AUSTELL, Ga. - The city of Austell will make history when it welcomes its new top cop Friday. Chief Orrin Scott Hamilton will head the department at the first Black police chief in Cobb County history ...

Aries Jordan is behind bars facing multiple charges tied to the blaze, which broke out late Monday night. Lead pastor Raphael Grant said Jordan had previously sent threatening messages to his wife and ...

AUSTELL, Ga. — A series of public meetings regarding a proposed property tax increase for Austell homeowners got underway on Monday. Residents were able to weigh in on a plan to raise property taxes ...

Authorities are investigating a shooting in Austell as a murder-suicide involving a 19-year-old woman and a 24-year-old man. The Cobb County Police Department’s Major Crimes Unit is leading the ...

AUSTELL Ga — Cobb County police are actively investigating a homicide that took place inside a home in Austell this week, with the motive still unknown. The investigation began after Cobb 911 dispatch ...

AUSTELL, Ga. — A pickleball franchise is expanding to Cobb County. Pickleball Kingdom will open a new location at 3999 Austell Road, Suite 501, in Austell. The facility will be about 25,000 square ...

AUSTELL, Ga. — Residents in Austell woke up Tuesday with a new city property tax rate 158% higher than the one they had the day before. Hugging a railroad line on the western edge of Cobb County, ...

AUSTELL, Ga. — Two people are now in custody after a shooting inside an Austell repair store on Friday afternoon, according to the police department. It happened at the phone repair store on Austell ...

Austell City Council voted 5-1 to raise the property tax rate from 3.25 to 6.25 mills and add a new 2-mill fire tax, significantly increasing homeowners’ bills. The hike is expected to cost the ...

Greif to close two facilities, impacting 140 jobs, due to cost increases and declining demand. Production to cease by mid-2025. Greif, Inc., a leader in industrial packaging, announced the decision to ...