Cobb County School Board Post 3 Candidates
There are two candidates for Cobb County school board Post 3: incumbent David Morgan and challenger Albert McRae. They engaged in a question and answer session at the 2016 candidate…
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Cobb County Superior Court judicial candidates
The judicial candidates for Cobb County Superior Court spoke at a forum organized by the Mableton Improvement Coalition and the Austell Community Taskforce on May 5. The superior court is…
2016 candidate forum for south Cobb — state court judges
A candidate forum was held at the South Cobb Community Center on May 5 to help residents of Mableton and Austell make informed decisions for the May 24 elections. The…
2016 Candidate forum for South Cobb — Part 1
A candidate forum was held at the South Cobb Community Center on May 5 to help residents of Mableton and Austell make informed decisions for the May 24 elections. The…
Four Atlanta Muslims
Aya Ben Abdellatif is an American. She was born in Columbus, Georgia, and grew up and attended school in Cobb County. Yet there have been times when people around her,…
Shoupade Park
The clear view of Atlanta’s skyline from the hill makes it obvious why it was valuable territory for desperate, retreating Confederate troops in the Summer of 1864. The hill is…
Smyrna Council Meeting shut down by protests on February 15
Angry protesters shut down the Feb. 15 Smyrna City Council meeting over the promotion of the police officer who killed an unarmed black man last March. Mayor Max Bacon tried…
Everything you ever wanted to know about kudzu
I’m a fan of what’s known as “long form journalism”. It’s the type of article that takes more than one sitting to read, unless you have a free afternoon. Unlike…
How did Cobb County get its name?
Cobb County, formed in 1832 after the Cherokee were expelled from their land northwest of present-day Atlanta, was named after U.S. congressman and U.S. senator Thomas Willis Cobb. Cobb was…