Sherrard Marquise Brooks, a 24-year-old man from Austell, has been indicted by a Cobb grand jury on charges of murder and child abuse in connection to the death of his one-month-old daughter, Nevaeh Brooks. Smyrna police responded to alleged child abuse at Wellstar Kennestone Hospital in November 2021, where Nevaeh's mother, Alissa Marchand, had taken her. Nevaeh was found to have extensive brain hemorrhages and bruises all over her body. Brooks claimed his daughter had no visible injuries, but medical records showed otherwise. Nevaeh was pronounced dead in November 2021, and the Cobb County Medical Examiner's Office concluded her death was due to non-accidental trauma. Brooks is being held without bond at the Cobb County Adult Detention Center.
Derek Price II, a junior at Kennesaw State University, has received a prestigious Barry M. Goldwater scholarship for his academic excellence in science, mathematics, and engineering. He is one of 417 recipients chosen this year and the fifth KSU student to receive this honor. Price, a mechanical engineering major, has a strong passion for math and science, and his research in the field of aerospace engineering has been widely praised. He hopes to inspire the next generation of underrepresented students to pursue STEM careers and plans to continue his research in aeronautics, controls, and robotics at a national laboratory while pursuing a Ph.D.Top of Form
Chris Kirk, former Etowah High School and University of Georgia standout, is making his first appearance at the Masters since 2016. Kirk had struggled with alcoholism and depression and had to take time off to rehabilitate. He returned to the PGA Tour in 2019 and has since posted four top 10 finishes, currently sitting at seventh on the FedEx Cup points list and ranked No. 32 in the Official World Golf Rankings. Kirk won his first tournament in almost a decade at the Honda Classic and earned a spot in the Masters. This will be his fourth Masters start, playing with Abraham Ancer and Keegan Bradley on Thursday at 10:06 a.m.
Dr. Victor Bledsoe, pastor of Shiloh Hills Baptist Church, has named Sheila Langford as the principal of Shiloh Hills Christian School.
Langford, a Georgia native, received her bachelor’s in Education from Berry College in 1993. She earned a master’s degree in Educational Leadership from Jacksonville State in 2005. She recently earned a master’s degree in Biblical Studies from Moody Theological Seminary. She has dedicated 28 years to Christian education. She wrote “The Georgia Play,” where students learned and performed the history of Georgia. She also wrote a middle school curriculum that would guide 6th, 7th and 8th graders through the entire Bible in three years.
In its first public meeting before a city board, developer Bridger Properties received approval to convert a small parking lot at the Marietta Station office complex to a public plaza, and give a facelift to its stores along Church Street.
The city’s Historic Board of Review voted unanimously to approve the design at its Monday night meeting, with board member Chris Brown absent.
Bridger can now proceed with its plans to replace a 22-spot parking lot along the Mountain to River Trail into a park, and spruce up its Church Street properties with new paint, doors, awnings and other features. The developer has more dramatic plans to change downtown, however. Bridger, which owns more than four acres of downtown real estate, is looking to build a 135-unit, 84-foot-tall apartment building off Marietta Square. The historic board is scheduled to hear that proposal and vote on the apartment building’s appearance at its May 1 meeting.
The Cobb Planning Commission has delayed a proposal to build 20 homes on the site of a historic log cabin on Post Oak Tritt Road in east Cobb. The proposal by Kenneth Clary has been met with concerns from the public about maintaining the historical significance of the property, which includes the one-room log cabin, constructed in the early 19th century. The cabin is uninhabitable, but the historic preservation group Cobb Landmarks has been working to save it. The delay is due to a lack of information from the applicant, and the proposal will be heard at a later date.
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