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Douglasville Kennesaw Mableton Marietta Rome Smyrna / Vinings Woodstock Search Welcome Menu Log in Contact us Community Home HS Sports Schools Crime Families Moms Pets Events Restaurants Businesses Deals! Cobb teen indicted in step-cousin’s stabbing death Submitted by Keith Whitney , 11Alive Reporter Friday, January 29th, 2016, 12:42am ACWORTH, Ga.Olivia Smith remains in the Cobb County jail Thursday night without bond. The 18-year-old is facing, among other things, felony murder and malice murder for killing her step-cousin in cold blood. Read More View Comments | Post a Comment Share: Man in critical condition after officer-involved shooting Submitted by 11Alive News Staff Sunday, January 17th, 2016, 12:12am ACWORTH, Ga. — A metro area man is in critical condition after he was shot in the chest by a police officer during a Friday night traffic stop, according to officials. An Acworth Police spokesman confirmed the information with 11Alive News on Saturday. Read More View Comments | Post a Comment Share: Cherokee Co. man stabbed while children slept Submitted by 11Alive News Staff Tuesday, January 12th, 2016, 1:13am ACWORTHA 22-year-old man from Cherokee County died from stabbing injuries early Sunday after a domestic dispute broke out at a mobile home park. Cherokee County Sheriff’s officials are investigating the incident, which happened around 12:30 a.m. at the Hidden Falls mobile home park in Acworth. According to reports, Sheriff’s deputies found the victim, 22-year-old Jayquan Smallwood, with multiple stab woulds to the chest inside the home of Acworth couple, Nolan and Jessica Hoad. Investigators said Smallwood rented a room from the Hoads’ home, where they lived with their three children. Nolan’s brother, Cloyse Hoad, and his mother, Emily Pomeroy, were also visiting at the time of the incident. Read More View Comments | Post a Comment Share: GBI names man killed in Bartow Co. deputy-involved shooting Submitted by 11Alive News Staff Saturday, January 9th, 2016, 7:34pm ACWORTH, Ga.The Georgia Bureau Investigation is naming the man who was killed in an overnight deputy-involved shooting in Bartow County. Read More View Comments | Post a Comment Share: ’Hoverboard’ sparks fire in Ga. Ritz Carlton Submitted by 11Alive News Staff Thursday, December 31st, 2015, 11:38pm GREENE COUNTY, Ga.It’s one of the hottest gifts to hit shelves this year but the latest incident with a "hoverboard" in a Georgia hotel shows that some can get a little too hot. The device looked anything but new when authorities responded to the Ritz Carlton in Greene County, Ga. There, they found the burning remains of a hoverboard and a damaged hotel room. While these boards don’t actually hover, they do allow the rider to glide around various surfaces on two wheels guiding the device with minor shifts in weight - and the aide of a battery to run all the high-tech equipment within. The sheriff’s office is still working to discover exactly how the device caught fire, but around the country they have recently come under heated scrutiny due to blazes originating from the power source. Read More View Comments | Post a Comment Share: Kids help police develop sketch of man who exposed himself Submitted by Julie Wolfe , 11Alive Reporter Thursday, December 31st, 2015, 12:37pm ACWORTH, Ga.After a man exposed himself to three children, they described his SUV and helped police develop a sketch. Read More View Comments | Post a Comment Share: Teen accused in fatal stabbing: ’God made me do it’ Submitted by 11Alive News Staff Thursday, December 17th, 2015, 6:28pm COBB COUNTY, Ga.An 18-year-old woman accused of stabbing her step-cousin to death in Acworth told neighbors God made her do it, according to court testimony. Olivia Nicole Smith was in court for a probable hearing on Thursday. She’s accused of stabbing 17-year-old high school Abbey Hebert to death in her front yard on Nov. 14. Family members were crying as Smith was brought into court, 11Alive’s Valerie Hoff reports. Both young women were close friends and step-cousins. They reportedly had a sleepover after a football game the night before the crime. PHOTOS: Acworth teen stabbed to death Read More View Comments | Post a Comment Share: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 … next › last » Events Last Laugh! 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