This is an update of an article originally published in the Courier in April of 2016. Since then, another park was developed that also includes Shoupades: Discovery Park on the…
[This is an expansion of an article and slideshow we originally published in 2018. We’ve added information and a few photos from a later visit to the cemetery. Be sure…
[This is republication of an article originally published in the Courier in June of 2017 edited and slightly expanded] If the first owners of automobiles in Cobb County wanted to…
by Larry Felton Johnson Reading old newspapers has always been an interest of mine, and with the development of the Georgia Historic Newspapers website I’ve been like a kid in…
According to a public information release from Officer Chuck McPhilamy of the Marietta Police Department, a 33-year-old Smyrna man was arrested and charged with drug trafficking after being pulled over…
[Riverview Memorial Park (photo by Larry Felton Johnson)] by Larry Felton Johnson This is a resurrected article touching on the history of Cobb County. We’ve decided to revive, and often…
[Entrance to the Hooper-McWilliams cemetery (photo by Larry Felton Johnson)] The Hooper-McWilliams Cemetery began on the property of Cobb County resident Thomas Hooper, one of the first European-American residents of…
The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) announced lane closures on I-75 near Smyrna and Vinings from Friday evening, August 4, through Monday morning for bridge preservation work. The GDOT public…
The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) announced lane closures on I-75 near Cumberland Blvd. starting this evening: Friday May 12.. The GDOT press release described the scope and schedule of…
On Sunday, April 16, Connect the Comet set up a table on the Silver Comet Trail roughly midway between the spur trail that begins at the East West Connector near…