October 2021

Education October 23, 2021

Rep. Scott announces committee passage HBCU scholarship funding

Rep. David Scott, chair of the U.S. House Agriculture Committee announced that a bill to provide $100 million in permanent funding for scholarships at the nineteen 1890 land grant colleges…

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Festivals October 23, 2021

Truck-a-Palooza returns this November to Town Center Mall

The popular Truck-a-Palooza event, hosted by the Cobb County Safety Village, will return on Saturday November 13, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. It will take place on the back…

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Health Care October 23, 2021

School-aged COVID cases in Cobb declined this week, with preschool remaining same

After an uptick in the rate of COVID cases among school aged children in Cobb County last week, we’ve settled back into the downward trend, according to figures from the…

Climate and Weather October 23, 2021

Sunny skies forecast for Cobb County today: Saturday Oct 23

According to this morning’s report from the National Weather Service (NWS), we’ll have a sunny day here in Cobb County, with a high near 75 degrees Fahrenheit (24 degrees Celsius)…

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Kennesaw October 22, 2021

Kennesaw native to be honored at Paul Anderson Youth Home

Nathaniel Thompson, who grew up in Kennesaw, is being honored at the Paul Anderson Youth Home (PAYH) in Vidalia, Ga. Thompson, an alumnus of the youth home, will receive a…

2021 Elections October 22, 2021

How many people in Cobb County have voted in advance?

Cobb County posted the total counts from each of the advance voting sites, along with numbers on absentee voting, and the cumulative totals. We’ve reprinted them below: On Tuesday October…

2021 Elections October 22, 2021

Where to hand-deliver your absentee ballots

If you prefer to hand-deliver your absentee ballot for the Cobb County municipal elections and Ed-SPLOST rather than sending it through the postal service, the county posted the following information…

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Transportation October 22, 2021

Road work and lane closures continue on SR 360/Powder Springs Road

More road work and lane closures overnight Friday on SR 360/Powder Springs Road. According to a press release from the Georgia Department of Transportation, weather and onsite conditions permitting, GDOT…

Transportation October 22, 2021

Road closures on SR 92 at Lake Allatoona this Saturday

The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) announced in a press release that GDOT contractors will close single lanes on SR 92 in Cobb County this Saturday, October 23, to continue…

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Climate and Weather October 22, 2021

Mostly sunny in Cobb: Friday Oct 22

According to this morning’s report from the National Weather Service, here in Cobb County we’ll see mostly sunny skies with a high temperature of 70 degrees. It might be a…

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