Marietta Daily Journal

01/16/2026

Flag football has been added to the NCAA’s Emerging Sports for Women program and four other women’s sports were elevated to championship sport status.

Flag football has been added to the NCAA’s Emerging Sports for Women program and four other women’s sports were elevated to championship sport status. Flag football has been one of

01/16/2026

Sen. John Albers, R–Roswell, encourages middle and high school students in the 56th Senate District to apply for the Senate Page Program. As a Senate page, students deliver important information to senators on the chamber floor and serve as messenge…

Sen. John Albers, R–Roswell, encourages middle and high school students in the 56th Senate District to apply for the Senate Page Program. As a Senate page, students deliver important information

01/16/2026

Sen. John Albers, R-Roswell, recently rebuked Republican members of the Public Service Commission, accusing them of “not acting like conservative Republicans” by approving multiple power rate hikes.

01/16/2026

EAST COBB — Residents packed the Tim Lee Senior Center for the first of nine community education sessions on the county’s proposed 2028 Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax, or SPLOST, though the format of the meeting itself drew mixed reactions.

EAST COBB — Residents packed the Tim Lee Senior Center for the first of nine community education sessions on the county’s proposed 2028 Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax, or

01/16/2026

ACWORTH — Inside Acworth’s historic Roberts School, the city has opened its first ever community theater, providing a local space for the performing arts while also preserving the building’s history.

01/16/2026

Marietta Police have identified a 16-year-old suspect in a shooting outside of a Marietta movie theater on Powder Springs Street on Dec. 23.

01/16/2026

Bartlett held off a furious Wheeler fourth quarter rally to hold on for a 58-50 victory in the opening game of the Bass Pro Shops Tournament of Champions on Thursday in Springfield, Missouri.

Bartlett held off a furious Wheeler fourth quarter rally to hold on for a 58-50 victory in the opening game of the Bass Pro Shops Tournament of Champions on Thursday

01/16/2026

After more than two years of delays tied to redistricting and election scheduling, the Cobb County Board of Commissioners has approved changes to county precinct boundary lines in Marietta to match with municipal precincts adopted by the city during…

After more than two years of delays tied to redistricting and election scheduling, the Cobb County Board of Commissioners has approved changes to county precinct boundary lines in Marietta to

01/16/2026

MARIETTA — During his more than 13 years on the Cobb Superior Court bench, former Chief Judge A. Gregory Poole never tried changing his personality. Even as a Cobb Juvenile Court judge, Poole never wanted to be a judge people feared or loathed.

MARIETTA — During his more than 13 years on the Cobb Superior Court bench, former Chief Judge A. Gregory Poole never tried changing his personality. Even as a Cobb Juvenile

01/16/2026

Wheeler wing player Colben Landrew was named to the watch list for MaxPreps' 2025-26 National Player of the Year award.

01/16/2026

Kennesaw State football coach Jerry Mack was named the recipient of the Paul "Bear" Bryant Newcomer Coach of the Year Award.

01/16/2026

Joe Dendy, the former Cobb GOP chairman who was given a life sentence after pleading guilty in 2017 to sexually abusing children, is eligible for parole in May.