October 2019

2019 Elections October 3, 2019

Shontae Brown, candidate for Austell City Council

Shontae Brown, 29, is running for Austell City Council (Ward 2). Brown has lived in Austell for 8 years and said that her life in the community makes her the…

Cobb County Board of Education Chairman David Chastain (screenshot from the video proceedings of the board)

Education October 3, 2019

Updated: Racism cited as factor in Cobb BOE’s decision to stifle board comments

[Update: The Cobb County School District responded to our inquiries for this article after the article was submitted, but before it was published. As editor I should have caught that…

photo of Cobb Superior Court building from the front with a blue sky with clouds in the background

Cobb County October 3, 2019

Austell mother sentenced to 20 years in death of infant son

An Austell mother was sentenced to 20 years after pleading guilty to charges of involuntary manslaughter, cruelty to children in the second degree, three counts of heroin possession, and reckless…

Performing Arts Center at South Cobb High School (photo courtesy of CDH Partners, Inc.)

Education October 2, 2019

Architectural firm wins national award for performing arts center at South Cobb High

The architectural firm CDH Partners, Inc. announced in a press release that it received an Outstanding Award for excellence in educational facility design in the fall 2019 edition of Learning by Design, a magazine…

Detail of Cobb County Police Department STEP Unit vehicle in article about fatal accident on I-75

Austell October 2, 2019

Collision on Austell Road at Seayes results in death of Austell man

According to a public information release from Officer Sydney Melton of the Cobb County Police Department a collision on Austell Road on Tuesday resulted in a fatality. The department’s Selective…

Cobb County October 2, 2019

Cobb District Attorney Holmes issues statement on the capture of Richard Merritt

Cobb County District Attorney Joyette Holmes issued a statement on the capture of Richard Merritt, the disbarred attorney wanted in connection with the stabbing death of his mother in Stone…

2019 Elections October 2, 2019

Chris Djonis: candidate for mayor of Austell

Chris Djonis is running for mayor of Austell in the November 5, 2019 election. The incumbent mayor is Ollie Clemons, who is also a candidate. Djonis was defeated in the…

South Cobb residents hold up signs calling for the redevelopment of the long-vacant site of the former Magnolia Crossing apartment complex (photo by Larry Felton Johnson)

Cobb County October 1, 2019

South Cobb Redevelopment Authority criticized in public comments at BOC meeting

A group of South Cobb residents, activists and community leaders spoke during the public comment section at last week’s meeting of the Cobb County Board of Commissioners (BOC) expressing concern…

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