Cobb County’s government will receive over $147 million in direct federal aid from the American Rescue Plan Act, signed into law by President Joe Biden Thursday, and with more flexibility

Two local players were invited to show off their skills later this month at the NFL Combine in Indianapolis.

Sharife Cooper has earned another All-American recognition.

Jaiden Fields did not have the highest batting average on her team, nor was she was named the Region 6AAAAAA player of the year.

The Marietta school board has approved the purchase of 700 Wi-Fi hot spots and a six-month service plan to provide internet access to students who need it and are out

Jake Wray can now call Colorado home.

MACON – McEachern's boys basketball team completed its perfect season.

Marietta High’s football team must forfeit all eight of its wins during the 2017 season for having two ineligible players on the team.

McEachern point guard Sharife Cooper could have had his pick of teams in the Southeastern Conference, with Kentucky, Alabama, Vanderbilt, Mississippi and Mississippi State among those pursuing him.

MARIETTA -- Harrison Bailey threw for 301 yards and three touchdowns as the Marietta offense came to life late in the third quarter to pull away for a 38-17 win

Former Etowah High School star Drew Waters will get the chance to test himself against big league talent next month after receiving an invite to the Atlanta Braves’ major league

MARIETTA — A Cobb schools executive has been named one of the top 10 department directors in the nation in 2019 by Education Technology Insights.

Three hours before his senior prom Friday, Pebblebrook star Collin Sexton was in the gym practicing his shooting.

MARIETTA — Pope wanted to win its second state championship at Columbus on Saturday, but winning it at home on Monday made it even more special.

Former Pebblebrook High School and current Cleveland Cavaliers standout Collin Sexton teamed up with Foot Locker to surprise 20 high school student-athletes from across the country with $20,000...

ROME – Pope scored seven runs in the top of the seventh inning, punctuating a 10-2 win over Allatoona in the decisive third game of the Class AAAAAA state championship

Gary Varner built Allatoona’s football program from the ground up, turning it into a consistent winner and molding it into one of the best programs in the state.

ATLANTA – Each of the three main credit rating agencies has given Georgia a rating of AAA with a stable outlook, which will yield savings when the state sells bonds

ATLANTA — It has been a long time coming, but Marietta can once again call itself a champion.

For Pope’s Carson Kerce, the long journey he had as part of the Pope baseball team was a special one.

As a child, Ben Hull played football, basketball, soccer and baseball.

The Cobb County School District’s roughly 15,000 employees will have a bit more spending money this year after board members voted unanimously Thursday to amend their 2019 budget to include

Harrison will have a pep rally Thursday to commemorate the Hoya football team’s state championship victory.

After securing the Class AAAAAA state title last week against Allatoona, Pope’s baseball team rose to a No. 23 national ranking by MaxPreps and No. 19 by Baseball America.

Superintendent Chris Ragsdale has asked the Cobb school board to use $3.4 million from the district’s general reserve fund to pay certain employees, including after-school program and nutrition...

Officials from Atlanta United FC, including owner Arthur Blank, will be in attendance today when the soccer club officially opens its new training facility and headquarters in Marietta.

ATLANTA – Harrison coach Matt Dickmann took the podium and spoke highly of his quarterback, Justin Fields, who was named Player of the Year during Monday’s Cobb County Touchdown Club

ATLANTA — Georgia teachers stocking up on supplies for the new school year will get some help from the state.

CUMBERLAND — As the final holdover from Pope’s 2019 state runner-up team, Dawson Campbell made his impact clear from the first pitch to the last in the Greyhounds’ state championship

DACULA — Harrison had no problem reaching its first state championship game since 2000, romping undefeated Dacula 38-7 in the Class AAAAAA semifinals Friday.

After walking off the field following the Class AAAAAA state championship series at State Mutual Stadium in Rome, Max Praglo finished his high school career just short of his third

Not playing at the GEICO Nationals in New York did not prevent McEachern's boys basketball team from winning at least one national championship.

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The New York Giants got a tight end and a deep threat in one package in the NFL draft.

MACON - McEachern won its first boys basketball state championship Saturday behind an unblemished 32-0 record.

Pope shortstop Buddy Floyd was named Class AAAAAA Player of the year and Jeff Rowland was named Coach of the Year by the Georgia Dugout Preview Magazine after the Greyhounds

MARIETTA -- Pope never had a doubt.

POWDER SPRINGS — Hillgrove coach Byron Slack got his first victory at the Hawks’ helm Friday, and it came against none other than Powder Springs archrival McEachern.

CARROLLTON -- Walton won the boys title and Hillgrove clinched the girls crown to make it a sweep of Class AAAAAAA team titles for Cobb County on the final day

McEachern girls basketball coach Phyllis Arthur was in her element.

MARIETTA — Crystal Henderson’s 27-point performance lifted Kell to a 58-54 victory over Sprayberry in the girls Region 6AAAAAA championship game at Wheeler High School on Friday.

KENNESAW – Walton claimed its second state championship in dramatic fashion with an 8-7 victory in sudden-death overtime over defending champ Lambert on Saturday in the Class 6A/7A final at

Pope was the lone Cobb County softball team crowned state champion following the week’s action in Columbus.

