taxes for certain projects to changing a form of government.

Georgia tells gas stations: Turn over sales records

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Wed Oct 08

Nearly 150 Georgia gas stations are having to defend why they charged inflated prices after hurricanes Gustav and Ike made fuel scarce in the past month.

Ga. teachers awarded 'Oscar of education'

Wgst.com - Wed Oct 08

A teacher at Rock-Chapel Elementary in DeKalb Co. and another at Sawyer Road Elementary School in Marietta were each awarded 25-thousand dollars after receiving one of the nation's top teaching awards.

Bill Bowick inducted into Georgia Radio Hall of Fame

Columbus Ledger-Enquirer - Wed Oct 08

Special to the Ledger-Enquirer Bill Bowick and wife, Catherine, pose at the Georgia Radio Hall of Fame ceremony in Atlanta.

Cobb official denies being a voodoo chiseler

Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Wed Oct 08

George Ann Mills, a practitioner of voodoo, simply wanted to be paid for her services.

Third pipeline was rejected

Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Wed Oct 01

Last year, the Colonial Pipeline Co. tried to get an OK from Georgia's legislature to fast-track construction of a new $2 billion, 460-mile fuel line from Louisiana to Cobb County.