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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…

roadwork equipment in article about lane closed SR 360

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…

Transportation October 21, 2021

Patching and milling of roadway continues on Macland Road this weekend

The resurfacing work on SR 360/Macland Road will continue this weekend with overnight lane closures on Friday October 22 and Sunday October 24. According to a press release from the…

Cobb Sheriff's Office vehicle at Cobb government office in article about evictions

Criminal Justice System October 21, 2021

Owens says Cobb detainees the first to receive 24-hour mental health service

The Cobb County Sheriff’s Office issued the following press release stating that the Cobb County Adult Detention Center will have a full-time psychiatrist on staff: MARIETTA, GA — Under the…

Criminal Justice System October 21, 2021

Cobb Police seek public help in identifying victims in public indecency case involving child victim

The Cobb County Courier has a policy of redacting the names of suspects and defendants until a conviction or guilty plea happens, but an exception is made when the police…

JoAnn Birrell seated in BOC meeting room

Land Use and Zoning October 21, 2021

Pulte Homes Ebenezer Road rezoning request approved by Cobb commissioners

A controversial zoning request in East Cobb at Ebenezer and Blackwell roads was approved by the Cobb County Board of Commissioners at their zoning meeting on Tuesday. The property is…

Attorney Kevin Moore in front of a site plan map

Land Use and Zoning October 21, 2021

Northpoint Ministries mixed-use development approved by Cobb Board of Commissioners

By Mark Woolsey After more than ten months and 22 revisions, the long-debated zoning change for a mixed-used development in East Cobb has been approved-with a last-minute twist. The proposal…

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Climate and Weather October 21, 2021

Chance of severe thunderstorms in Cobb today

We can expect mostly cloudy skies with a chance of thunderstorms today in Cobb County, according to this morning’s report from the National Weather Service. The high temperature is expected…

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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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