2022

Business January 10, 2022

Cobb Chamber seeks nominations for Leadership Cobb

The Cobb Chamber is seeking nominees for Leadership Cobb’s 2022-2023 class. Details are provided in the Chamber’s press release reprinted below: ATLANTA (January 10, 2022) — Leadership Cobb, the Cobb…

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Economy January 10, 2022

GA Gasoline prices rise over past week; Cobb County price five cents above state average

Gasoline prices moved upward by two cents over the past week in Georgia, while Cobb County averages have maintained their gap about five cents above statewide prices. According to the…

Economy January 10, 2022

Lurking behind lackluster jobs gain are a stagnating labor market and the threat of omicron

Christopher Decker, University of Nebraska Omaha [This article first appeared in The Conversation — republished with permission] The first U.S. jobs report of 2022 showed continued – if lackluster –…

Sunny skies graphic with the following text: Cobb County weather forecast Monday January 10, 2022 Sunny skies High around 47 degrees

Climate and Weather January 9, 2022

Cobb weather January 10: Sunny, near 47 degrees

According to this morning’s report from the National Weather Service, Monday should be sunny with a high near 47 here in Cobb County 7-day forecast The following is the NWS…

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Cobb County January 9, 2022

Cobb County’s MLK celebration will be virtual due to COVID surge

In another event that moved to virtual because of the rapid rise of COVID-19 in Cobb County, the county’s government has decided to make the annual celebration of Martin Luther…

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Health Care January 9, 2022

Public availability of COVID stats in Georgia choked off because of ELR problems. Just what is ELR?

For the past several days it hasn’t been possible to get complete and consistent reports on COVID in Georgia in general and in Cobb County in our specific case because…

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Health Care January 9, 2022

COVID Mega-testing site opening in Cobb County’s Jim Miller Park

The Georgia Department of Public Health announced in a press release that two COVID-19 mega-testing sites have opened in metro Atlanta, including one in Cobb County’s Jim Miller Park. The…

Sports January 9, 2022

UPDATED: Town Center at Cobb hosts the Frozen 5k on February 19

UPDATE: The orginal date of the event was in January, but it has been postponed to February 19 Town Center at Cobb issued the following press release about the Frozen…

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Kennesaw January 9, 2022

Kennesaw annual book swap January 22

The City of Kennesaw issued the following press release about its annual Book Swap: Kennesaw, GA (January 7, 2022) — Kennesaw Parks & Recreation will host its annual Book Swap…

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Education October 31, 2024

Cobb eighth grader expelled for warning friend of shooting threat

By Rebecca Gaunt Upon hearing that three Cobb schools were the target of a violent threat, a Campbell Middle School special education student accessed Google Chat in his first-period class…

Pedestrian Safety October 31, 2024

Dangerous conditions for pedestrians on South Cobb Drive at serious accident site

By Larry Felton Johnson According to a public information release from Officer Aaron Wilson, the Cobb County Police Department’s STEP Unit is investigating an incident on South Cobb Drive, north…

Health Care October 31, 2024

Toddler’s Backyard Snakebite Bills Totaled More Than a Quarter Million Dollars

This article by Jackie Fortiér first appeared in KFF Health News, republished with permission. Jackie Fortiér October 30, 2024 This spring, a few days after his 2nd birthday, Brigland Pfeffer…

Elections October 31, 2024

Georgians voting absentee urged by election officials to drop ballots off at county drop boxes

by Stanley Dunlap, Georgia Recorder, [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] October 29, 2024 The political landscape has shifted greatly since the 2020 presidential election…

Holidays October 31, 2024

Making a Snickers bar is a complex science − a candy engineer explains how to build the airy nougat and chewy caramel of this Halloween favorite

by Richard Hartel, University of Wisconsin-Madison, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] It’s Halloween. You’ve just finished trick-or-treating and it’s time to assess the haul. You…

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