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Kennesaw's Southern Museum Hosts 'Southern Spirits' Gala July 3 with Live Bluegrass and Fireworks
Get ready to raise a glass and salute to America – Southern style. The Southern Museum in partnership with the Kennesaw Museum Foundation is slingin' not just some good ol' education on July 3 but a heaping portion of Americana with their Southern Spirits event, as reported by the Southern Museum's website. Who wouldn't want to have a blast with some live bluegrass, fried food, and a front-row seat to the fireworks?
Corey Heim shows immense maturity at Charlotte, despite loss, disqualification
For a 21-year-old, Corey Heim is mature as they come, especially behind the wheel of a racecar. The Marietta, Georgia, native didn't win Friday's NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at Charlotte — he finished last after being disqualified in post-race inspection — but the way he handled the race itself was a thing of beauty. Here is the rule that shows three missing or loose lug nuts is a DQ. Heim was DQ’d from truck race tonight. pic.twitter.com/g3CD2L9nfV— Bob Pockrass (@bobpockrass) May 25, 2024 Heim qualified second on Friday, starting alongside his TRICON Garage teammate, Tanner Gray. It didn't take long for Heim...
1910 in Marietta: a con artist jailed, then released, in bizarre forgery case
Flim flam artists have fascinated the public, at least since their exploits were featured, in sometimes exaggerated ways, by pulp fiction writers and tabloid journalists in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Today, I found the story of a forger arrested and released in Marietta. As editor and publisher...
Events and Happenings: The Week of May 27
Annual Daylily Show and Plant Sale The Cobb County Daylily Society will have its annual Daylily Show and Plant Sale on June 1 at Marietta First United Methodist Church, 56 Whitlock Avenue in Marietta. Daylilies will be sold in the parking lot from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. or until all daylilies are sold. The Daylily Show will begin at 1 p.m. in the Family Life Hall. There will be...
Cobb Solicitor Focused on Youth Support and Accountability Courts
MARIETTA — Cobb Solicitor General Makia Metzger said just days after her election victory two years ago that she planned to bring “fundamental changes” to the office. In an interview with the MDJ this month, Metzger, whose office primarily handles misdemeanors and traffic citations, said she has kept her promise, and that it’s paid off for her employees and the county. The first challenge for the Democrat who took office...
Campus News: The Week of May 25
Meera Prajith of Kennesaw was among the over 465 graduates who earned master’s and doctoral degrees at the University of Scranton’s graduate commencement ceremony on May 19. Prajith earned a Master of Accountancy degree in accounting analytics.On May 10, the following local students were among the over 300 Piedmont University graduates: Tyler Roon of Acworth; Sarah Brooks, Michaela Hicks, Hayleigh James, Kelvin Lopez and Susan Munoz, all of Kennesaw; Owen Helgesen, Eric Penland and Schuylar Willis, all of Marietta; Monica Gambrell and Jack Gilsenan, both of Powder Springs; and Lyndsey Klempay of Smyrna.Terrell Ard of Acworth was among the 557...
2 Indicted for Having Rifle on McEachern High Campus
A Cobb grand jury indicted two 18-year-olds accused of bringing a rifle onto the campus of McEachern High School late last year. Brendan Andino of Douglasville and Ruben Cumberlander of Powder Springs were indicted as co-defendants on charges of carrying weapons within certain school areas, disrupting public school and loitering. Cumberlander is also accused of involvement in a fight in Powder Springs earlier this month that left 19-year-old Fabrice Robelin...
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