2024

Group shot of people on a cleanup with green safety vests

Opinion April 17, 2024

A Good Vision For Fixing America’s Happiness Index, With Service (Part 1)

(photo above taken at a MIC cleanup, provided by Barry Krebs) By John A. Tures, Professor of Political Science, LaGrange College On National Public Radio, I listened to Allison Aubrey’s…

Several girls sit at a table with crafts in the Camp Timber Ridge dining hall

Mableton April 17, 2024

Girl Scout Camp in Mableton celebrates its 100-year anniversary

All photos courtesy of Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta The Girl Scouts of Great Atlanta distributed the following news release announcing that Camp Timber Ridge, the Girl Scout camp in…

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Climate and Weather April 17, 2024

Cobb County weather forecast for Wednesday, April 17, 2024

The National Weather Service forecasts mostly cloudy skies here in Cobb County on Wednesday, April 17, 2024, with a high near 81 degrees. Tonight it is expected to be mostly…

Justice April 16, 2024

Rural counties increasingly rely on prisons to provide firefighters and EMTs who work for free, but the inmates have little protection or future job prospects

by J. Carlee Purdum, Texas A&M University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] If you call 911 in rural Georgia, the nearest emergency responders might come…

A brick fountain in Glover Park on Marietta Square. benches surround a circular brick path and a photographer snaps a shot.

Marietta April 16, 2024

The popular M2R TrailFest will return to the Mountain to River Trail May 11

The City of Marietta announced on its website that the popular M2R TrailFest will return to the Mountain to River Trail on Saturday, May 11. Funds raised during the event…

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Transportation April 16, 2024

Reroute of CobbLinc Route 30 on Riverside Parkway expected to last until August

This is an update of the earlier announcement below about the rerouting of CobbLinc Route 30 on Riverside Parkway which will result in the closure of five stops. The Courier…

Pets and Pet Adoption April 16, 2024

Cobb County Courier Dog of the Day: “I’m a chihuahua, but if you adopt me I’ll try not to yap too much!”

The Cobb County Courier’s Dog of the Day, selected from the Cobb Animal Shelter website, is a small-sized male brown chihuahua. The following information on this potential family member is…

Pets and Pet Adoption April 16, 2024

Cobb County Courier Cat of the Day: “I’m a big kitty who needs a loving permanent home!”

The Cobb County Courier’s Cat of the Day, selected from the Cobb Animal Shelter website, is a large-sized male beige domestic short hair. The following information on this potential family…

Climate and Weather April 16, 2024

Cobb County weather forecast for Tuesday, April 16, 2024

The National Weather Service forecasts partly sunny skies here in Cobb County on Tuesday, April 16, 2024, with a high near 86 degrees. The weather service has also issued a…

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