2018

Brian Quinones (center) stands with Georgia National Guard volunteers in front of the Habitat for Humanity home building project that will soon be his home in Austell, Ga., June 16, 2018 -- photo by Capt. Charlies Emmons

Austell June 18, 2018

National Guard volunteers build Austell vet house

This story was written from information contained in a press release written by Capt. Charlie Emmons, Georgia National Guard, and distributed by the Defense Visual Information Distribution Service. Twenty-eight volunteers…

Riverside Parkway road sign in article about homicde suicide at EpiCenter

Riverside Parkway June 17, 2018

We Thrive in Riverside hosts National Night Out

For the tenth year, We Thrive in Riverside Renters Association will host the National Night Out. The event will be held Sunday, August 5, 5-7 p.m. in the field in…

Cobb County, Cobb County Community Development June 17, 2018

Kevin Gobble named Cobb Development & Inspections manager

Kevin Gobble has been named the new Development & Inspections Manager for the Cobb Community Development Agency. Gobble comes to the agency from the Habitat for Humanity, where he served…

Billboard from atheist group with slogan "Supernatural Belief is the Enemy of Humanity"

Religion June 16, 2018

Atheist group erects billboard on Cobb Parkway

Atheist Billboard on Cobb Parkway at Roswell Road The Freedom From Religion Foundation, a national atheist, humanist, and freethought organization purchased space on a billboard on Cobb Parkway, 500 feet south…

Cobb County criminal justice system, Solutions Journalism June 16, 2018

Ex-offender obstacles to re-entering the job market

An ex-offender gets hired Stanley Robbins, 65, got his first job with the city of Barstow, California, in 1977. Robbins was an ex-offender, incarcerated for accessory to murder and first-degree…

Cobb County Police Department June 15, 2018

Sinkhole opens on I-285 off-ramp to Cobb Parkway

This tweet from the Cobb County Police Department says it all. A sinkhole on the off ramp from I-285 East to SB Cobb Pkwy has opened up. GDOT is aware…

Singer Songwriter Joe South and his wife Jan Tant (photo by Larry Felton Johnson)

Cobb County cemeteries June 14, 2018

Joe South: his final resting place at Mount Harmony Memorial Gardens (slideshow)

Joe South’s long career in music Joe South was born Joseph Alfred Souter in 1940. He grew up in the Adamsville section of southwest Atlanta. When he was twelve years…

Kennesaw State University buses -- in article about Kennesaw State Best for Vets

Kennesaw State University June 14, 2018

Pamela Whitten new KSU president July 16

Kennesaw State University announced Tuesday that Dr. Pamela Whitten has been named president of Kennesaw State University by the Board of Regents. She will start July 16. [Editor’s note: the…

Doorway to magistrate court, the court which conducts eviction hearings

Cobb County Courts, Magistrate Court June 13, 2018

Methamphetamine possession suspect in arrest at Oakdale and Buckner Roads bound over to Superior Court

During a probable cause hearing in the Cobb County magistrate courtroom of Judge Gerald Moore Tuesday, Justin Harper, 32, of Baxley, Georgia, was bound over to Superior Court for trial…

Cobb County Parks June 12, 2018

Naming of Cobb park on the Chattahoochee River postponed to get more community input

Park on Chattahoochee is still without a name At Tuesday morning’s Cobb County Board of Commissioners meeting, the controversial naming of a new park on the Chattahoochee River in South Cobb…

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