Poison control warns of children eating laundry detergent pods

Packaged in bright colors and smelling sweet, it's easy for small children to mistake it for candy. Manufacturers are putting concentrated laundry detergent into small pods, and though the packages carry warnings, the pods are being eaten by children. "She was throwing up, she was crying, she had detergent all the way down her body. It was not good," said parent Jessica Sutton. Sutton, who lives ...
http://www.wsbtv.com/news/news/poison-control-warns-children-eating-laundry-deter/nPCpp/

Published: Wed, 23 May 2012 14:45:01 -0700

Downed power lines blocking Cobb road

Downed power lines have affected all lanes of Veterans Memorial Highway in Mableton Wednesday afternoon.
http://www.11alive.com/rss/article/240362/3/Downed-power-lines-blocking-Cobb-road

Published: Wed, 02 May 2012 11:33:49 -0700

Georgia Associated Press Association Awards

The 2011 Georgia Associated Press Association Awards were presented Saturday at the group's annual meeting and awards lunch in Macon. Entries published in 2011 were judged by AP member newspaper editors in Illinois.
http://www.wrcbtv.com/story/18562589/georgia-associated-press-association-awards

Published: Sat, 19 May 2012 11:59:21 -0700

404 Gold and Coin Buyers of Marietta, Georgia Expands its Gold and Coin buying business to the affluent Northern ...

404 Gold and Coin Buyers, Atlanta’s premier buyer of Gold and Silver Jewelry, Gold and Silver Coins, Diamonds and Sterling Silverware, has expanded its Gold and Coin buying business to the affluent Northern Atlanta suburb of Alpharetta, Georgia. Located in the heart of the Alpharetta’s major thoroughfare of Windward Parkway and Alpharetta Highway, 404 Gold and Coin Buyers is convenient and ...
http://news.yahoo.com/404-gold-coin-buyers-marietta-georgia-expands-gold-100233223.html

Published: Wed, 09 May 2012 03:04:53 -0700

Activist lauds Board of Commissioners role in ICE program

Immigration enforcement activist D.A. King, founder of the Cobb-based Dustin Inman Society, praised commissioners for becoming the first county or city government in Georgia, and one of 10 nationally, to join U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s ICE Mutual Agreement between Government and Employers progra
http://mdjonline.com/bookmark/18690803

Published: Tue, 22 May 2012 22:06:11 -0700

Lee apologizes for 'spoiled brats' comment

Apology for earlier statement comes at a Mableton town hall meeting.
http://mdjonline.com/bookmark/18597356

Published: Mon, 14 May 2012 21:34:07 -0700

Georgia police: Arrest made in beating death of Marine

MARIETTA - Cobb County police say a man has been charged with murder in the March beating death of a former Marine found unconscious in an apartment complex parking lot.
http://www.accessnorthga.com/detail.php?n=248137

Published: Tue, 01 May 2012 09:31:47 -0700

Supporters rally for local in illegal immigration fight

MABLETON — A Pebblebrook High School graduate is getting support from the Cobb County community in his immigration battle. Praying, holding candles and waving signs in support, 20 people had a vigi...
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Published: Fri, 18 May 2012 21:36:31 -0700

New wrinkle develops in map fight

MARIETTA — The struggle to get a new redistricting map for Cobb County has hit a new snag. The attorney who has filed suit against the Cobb Board of Commissioners to obtain a map that reflects the ...
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Published: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 21:21:08 -0700

Arrest made in beating death of Georgia Marine

MARIETTA - Cobb County police say a man has been charged with murder in the March beating death of a former Marine found unconscious in an apartment complex parking lot.
http://www.accessnorthga.com/detail.php?n=248131

Published: Tue, 01 May 2012 06:46:47 -0700