The Cobb County government website posted the following update Wednesday to former BOC Chairman Michael Boyce‘s condition after his strokes and hospitalization: Former Chairman Mike Boyce continues to recover from…
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The Cobb County government website posted the following update Wednesday to former BOC Chairman Michael Boyce‘s condition after his strokes and hospitalization: Former Chairman Mike Boyce continues to recover from…
Dr. Michael Owens, Democratic candidate for Georgia Secretary of State, announced an impressive array of endorsements, including that of former Governor Roy Barnes. Owens, a cybersecurity expert and resident of…
By Abubakarr Jalloh, Hollins University [this article first appeared in The Conversation; republished with permission] From the earliest days of the pandemic, COVID-19 has wrought a far higher toll in…
Georgia Department of Transportation contractors will install lane closures on Powder Springs Road (SR 360) in Cobb County again this weekend, starting Friday, January 21, for their ongoing resurfacing project….
The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) announced that I-20 in Cobb County will have further overnight lane closures each night this weekend, from Friday night, January 21, through 6 a.m….
According to the report from the National Weather Service, it will be rainy in Cobb County on Thursday, with temperatures dropping to around 40. 7-day forecast The following is the…
By Rebecca Gaunt Mayor Derek Easterling delivered his seventh annual State of the City Tuesday, following the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new 42,000-square-foot recreation center at Adams Park. Easterling jogged…
The long-running road-widening on SR 360/Powder Spring Road will result in more daytime lane closures this Saturday, January 22. A press release from the Georgia Department of Transportation describes the…
By Rodney E. Rohde, Texas State University [first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Medical laboratory professionals form the backbone of health care and the public health system. They…
Cobb County has reinstituted its mask mandate for Cobb government buildings as the highly transmissible Omicron variant of COVID-19 spreads through the community. The Cobb courts have their own protocols…
According to Officer Chuck McPhilamy of the Marietta Police Department, two men, one 53 years old, the other 47, were arrested this morning while allegedly attempting to crawl through the…
We got a one-day reprieve from hazardous weather outlooks for Cobb County from the National Weather Service yesterday, but this morning they issued another one, although this one is pretty…
The City of Marietta announced on its website that registration is now open for the Gem City Mid-Winter Break Camp. Details are in the announcement reprinted below: MARIETTA – The…
By Richard Buning, The University of Queensland and Cassandra Coble, Indiana University [This article originally appeared in The Conversation. Used with permission] The Research Brief is a short take about…
According to the report from the National Weather Service, we’ll see sunny skies in Cobb County on Wednesday January 19, and for the first time in about a week, there…
The numbers in this report were taken from the Georgia Department of Public Health Daily Status Report, and from the summary posted on the CDC County View data tracker. Cobb…
by Max Blau [The article first appeared in ProPublica. Used with permission] ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like…
The West Cobb Senior Center will host a Money Smart lunch and learn 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. Monday, Jan. 24. The center is located at 4915 Dallas Hwy, Powder…
By Casey D. Cobb, University of Connecticut [first published in The Conversation, used with permission] When people run for school board these days, they often are motivated to campaign on…
Wellstar Health System issued the following press release about its MLK Day celebration, and to announce that Wellstar has added MLK Day to its paid holiday schedule. Marietta, Ga.(January 17,…