March 2022

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Education March 9, 2022

Technical college scholarship ceremony March 24 at Cobb Chamber

The Cobb Chamber distributed a press release about the GOAL Scholarship Awards that recognize achievements among students at Georgia’s 22 technical colleges. The award ceremony will be hosted by the…

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2022 Elections March 9, 2022

County-sponsored town hall meeting about the Cobb cityhood ballots this evening

This is a reminder that the first in a series of town halls on the cityhood initiatives that will be on the ballot for East Cobb, Lost Mountain, Mableton and…

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Opinion March 9, 2022

Opinion: Georgia lawmakers have a dangerous plan for curbing free speech

by Nora Benavidez, Georgia Recorder [This opinion article was published in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission]March 8, 2022 Beware Georgians. Senate Bill 171 is a threat to anyone in…

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2022 Elections March 9, 2022

Q & A with Melody Bray, State Senate District 38 Democratic candidate

By Arielle Robinson Democratic candidate for Georgia State Senate District 38 Melody Bray took the time to answer questions about her campaign with the Courier in a phone conversation. Bray,…

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Science and Technology March 8, 2022

Even mild cases of COVID-19 can leave a mark on the brain, such as reductions in gray matter – a neuroscientist explains emerging research

By Jessica Bernard, Texas A&M University [first published in The Conversation, republished with permission] Researchers have been steadily gathering important insights into the effects of COVID-19 on the body and…

Guest Opinion March 8, 2022

Opinion: A Conversation on Improvement

by Becky Sayler, Candidate for Cobb County School Board Post 2 Yesterday’s “Special Called” Cobb County School Board meeting was surprising for a number of reasons. Our school district’s accreditation…

Health Care March 8, 2022

Cobb COVID report March 8

The numbers in this report were taken from the Georgia Department of Public Health COVID Daily Status Report, from the summary posted on the CDC County View data tracker, and…

National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day poster featuring a woman and girl

Health Care March 8, 2022

Cobb & Douglas Public Health offers free HIV testing on National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

Cobb & Douglas Public Health will be offering free HIV testing to mark Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NWGHAAD) which is held on March 10. The details are in…

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Crime March 8, 2022

66-year-old Cobb man convicted and given two life terms for child molestation

A Cobb County man was convicted of child molestation charges for incidents beginning in 2017, and given two life sentences plus five years. The office of Cobb County District Attorney…

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Crime March 8, 2022

Cobb police seek person who ran over and shot man in Mableton

Cobb County police are seeking the person or persons who ran over and shot a man in Mableton yesterday morning. The victim, an 18-year-old Hampton, Georgia man, remains in critical…

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Education May 6, 2024

Media coverage of campus protests tends to focus on the spectacle, rather than the substance

by Danielle K. Brown, Michigan State University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Protest movements can look very different depending on where you stand, both literally…

Justice May 6, 2024

On its 125th anniversary, W.E.B. Du Bois’ ‘The Philadelphia Negro’ offers lasting lessons on gentrification in Philly’s historically Black neighborhoods

by Zawadi Rucks-Ahidiana, University at Albany, State University of New York and Freeden Blume Oeur, Tufts University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Society Hill, where…

Science and Technology May 6, 2024

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