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 In this photo provided by Japan Coast Guard, debris believed to be from a U.S. military Osprey aircraft is seen off the coast of Yakushima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture in Japan Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023. A crew member who was recovered from the ocean after a U.S. military Osprey aircraft carrying six people crashed Wednesday off southern Japan has been pronounced dead, coast guard officials said.

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Air Force identifies the eight US crew lost in Osprey crash in Japan

Air Force Special Operations Command has identified the eight service members lost when their Osprey aircraft crashed off the coast of Japan last week. The crew ranged in ages from 24 to 36 years old and came from eight states, including U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jake M. Turnage, 25, of Kennesaw, Georgia.

December 05, 2023
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Emma Hunt at the world championship.

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‘I couldn’t believe it’: Kennesaw State University student makes 2024 Olympic speed climbing team

Emma Hunt, a Kennesaw State University exercise science student, has qualified for a spot on the speed climbing team at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.

 

September 05, 2023
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  • Ambria Burton
The Kennesaw State University research team.

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New tech tools developed by Kennesaw State University will aid Cobb County with mental health calls

A research team at Kennesaw State University, one of Georgia's largest universities, is developing new systems and software to help Cobb County first responders appropriately manage mental health 911 calls.

 

August 21, 2023
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  • Ambria Burton
Basketball fans.

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'I'm very proud of us': despite NCAA loss, Kennesaw State students optimistic about team's future

In honor of Kennesaw State’s men’s basketball team's first NCAA Tournament for the first time, the university hosted a watch party Friday for their Division I tournament against Xavier University.

March 17, 2023
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  • Ambria Burton
Fans react to the game at the Kennesaw State University Convocation Center.

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Kennesaw State brings rags-to-riches story to 1st NCAA party

Kennesaw State is officially accepting bandwagon fans as the latest NCAA Tournament Cinderella team. Few teams have landed in March Madness with more compelling rags-to-riches credentials.

March 14, 2023
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Debbie Hamby, 66, casts a ballot at an early voting site in Acworth, Ga., on Friday, May 6, 2022. Hamby, a nurse from Kennesaw, Georgia, says she believes in-person voting is more secure and supports limits on mail ballots.

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In early primaries, voters favor polling places over mail

Tens of millions of people in the United States opted for mail ballots during the pandemic election of 2020. This year, voters in the early primary states are returning in droves to in-person voting. In Georgia, early in-person voting is shattering records.

May 16, 2022
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  • Associated Press
A sign in the ground outside a home in Cobb County on Feb. 14, 2022 encourages residents to vote in favor of creating the city of East Cobb. It's one of three cityhood referendums coming up in May in Cobb County that follow the election of three Black women to the county commission in the 2020 election, giving Democrats a majority on the commission for the first time in decades.

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Georgia cityhood push divides: White flight or self-rule?

Georgia's Republican-controlled state Legislature has passed legislation that would give three mostly white areas of a metro Atlanta county the chance to form their own cities this year. Critics see a racial and political backlash.

March 04, 2022
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  • Associated Press
People demonstrate in Las Vegas on Friday, June 19, 2020, to mark Juneteenth.

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Political Rewind: 156 Years Later, Juneteenth Receives Bipartisan Backing To Become Federal Holiday

Thursday on Political Rewind: The bill to establish Juneteenth as a federal holiday now awaits President Joe Biden’s signature. After Biden's signature, June 19th will officially become a federally recognized holiday commemorating the emancipation of slaves in the United States.

June 17, 2021
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  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Emilia Brock ,
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Cobb police responded to an attempted robbery at Town Center at Cobb on Thursday afternoon.

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Armed Robbery Attempt At Town Center Mall: 'We All Prayed And We Just Stayed Quiet'

Police responded to an armed robbery attempt at Town Center at Cobb, commonly known as Town Center Mall, in Kennesaw on Thursday afternoon — a tense scene that sent shoppers scrambling after gunshots rang out.

May 06, 2021
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  • Sarah Rose
Rosanne Boyland of Kennesaw

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Kennesaw Woman Who Died Amid D.C. Chaos Was Among Trump's 'Biggest Fans'

Rosanne Marie Boyland of Kennesaw had grown increasingly excited to support the president she loved, and upset over the election she perceived as stolen. By Wednesday night, she was dead amid the chaos that unfolded in the nation's capital.

January 08, 2021
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  • Wayne Drash and
  • Sarah Rose
The Kennesaw City Council and Mayor Derek Easterling listen to public comments on a resolution to replace the Confederate flag from the historic downtown area.

Kennesaw City Council Votes To Replace Confederate Flag Downtown

Former Kennesaw City Council member Jimmy Dickens stood in front of the city council Monday night with a plea for its members and the mayor. Across the...

June 16, 2020
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  • Sarah Rose
Protesters kneel outside of Wildman's Civil War Surplus in Kennesaw on Sunday.

Protests Around Confederate Store Reflect A Changing Southern City

Driving through the historic part of Kennesaw’s downtown area, Wildman's Civil War Surplus store has always been hard to miss. Several iterations of...

June 13, 2020
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  • Sarah Rose
Marjorie, a longtime Kennesaw resident, carries a revolver. She says she once pulled it from the holster when she felt threatened by a stranger.

In Some Georgia Cities, A Requirement To Bear Arms

Since more than a million people demanded stronger gun control laws in the March for Our Lives, many local governments have proposed tougher...

April 16, 2018
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  • Leah Fleming ,
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Kennesaw State University: Cheerleaders Who Knelt For Anthem To Be On Field

A Georgia university which moved its football cheerleaders inside a stadium tunnel after a group of black cheer squad members knelt during the national...

November 09, 2017
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  • JEFF MARTIN and
  • Associated Press
This Sept. 22, 2016 file photo shows the screen of an electronic voting machine during testing at the KSU Center for Election Systems.

Georgia Attorney General Quits Defense In Server Wiping Case

The Georgia attorney general's office will no longer represent the state's top elections official in an elections integrity lawsuit filed three days...

November 02, 2017
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