Students return to school in Marietta, superintendent urges drivers to slow down for safety
As student returned to school in Marietta, Superintendent Grant Rivera and district bus drivers urged drivers to slow down this school year.
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Back 2 School: 11 more districts head to class on Tuesday
Count on Channel 2 Action News This Morning starting at 4:30 a.m. for full “Back 2 School” coverage, what families can expect and the impact on traffic for everyone.
By Courtney Martinez, WSBTV.com, Michele Newell, WSB-TV Cobb County Bureau Chief, and Steve Gehlbach, WSB-TV
Cobb superintendent talks school safety, AI and Trump’s Wheeler visit as classes begin
Each school now has K-9s capable of detecting firearms and explosives.
18-year-olds charged with beating two turtles to death
Police said the video shows the accused teens walking along a trail to get rocks after they dragged the turtles from a lake by a fishing line.
Metro Atlanta school district opens second career academy
High school students will soon have more career options before they even graduate.
Cobb County nearly doubling the size of animal services building
Cobb County officials are planning a new $65 million Animal Services building.
Man beaten by 12 people, including 14-year-old, after fender bender, police say
Police said a fender bender led to an armed robbery when 12 people, including a 14-year-old, physically assaulted a man.
Stranger tries to run over woman 3 times while she exercised
A woman hid behind a dumpster after a driver attempted to run her over three times during a workout at Sedgefield Apartments.
Mom uses gas pump to stop suspected kidnapping attempt caught on video
New video shows the moment police say a man tried to kidnap a stranger’s child at a metro Atlanta gas station.
DEA seizes 280 pounds of meth, fentanyl in multi-county drug bust
A DEA raid near a Cobb County high school uncovered 7,000 grams of meth and led to federal charges against three suspects.