Allatoona senior long-stick midfielder Danny Tesler won all 17 faceoffs he attempted in Allatoona’s 20-6 win over Buford on Friday in the Class A-AAAAA state quarterfinals.

KENNESAW -- When Caleb O'Neal came to Kennesaw State, he did not care what position he played.

South Cobb basketball coach Greg Moultrie had a feeling over the summer that his team could be special.

Harrison senior receiver Micah Davis has just as many special teams touchdowns as he does receiving touchdowns, with three apiece.

Kennesaw Mountain is bringing a familiar face back to campus, hiring Brian Fisher as its new boys basketball coach.

Pebblebrook senior forward Mervin James came through with the game-winning assist with 11 seconds left to lead Pebblebrook to a 76-73 win over Blanche Ely (Fla.) that sealed the Peach

Jarrett Guest was supposed to be on a pitch count. However, after four innings, he realized he was on pace for a no-hitter.

POWDER SPRINGS — As Matt Lazzaro threw a five-inning perfect game for Lassiter, the Trojans’ batters jumped on McEachern pitching for a 12-0 win Friday.

In just its third year of existence, the Kennesaw State University football team had its most successful season yet, finishing as one of the final eight teams in its division’s

Dozens of Cobb County police officers retook their oath of office Thursday, a gesture meant to show their opposition to police brutality that Chief Tim Cox likened to a couple's

Pope’s baseball program didn’t have to look far for its new head coach.

ATLANTA — Almost 60% of all new COVID-19 cases are now in Georgia’s K-12 schools, the state’s top epidemiologist saidTuesday.

MARIETTA — Ashton Lansdell says she is just one of the guys on the Wheeler baseball team.

Jaiden Fields’ softball career at Harrison may have ended, but her accomplishments over four years in a Lady Hoya uniform should stick around for a long time.

ACWORTH — Pope removed Allatoona from the ranks of the undefeated and created a tie for first place with the Buccaneers in Region 6AAAAAA with a 5-1 victory at Buccaneer

BUFORD — McEachern led Norcross 57-54 with 10 seconds left in the fourth quarter.

ROME — Pope took home it’s third state title on Monday afternoon thanks to two standout performances on the mound, a team’s worth of bad haircuts and a rubber chicken

EMERSON – After falling victim to a come-from-behind 8-5 win by Alpharetta in Thursday’s rescheduled Game 2 of the Class AAAAAA semifinals, the Buccaneers bounced back to win the decisive

Allie Dreyer finished with 80 goals and 16 assists, won 156 draws and caused 60 turnovers for Kennesaw Mountain’s girls lacrosse team this season — all while dealing with the

Allatoona senior attacker Carson Sorrells helped keep the season alive with five goals in the Buccaneers’ narrow 15-13 win over Cambridge in the second round of the Class 6A-7A state

POWDER SPRINGS -- After the Hillgrove baseball team’s run to the Class AAAAAAA state championship series in May, senior catcher Zach Stewart threw his team for a curve.

Kennesaw Mountain’s George Hansen earned the 400th victory of his coaching career Thursday when the Mustangs beat McEachern 3-2 in Region 3AAAAAAA play.

MARIETTA — A Cobb schools executive has been named one of the top 10 department directors in the nation in 2019 by Education Technology Insights.

MARIETTA — Crew members shooed residents and prevented photographs as a mystery movie production finished its final day filming on Marietta Square onTuesday.

Since Hillgrove began its baseball program in 2006, it has always been about consistency.

Andy Dorsey’s summers were spent at McEachern High School.

The 2018-19 McEachern boys basketball team was named one of the top 21 basketball teams of the decade by MaxPreps.

What will the excuse be today?

Cam Collier has no shortage of tools, and he displays them all around the diamond.

CARROLLTON — Harrison had been waiting a year for another shot at a state championship, and it earned that opportunity Saturday.

Cobb County’s Bryson Armstrong and Quay Holmes have been named 2019 HERO Sports Preseason All-Americans.

South Cobb’s boys basketball team is playing every game as if it was its last.

MARIETTA — Former athletes, coaches, colleagues and friends were moved to tears in the bleachers of Northcutt Stadium on Friday evening as they paid tribute to James “Friday” Richards, the

Five years after last winning the Directors Cup before handing it off to Lambert for a four-year reign, the trophy is back in Walton's grasp.

As the final strike crossed home plate in this year’s Class AAAAAA state championship series, Pope’s Dawson Campbell found himself sprinting in from the Truist Park outfield and launching himself

Harrison linebacker Marcus Bleazard had a breakout season in 2019.

Franklin Stephens officially became the new football coach at McEachern on Thursday.

Gov. Nathan Deal, elected in the aftermath of the Great Recession, is leaving office with Georgia in a much better place than he found it.

Former Pope wrestling coach Jim Haskin did everything possible to help promote wrestling in Georgia during his 30-year coaching career, and now he is going to get the ultimate recognition

CUMBERLAND – If there is one thing Chef Paul Wahlberg likes more than his Boston sports teams, it’s good food.

POWDER SPRINGS -- New McEachern coach Franklin Stephens said he was excited for the future after getting his first opportunity to watch his team play in a 7-on-7 tournament Wednesday

MABLETON — Niles Francis says though he couldn’t walk the stage this week, he’s proud to be graduating from South Cobb High School. But his path to graduation had a