2019

Smyrna Georgia community center in article about Smyrna Black Heritage Celebration

Smyrna December 31, 2019

Smyrna to host Black heritage celebration in February

Incoming Smyrna mayor Derek Norton and Ward 7 city council member Lewis Wheaton have announced that a Black Heritage Celebration will be held Feb. 15 at the city’s community center….

Powder Springs downtown park screenshot from City of Powder Springs website

Powder Springs December 29, 2019

Powder Springs residents can vote on name for new downtown park

The Powder Springs City Council is asking for resident input on the naming of the new downtown park, and there are three days left to cast a vote. An online…

paving equipement generating smoke and dust in article on weekly travel advisiory

Georgia December 28, 2019

C.W. Matthews awarded $13.9 million GDOT contract

Marietta-based C.W. Matthews Contracting Company, Inc. was awarded the largest contract within 23 construction contracts for statewide transportation projects totaling $58,459,454. The bids were received on November 22, and the…

Cobb County Police Department Crime Scene Unit vehicle

Cobb County December 28, 2019

Multiple injuries in gunfire on Ridenour Parkway

Gunfire on Ridenour Parkway Friday afternoon resulted in injuries to multiple victims. None of the injuries are thought to be life-threatening at this time, but four people, all in their…

Welcome to Cobb County brick sign at Henderson Road on Veterans Memorial

Cobb County December 28, 2019

The Cobb County Courier’s top 10 stories of 2019

There are four days left in 2019, but I feel pretty safe in predicting the top ten stories of 2019 won’t be supplanted by anything we publish in the next…

Cobb County December 27, 2019

Joyette Holmes will be featured speaker at Senior Citizen Council of Cobb County annual meeting

Cobb County District Attorney Joyette Holmes will be the featured speaker at the annual meeting of the Senior Citizen Council of Cobb County. The meeting will be held on Friday,…

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

Cobb County December 26, 2019

UPDATED: Pedestrian killed on South Cobb Drive

The Cobb County Police Department issued the following update for this story about the pedestrian killed on South Cobb Drive: The pedestrian was identified as 49-year-old Jennifer Denise Evans of…

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

Austell December 23, 2019

Two consecutive life sentences for man convicted of rape of child in Austell

Cobb County District Attorney Joyette M. Holmes announced in a public information release that an Atlanta man convicted of raping a child in Austell has been given a sentence of…

Linda and Ben Brackner in the Green Room, with ongoing work to the unfinished space in the background

Art and Culture, Food December 23, 2019

The Green Room — a new restaurant and music venue coming to Veterans Memorial Highway

For Linda and Ben Brackner The Green Room is an obvious labor of love. The upcoming restaurant and music venue will be located at 1391 Veterans Memorial Highway SW, Suite…

Kylil Carter, who start in the Celebration Bowl, gets ready to pass

Sports December 22, 2019

Austell’s Kylil Carter leads N.C. A&T to 66-44 win over Alcorn State in Celebration Bowl

Kylil Carter, an alumnus of South Cobb High School, led North Carolina A&T to a 66-44 victory over Alcorn State in the Celebration Bowl. According to the official site for…

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