Hunter Riggall

Athens, Atlanta

Reporter at The Marietta Daily Journal

Reporter @mdjonline

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Marietta Groups Helping Homeless Navigate Community Unease

1 week ago | mdjonline.com | Hunter Riggall

Hayward Bass insists it wasn’t his idea. Once the senior pastor of Shady Grove Baptist Church, he retired five years ago, but agreed to stay on part-time at the request of his successor. The church’s homeless ministry started with an outside group who, seeing the large homeless population along Bells Ferry Road in north Marietta, wanted to use Shady Grove’s kitchen to feed them, Bass said. Then other churches and organizations started calling, asking to lend a hand.
Cobb EMC Directors Look Back on Scandal, Discuss Looming Term Limits

2 weeks ago | mdjonline.com | Hunter Riggall

Cobb Electric Membership Cooperative has come a long way. For almost a decade, the electric co-operative was mired in scandal over the conduct of former CEO Dwight Brown, once described by auditors as an “autocrat” and “bully,” who engaged in “self-dealing and conflicts of interest.”Brown was accused of using the Marietta-based co-op as a personal piggy bank while ripping off member-customers and saddling the EMC with debt.
Cobb EMC CEO Talks Future of Energy

2 weeks ago | mdjonline.com | Hunter Riggall

Kevan Espy is looking forward. “You don't think about the past much, because our focus has always been on the membership,” said Espy, CEO of Cobb Electric Membership Corporation, in a recent interview. For the Marietta-based electric cooperative, that past is painful. In 2008, Cobb EMC was nearing its $125 million credit limit. It was stretched to its limits propping up a for-profit spinoff company, Cobb Energy, according to a 2015 internal audit.
Homelessness in North Marietta Impacts Residents, Businesses

3 weeks ago | mdjonline.com | Hunter Riggall

Two and a half years ago, Rebecca Doane and her husband bought a home for their growing family off Bells Ferry Road in north Marietta. Now, the family is planning to sell. They can no longer abide the large concentration of street homelessness in the neighborhood. “We don't want to live on this street anymore,” Doane said.
UPDATE: Rep. Seabaugh Takes Plea Deal in DUI Case

4 weeks ago | mdjonline.com | Hunter Riggall

ATLANTA — State Rep. Devan Seabaugh was fined and sentenced to community service after pleading guilty to two misdemeanors stemming from a 2024 car wreck. Seabaugh, a Marietta Republican, agreed to a deal with prosecutors which saw them drop DUI charges he faced. He pleaded guilty to failure to yield to a bicyclist and a “basic rules violation,” also known as driving too fast for conditions.
Rep. Seabaugh Takes Plea Deal in DUI Case

4 weeks ago | mdjonline.com | Hunter Riggall

ATLANTA — State Rep. Devan Seabaugh was fined and sentenced to community service after pleading guilty to two misdemeanors stemming from a 2024 car wreck. Seabaugh, a Marietta Republican, agreed to a deal with prosecutors which saw them drop DUI charges he faced. He pleaded guilty to failure to yield to a bicyclist and a “basic rules violation,” also known as driving too fast for conditions. Seabaugh declined to comment immediately after a Tuesday morning hearing in Atlanta Municipal Court.
Is Marietta a ‘Magnet’ for Homeless People?

1 month ago | macon.com | Hunter Riggall

Which came first, the chicken or the egg? That's the question residents have long debated about homeless people, and the services they receive, in the city of Marietta. The argument is simple enough, and goes as such: Marietta is a magnet for homeless people due to the services they can access in the city. In recent months, that point has been raised as residents complain about homelessness, and its associated crime and quality-of-life issues.
Is Marietta a ‘Magnet’ for Homeless People?

1 month ago | mdjonline.com | Hunter Riggall

Which came first, the chicken or the egg? That’s the question residents have long debated about homeless people, and the services they receive, in the city of Marietta. The argument is simple enough, and goes as such: Marietta is a magnet for homeless people due to the services they can access in the city. In recent months, that point has been raised as residents complain about homelessness, and its associated crime and quality-of-life issues.
Marietta Tiny Home Village for Homeless Families Hopes to Create a Model

1 month ago | macon.com | Hunter Riggall

MARIETTA - Tucked behind a retail warehouse in north Marietta is a 1.4-acre, triangular lot. It's believed to have once been home to a train depot. It later was state right-of-way, then city land, before being sold. Freight trains still rumble by, but all that remains on the property are weeds and a crumbling concrete foundation. In a matter of months, though, this abandoned patch of land could become a community. That's the vision of Molly Holm, who owns local gift company Glory Haus.
Marietta Tiny Home Village for Homeless Families Hopes to Create a Model

1 month ago | mdjonline.com | Hunter Riggall

MARIETTA — Tucked behind a retail warehouse in north Marietta is a 1.4-acre, triangular lot. It’s believed to have once been home to a train depot. It later was state right-of-way, then city land, before being sold. Freight trains still rumble by, but all that remains on the property are weeds and a crumbling concrete foundation. In a matter of months, though, this abandoned patch of land could become a community. That’s the vision of Molly Holm, who owns local gift company Glory Haus.