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Photos: The Big Chicken through the years
The Big Chicken KFC in Marietta has stood in Cobb County since 1963.
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The Big Chicken is a Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant in Marietta on February 2, 2011. The landmark features a 56-foot-tall (17 m) steel-sided structure designed in the appearance of a chicken rising up from the top of the building. It is located at one of the city's biggest intersection of Cobb Parkway (U.S. 41) and Roswell Road (Georgia 120).
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Photos: Need to ‘grieve out loud’? Atlanta’s wind phones will take your call.
Woodruff Park's latest public art display — “The Space Within” — is designed to inspire reflection and inner peace.
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'No body' homicide cases in Georgia
A look at some of the Georgia homicide cases that have gone to trial despite investigators not finding a body.
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PHOTOS: Falcons work overtime in Germany before losing
The Falcons lose to the Indianapolis Colts, 31-25, at Olympic Stadium in Berlin, Germany, on Sunday, Nov. 9, 2025.
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Photos: Georgia Veterans Day Parade in Midtown Atlanta
The 44th Annual Georgia Veterans Day Parade took place in Midtown on Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025. The Theme for this year's event was "Honoring Women in Uniform."
