August 2018

Cobb County August 15, 2018

Senior Citizen Council of Cobb County luncheon and awards

The Senior Citizen Council of Cobb County will honor six Cobb citizens at a luncheon to celebrate National Senior Citizens Day. The event will be held next Tuesday, August 21,…

Cobb County Police Department August 15, 2018

C.H. James Parkway collision leaves Mableton man dead

According to a report from Officer Sarah O’Hara of the Cobb County Police Department, a fatal collision on C.H. James Parkway at Oglesby Road is under investigation by the department’s Selective…

The Home Depot store on Cumberland Parkway

Cobb County Business August 14, 2018

Home Depot earnings and growth up

The Home Depot earnings and sales in the second quarter of 2018 both increased over the same period last year. According to the company’s press release, sales were $30.5 billion for the second…

NancyJeanette Long smiling in front of her prizewinning painting, a portrait of a stocky dog with upright ears looking ahead skeptically

Art and Culture, South Cobb Arts Alliance August 13, 2018

South Cobb Arts Alliance award ceremony

The South Cobb Arts Alliance (SCAA) held the reception and award ceremony for its 31st annual Juried Award Exhibition. The theme for this year’s competition was “Sanctuary.” Atlanta artist Charles…

Candidate Matt Southwell standing against a brick wall

2018 elections August 11, 2018

Matt Southwell inspired to run by Bernie Sanders

Matt Southwell has always followed politics, but in early 2016 he was inspired by what he describes as a “cantankerous old man from Vermont” — Bernie Sanders to the rest…

Bob Ott at his swearing-in ceremony Dec 2016 -- photo by Larry Felton Johnson

Cobb County board of commissioners August 10, 2018

Bob Ott unloads on millage increase in newsletter

Cobb County District 2 Commissioner Bob Ott, in his periodic newsletter to his constituents, unloaded on the millage rate increase, which he voted against. He began by making a reference…

Cobb County Police Department August 10, 2018

Cobb County robbery suspects face additional charges

Cobb County robbery suspects Lashumbia Session, 38, of Marietta and Mykia Wilson, 37, of Kennesaw, already in custody on suspicion of armed robbery for an August 6 incident, have been charged…

Kennesaw State University August 10, 2018

Birton Cowden named KSU entrepreneurship research director

Birton Cowden has been named the first research director of the Robin and Doug Shore Entrepreneurship Center housed in Kennesaw State’s Michael J. Coles College of Business. Cowden is one of…

Walnut Circle road sign where a robbery near Hicks and Austell roads occurred

Cobb County Courts, Magistrate Court August 9, 2018

Suspects in robbery near Hicks and Austell roads bound over for trial

Two of the suspects in a robbery near Hicks and Austell roads were bound over to Superior Court for trial. After testimony from Detective J Cason of the Cobb County…

Guido Kerkhoff, Chairman of the Executive Board of thyssenkrupp in dark suit with red tie, in article about third-quarter loss in Industrial Services division.

Cobb County Business, thyssenkrupp August 9, 2018

thyssenkrupp chairman raises alarm bell with third-quarter loss in Industrial Solutions

The EU-based international conglomerate thyssenkrupp, which is planning a large facility near SunTrust Park in Cobb County, reported a third-quarter reduction in earnings Thursday, with revenue driven down by higher…

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Justice October 4, 2023

Graduation ceremony held for Cobb Drug Treatment Court participants

[Photo courtesy of Cobb County government] On Monday, October 2, the Cobb County Drug Treatment Court celebrated the graduation of a group of participants in the program attended by judges,…

Science and Technology October 4, 2023

Tenacious curiosity in the lab can lead to a Nobel Prize – mRNA research exemplifies the unpredictable value of basic scientific research

by André O. Hudson, Rochester Institute of Technology, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The 2023 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine will go to Katalin…

Cumberland October 4, 2023

Football, movies, music and more: the Battery Atlanta releases its October schedule

The Battery (Photo: Larry Felton Johnson/Cobb County Courier) The Battery Atlanta released its schedule for the beginning of the fall season. Events include Friday movie nights, an escape room, College…

U.S. Congress October 4, 2023

U.S. House votes to remove Kevin McCarthy as speaker

Photo Credit: Martin Falbisoner, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons by Jennifer Shutt, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] October 3, 2023…

Politics October 4, 2023

Reagan wouldn’t recognize Trump-style ‘conservatism’ – a look at how the GOP has changed

by Karyn Amira, College of Charleston, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] When Mitt Romney announced his intended retirement from the U.S. Senate on Sept. 13,…