Today's Headlines
Marine dies in wrong way driver accident
Officer Joe Hernandez said the accident happened Saturday afternoon a mile east of the Cobb-Douglas county line.

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Lamar's Clothing closing
after 60 years in Austell
AUSTELL - After 60 years in business, the family owned Lamar's Clothing in downtown Austell is going out of business.

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Questions remain
after pit bull attacks
COBB COUNTY - When a pit bull mauls a child or another dog, it makes the news, but many questions are left unanswered after the brutal incident. Are pit bulls in fact more dangerous than other dogs?

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DNA test leads to arrest
in '96 Kennesaw rape
MARIETTA - New DNA test results have helped Cobb Police reopen a cold case and charge a Georgia inmate with a rape that occurred 14 years ago.

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Phone towers at
school prompt unease
Parental concern over the possible negative health effects on students has Forsyth County Schools debating whether to allow the construction of cellular phone towers on school property in return for $450,000.

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Atlanta Braves team report
The Braves rotation may be set, but the bullpen? That's another story. Manager Bobby Cox and pitching coach Roger McDowell are confident enough with their starters to be able to more or less map out the season -- barring injuries -- slotting each one for an optimal start and figuring out rest days as the season winds down.

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Smith tries to cut off
2nd government check
Rep. Bob Smith may be the Maytag repairman of the Georgia General Assembly. He’s taken on the lonely task of trying to cut off the second government paycheck collected by some of his colleagues.

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More kids stick
with Buckhead schools
Parents living in Atlanta’s tony Buckhead have for years enrolled their children in the city's elementary schools, later opting for higher performing private middle and high schools. That left the North Atlanta area’s one middle and one high school underpopulated.

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Atlanta marked 2-year
anniversary of tornado
Sunday marks the second anniversary of the tornado that hit downtown Atlanta.

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Perdue tries goodwill to end water crisis
When Gov. Sonny Perdue pitches in this week to help Gov. Charlie Crist of Florida in his bid to become a U.S. Senator, the gesture may be about more than helping out a fellow Republican in a tough campaign.

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Fuel problems park
planes in Covington
Covington Municipal Airport has all the things of a typical small airport -- airplanes, pilots, taxiways and runways. But it's missing a key ingredient: fuel.

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Cox: Raise lottery ticket
prices for schools
State schools Superintendent Kathy Cox says lottery ticket prices should be raised to help pay for K-12 education in Georgia.

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Wendy's considers $1B bid
for CKE, owner of Hardee's
Nelson Peltz, owner of Wendy's/Arby's Group Inc. is considering a strategic $1 billion bid for CKE Restaurants Inc., the owner of Hardee’s and Carl’s Jr., the New York Post reports.

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State may seek sponsors
for great outdoors
High-profile Georgia companies soon may have an opportunity to put their brand on a Georgia park or wildlife protection program through a state-owned nonprofit foundation.

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Congress won't pay to close Gitmo, says Boehner
House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Cincinnati) called the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay a "world class facility," and said in an interview with CNN airing Sunday that closing it - a goal of the Obama administration - is not likely and that holding suspected terrorists there is appropriate.

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Do's and don'ts for filling
out your NCAA brackets
You watched nothing but basketball all weekend. You studied all the top seeds. You vowed to win back bragging rights from the marketing assistant who still won't let you forget that she finished ahead of you last March.

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