Condemned murderer Willie James Pye is scheduled for execution by lethal injection at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, March 20, at the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson.
A judge sentenced a 61-year-old man to life without the possibility of parole for the June 2022 death of a gas station owner during an armed robbery attempt in Acworth.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is investigating an officer-involved shooting between Marietta and Smyrna at the request of the Cobb County Police Department.
Cobb County Superior Court Judge Kimberly Childs has sentenced an 18-year-old to life in prison without the possibility of parole plus 20 years after pleading guilty to malice murder and violating the street gang terrorism and prevention act.