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Man receives three life sentences for 2021 Kennesaw golf shooting

February 2, 2024 Special to Sightseers’ Delight

A 26-year-old man has received three life sentences after pleading guilty to a 2021 shooting at a Kennesaw, Georgia, golf course.

Bus tour highlights history of the Western & Atlantic Railroad

March 11, 2022 Railfanning.org News Wire

Todd DeFeo, founder of The DeFeo Groupe and the publisher/editor of Railfanning.org, will lead a bus tour of the historic Western & Atlantic Railroad on Saturday, April 2.

Georgia museum to display rare locomotive on Aug. 1

July 24, 2020 Railfanning.org News Wire

The Southern Museum of Civil War & Locomotive History will host a rare Glover Machine Works locomotive for five hours on Aug. 1.

McCollum Field honored with 2015 General Aviation Project of the Year award

October 26, 2015 Express Telegraph

The Georgia Airport Association recently awarded Cobb County International Airport-McCollum Field with the 2015 General Aviation Project of the Year award.

Kennesaw wants Texas locomotive moved to museum

April 14, 2015 The Travel Trolley

City officials here are apparently hoping one of the historic locomotives made famous during a daring Civil War event is relocated to Kennesaw.

Is there any good pizza in Cobb County, Ga.?

August 29, 2011 The Travel Trolley

Cobb County may not be Brooklyn, but there are a number of local pizza joints in Cobb County worth checking out.

Big Shanty Festival draws thousands

April 18, 2010 The Travel Trolley

KENNESAW, Ga. – From arts and crafts to funnel cakes to clogging, there was a little bit of everything on display during the 34th Annual Big Shanty Festival. “The weather couldn’t be any better,” the Marietta Daily Journal quoted Kennesaw Mayor Mark Mathews as saying. “I think everybody is having a great time.” Upwards of 50,000 people were expected to attend the two-day festival, which wrapped up today. “The festival is a great way to

Teens Struck by CSX Freight Train in Ga.

March 13, 2010 Todd DeFeo

One teenager was killed and another was sent to a local hospital after they were struck by a CSX freight train early this morning, Cobb County police said.