2023

Kennesaw September 9, 2023

Explore work vehicles from SWAT trucks to fire engines at Truck-A-Palooza

Cobb County Safety Village will host the annual Truck-A-Palooza next Saturday, September 16, 2023, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The event will be held in the back parking lot…

The Home Depot building behind parking lot

Business September 9, 2023

Home Depot CEO Ted Decker to speak to the Cobb Chamber Monday morning

Ted Decker, the President and CEO of The Home Depot will speak at the Cobb Chamber’s Marquee Monday event on Sep 11, 2023. The Home Depot has its global headquarters…

Mableton District 1 Councilman Ron Davis, Mableton District 2 Councilwoman Dami Oladapo, Mableton District 3 Councilwoman Keisha Jeffcoat, Mayor Michael Owens, Mableton District 4 Councilwoman Patricia Auch, Mableton District 5 Councilman T.J. Ferguson, Mableton District 6 Councilwoman Debora Herndon all seated in a row at a table

Mableton September 9, 2023

Agenda for the Mableton City Council retreat

At its last meeting, the Mableton City Council voted to hold a three-day retreat at the offices of the Georgia Municipal Association. (To read about services available to cities at…

Climate and Weather September 9, 2023

Cobb County weather forecast for Saturday, September 9, 2023

The National Weather Service forecasts mostly sunny skies here in Cobb County on Saturday, September 9, 2023, with a high near 84 degrees. The National Weather Service has also issued…

Climate and Weather September 9, 2023

Scattered thunderstorms expected in north and central Georgia Saturday

The National Weather Service issued a hazardous weather outlook for Cobb County and other counties in the region for Saturday Sep 9, 2023. Isolated storms are expected on Sunday, Tuesday…

Opinion September 8, 2023

Political cartoon of the day

by Clay Jones

Scales of Justice with the word justice over it.

Justice September 8, 2023

Do unbiased jurors exist to serve at Trump’s trials in the age of social media?

by Thaddeus Hoffmeister, University of Dayton, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] As trial dates approach for former President Donald Trump’s indictments, both he and prosecutors…

Kennesaw September 8, 2023

Board of Regents approves new residence hall, baseball stadium renovation at Kennesaw State

[This article first appeared on the Kennesaw State University website, republished with permission] The Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia today approved two major construction projects at…

Smyrna September 8, 2023

Shoupade Park: a preservation project with Civil War earthworks

[We’re expanding and republishing articles from the early days of the Cobb County Courier. This one was first published in 2017, then again in a slightly revised version in the…

sign with American flag stating "Vote Here"

Opinion September 8, 2023

Bookman: More evidence for Tooth Fairy than Georgia 2020 election fraud

by Jay Bookman, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] September 7, 2023 According to a poll conducted last month by the University of…

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Cobb County January 22, 2025

Acworth man killed in collision on Hickory Grove Road

[It is the policy of the Cobb County Courier to omit the names of people involved in traffic incidents that are still under investigation] Officer S.A. Barner of the Cobb…

Immigration January 22, 2025

Trump executive order attacks long-standing American principle of birthright citizenship

by Carol Nackenoff, Swarthmore College and Julie Novkov, University at Albany, State University of New York, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] One of President Donald…

Immigration January 22, 2025

Trump promises to end birthright citizenship and shut down the border – a legal scholar explains the challenges these actions could face

by Jean Lantz Reisz, University of Southern California, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] During his first day in office on Jan. 20, 2025, President Donald…

Justice January 22, 2025

Trump’s Jan. 6 pardon order ‘flies in the face of the facts’ of violent insurrection, retired federal judge explains

by John E. Jones III, Dickinson College, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] In the first hours of his second term, President Donald Trump pardoned nearly…

National January 22, 2025

How Trump could try to stay in power after his second term ends

by Philip Klinkner, Hamilton College, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Think Donald Trump can’t be president after his second term is up in January 2029?…

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