2023

Climate and Weather December 21, 2023

Cobb County weather forecast for Thursday, December 21, 2023

The National Weather Service forecasts mostly sunny skies here in Cobb County on Thursday, December 21, 2023, with a high near 57 degrees. The National Weather Service has issued a…

Climate and Weather December 21, 2023

Fire danger alert issued for Cobb County due to dry conditions and low humidity

The National Weather Service issued a fire danger alert for Cobb County and other counties in the region for Thursday, December 21 due to the ongoing drought and low relative…

Welcome to Cobb County brick sign at Henderson Road on Veterans Memorial

Cobb County December 20, 2023

Cobb to provide transport to MUST Ministries warming shelter as temperature plunges

Cobb County announced in a news release that it’s partnering with MUST Ministries to provide warming shelter for those without heat as the temperatures plunge to freezing. MUST Ministries operates…

Detail of Cobb County Police Department STEP Unit vehicle in article about fatal accident on I-75

Cobb County December 20, 2023

Traffic fatality on Cobb Parkway Monday

According to a public information release from Officer Aaron Wilson of the Cobb County Police Department, the department’s Selective Traffic Enforcement Program (S.T.E.P. Unit) is investigating a fatal collision that…

Drawing of a poinsettia, with radial red petals and radial green leaves

History December 20, 2023

Joel Roberts Poinsett: Namesake of the poinsettia, enslaver, secret agent and perpetrator of the ‘Trail of Tears’

by Lindsay Schakenbach Regele, Miami University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] If people know the name Joel Roberts Poinsett today, it is likely because of…

International December 20, 2023

Guatemala’s anti-corruption leader-to-be could be prevented from taking office, deepening migration concerns for US

by Bonar Hernández Sandoval, Iowa State University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Guatemala is in the midst of a democratic crisis so severe that it…

Environment December 20, 2023

Wild ‘super pigs’ from Canada could become a new front in the war on feral hogs

by Marcus Lashley, University of Florida, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] They go by many names – pigs, hogs, swine, razorbacks – but whatever you…

Georgia State Capitol on mostly sunny day

Health Care December 20, 2023

Georgia plans ‘strategic surge’ to check Medicaid eligibility after 150k children lose coverage

by Jill Nolin, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] December 20, 2023 Georgia will boost spending to get state workers help with handling…

Justice December 20, 2023

Why 14th Amendment bars Trump from office: A constitutional law scholar explains principle behind Colorado Supreme Court ruling

by Mark A. Graber, University of Maryland, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] In 2024, former President Donald Trump will face some of his greatest challenges:…

Georgia Power sign at Plant McDonough-Atkinson in Cobb County accompanying article about restory power

Energy December 20, 2023

State regulators pass along $7.6B tab to ratepayers for Georgia Power’s Plant Vogtle

by Stanley Dunlap, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] December 19, 2023 Georgia Power ratepayers will be responsible for a $7.6 billion bill…

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