November 2021

Criminal Justice System November 17, 2021

Canine CellMates launches Beyond the Bars

Canine CellMates is a program that pairs men caught up in the criminal justice system with rescue dogs, and teaches the participants to train the dogs. The Smyrna-based organization has…

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Criminal Justice System November 17, 2021

Georgia Power donates $35,000 to Cobb Family Justice Center

The Cobb County District Attorney’s office distributed the following press release about a donation from Georgia Power to the Family Justice Center: Cobb County District Attorney Flynn D. Broady, Jr.,…

Criminal Justice System November 17, 2021

Second hit-and-run pedestrian fatality in Marietta within two days

Marietta experienced its second hit-and-run pedestrian fatality in a two-day period, this time on Delk Road, and like the incident earlier this week also resulted in an arrest. [The Cobb…

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Climate and Weather November 17, 2021

Cobb County weather November 17

According to this morning’s report from the National Weather Service, we’ll have patchy fog before 9 a.m. here in Cobb County followed by sunny skies. The high is expected to…

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Business November 16, 2021

Mayors Allegood and Easterling featured at the Cobb Chamber’s Northwest Area Council

The Cobb Chamber issued the following press release about a meetup with the mayors of Acworth and Kennesaw to take place tomorrow: Join the Cobb Chamber for the final Northwest…

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Cobb County November 16, 2021

UPDATED: Cobb’s COVID Declaration of Emergency and county building mask requirement to expire

UPDATE: Masks will still be required in county courthouses, which are under a judicial order. Cobb County Communications Director Ross Cavitt issued the following public information release announcing the expiration…

Sports November 16, 2021

Registration open for the Noonday Shanty 5k/10k

The Town Center Community Alliance distributed the following press release about a new 5k and 10k race to take place on March 22, 2022 along Noonday Trail: November 15, 2021…

Criminal Justice System November 16, 2021

Pedestrian killed in hit-and-run on Cobb Parkway South

A pedestrian was killed while standing in the center turn lane on Cobb Parkway South waiting to cross, and the driver failed to stop and render aid and fled the…

Education November 16, 2021

Technology competition registration open to Cobb and Douglas County students

By Rebecca Gaunt Students impassioned by technology can register for the 6th annual Cobb Regional Technology Competition, which will take place January 22 at Kennesaw Mountain High School. Registration is…

graphic of sunny sky with a few clouds and the text: Cobb weather November 16: Mostly sunny here in Cobb County, with a high near 71 and with wind from the southwest at 5 mph

Climate and Weather November 16, 2021

Cobb weather November 16: Mostly sunny, high near 71

According to this morning’s report from the National Weather Service, we’ll have a mostly sunny day here in Cobb County, with a high near 71, and winds from the southwest…

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Climate and Weather January 8, 2025

Update on winter storm watch for metro Atlanta and north Georgia

The National Weather Service updated the winter storm watch at 3:10 p.m. The primary change in this update is the forecast of how much snow might fall. The NWS repeated…

Opinion January 8, 2025

Political Cartoon by Clay Jones

Immigration January 8, 2025

Providing driver’s licenses to undocumented immigrants improves birth outcomes, research shows

by Margot Moinester, Washington University in St. Louis and Kaitlyn Stanhope, Emory University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] When states give driver’s licenses to undocumented…

Environment January 8, 2025

Planning for spring’s garden? Bees like variety and don’t care about your neighbors’ yards

by Laura Russo, University of Tennessee, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] In order to reproduce, most flowering plants rely on animals to move their pollen….

Literature January 8, 2025

What Shakespeare revealed about the chaotic reign of Richard III – and why the play still resonates in the age of Donald Trump

by David Sterling Brown, Trinity College, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Written around 1592, William Shakespeare’s play “Richard III” follows the reign of England’s infamous…

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November 2021

Canine CellMates launches Beyond the Bars

Georgia Power donates $35,000 to Cobb Family Justice Center

Second hit-and-run pedestrian fatality in Marietta within two days

Cobb County weather November 17

Mayors Allegood and Easterling featured at the Cobb Chamber’s Northwest Area Council

UPDATED: Cobb’s COVID Declaration of Emergency and county building mask requirement to expire

Registration open for the Noonday Shanty 5k/10k

Pedestrian killed in hit-and-run on Cobb Parkway South

Technology competition registration open to Cobb and Douglas County students

Cobb weather November 16: Mostly sunny, high near 71