Russian forces are trying to block a city in eastern Ukraine, the region's governor said Saturday, after their relentless assault on a nearby city forced Ukrainian troops to begin withdrawal after weeks of intense fighting. Serhiy Haidai, governor of the Luhansk region, said on Facebook that Russian forces are attempting to blockade the city of Lysychansk from the south.
Jun. 25—Less than a year after the announcement that it would add 500 new jobs and invest $59 million into a new North American headquarters in Cobb County, Dutch logistics firm Vanderlande cut the ribbon on its new facility Friday. The new HQ, roughly 150,000 square feet in size, is the centerpiece of the company's 27-acre campus off Chastain Meadows Parkway, in the Town Center area. "For ...
Jun. 25—EAST COBBER magazine has a new owner and publisher. Laren Brown, a sales representative with the magazine for nearly a decade, was announced as the magazine's new owner and publisher Friday. The magazine's founder and current publisher, Cynthia Rozzo, made the announcement a month after announcing she would step down after 29 years. Brown said in a message posted to the magazine's ...
Jun. 25—MARIETTA — In the wake of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, the MDJ visited Marietta Square to hear what locals thought of the ruling. Kelly Hayden, a teacher from Marietta: "I'm pretty pro-life, being a follower of Jesus I want to make sure everyone gets taken care of, but it's really important to me that when the switch comes that those women who are in a place where they ...
The 24-year-old moves to the City Ground from Bundesliga side Union Berlin.
NEW BRITAIN - As Rodney Powell walked to the podium to accept an award, he told a story about an interaction between a Black student named Lakeisha and a white teacher. Powell, who was receiving the Paul Cuffee-John J. Johnson Award for his work as former president and COO of Yankee Gas Services and as former president of corporate citizenship for Eversource Energy, told a crowd of teachers, ...
For better or worse, Social Security is our nation's most vital social program. A recent survey from national pollster Gallup found that 84% of nonretirees plan to lean on Social Security as a "major" or "minor" source of income when retired. Considering how important the program is to the financial well-being of tens of millions of currently retired Americans, there's perhaps no announcement more universally awaited than Social Security's annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA).
Jun. 25—Georgia Bureau of Investigation Director Vic Reynolds, a former Cobb district attorney, has been appointed to the Cobb Superior Court bench by Gov. Brian Kemp, the governor's office announced Friday. Also appointed to the bench by Kemp was Deputy Attorney General Julie Adams Jacobs. Reynolds and Jacobs will fill vacancies created by the retirements of Judge LaTain Kell and Judge Mary ...
Jun. 25—The man accused of shooting and critically wounding a toddler June 17 inside a crowded home in Brunswick surrendered to police on Friday, said Angela Smith, assistant chief of administration for the Brunswick Police Department. Aaron Holland, 23, turned himself in at the Brunswick Police Department at around 10 a.m., ending a weeklong manhunt involving multiple law enforcement ...
Jun. 25—According to reports filed by police: Arrests Jessica Lane: Police responded late at night about a trespasser. The guy who made the complaint escorted police to the mobile home next door upon their arrival. He banged on the door. "Drew!" he said. Then he knocked on the back door. "Drew!" Drew answered the door. "Where's Blayden?" the guy asked Drew. "Right here," Drew said. And he was. ...
Jun. 25—Family, friends and community members said farewell this week to a beloved member of the health care and philanthropy community who helped shape the Wellstar Foundation: Sandy White. Born Sandra Lee Dove, White died on June 10 in the afternoon surrounded by her family at Wellstar Kennestone Hospital, an institution she helped support with her volunteer and philanthropic leadership as ...
Jun. 25—The driver of a tractor-trailer apparently fell asleep before rear-ending another tractor-trailer before dawn Tuesday on Interstate 95 in Glynn County, blocking northbound traffic and causing a minor leak of hazardous materials, according to a Georgia State Patrol report. No one was seriously injured, according to the report. The two tractor-trailers were traveling north on I-95 near ...
Jun. 25—MARIETTA — A hand count by Cobb elections officials Friday ended in a vote tally that fell just short of the tally counted on election night. In the race for the open Smyrna City Council Ward 2 seat, Latonia Hines squeaked out a victory over Natalie Keng in Tuesday's runoff. While the initial tally from Election Day gave Hines 203 votes to Keng's 188, the audit conducted Friday tallied ...
Jun. 25—For many who go into the ministry, the call comes early in life. But for the Rev. Scott Stanfill, it came after he already established a career. The Albany native and University of Georgia graduate earned a bachelor's degree in environmental resources with an emphasis in soil science. That led to work as an environmental consultant for a number of years. But throughout it all, the pull ...
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All you need to know about the main event and undercard
All you need to know about the main event and undercard
This is an awfully scary time to be a growth stock investor. It seems like hardly a day goes by when the most popular stocks don't move by 5% or more. Those moves have been to the downside so often that some of the best-performing stocks of 2020 and 2021 have lost over half their value.
All you need to know about the main event and undercard