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

Mableton October 15, 2024

Multiple injuries in collision on Veterans Memorial Highway in Mableton

According to a public information release from Officer Aaron Wilson, the Cobb County Police Department‘s STEP Unit is investigating a motor vehicle crash that resulted in injuries to multiple individuals….

Mableton September 30, 2024

MIC to oppose Cobb schools’ bus depot on Veterans Memorial Highway

Photo of Cobb County School District bus by Rebecca Gaunt By Rebecca Gaunt Last week the Mableton Improvement Coalition put out a statement of opposition to the Cobb County School…

Mableton September 9, 2024

Mableton leaders object to Cobb school district’s alleged plan for Veterans Memorial Highway bus depot

Photo above by Rebecca Gaunt By Rebecca Gaunt Mableton leaders are objecting to the Cobb County School District’s alleged plans for a 6.9-acre property it owns at 440 Veterans Memorial…

Transportation May 21, 2024

How Veterans Memorial Highway got its start

We take the major roads running through Cobb County for granted now, but as the county entered the 20th century, there were very few paved roads. Trips by automobile that…

Singer Songwriter Joe South and his wife Jan Tant (photo by Larry Felton Johnson)

Mableton April 14, 2024

Joe South and his grave site on Veterans Memorial Highway in Mableton

[This is a lightly edited repeat of an article we published in 2018 and republished last fall. Since our web traffic has increased substantially over the past two years, I…

Davis Chapel Cemetery (photo by Larry Felton Johnson)

Mableton September 24, 2023

Davis Chapel Cemetery on Veterans Memorial Highway

[The Cobb County Courier is republishing some of the articles we published at a time when our readership was much lower than our current traffic. This article was originally published…

Climate and Weather August 30, 2023

Flood warning in effect for the Nickajack Creek area of Mableton near Veterans Memorial Highway

A flood warning is in effect for the Nickajack Creek area of Mableton in Cobb County near Veterans Memorial Highway/278. The warning was issued at 1 a.m. on Wednesday August…

Cobb County government building sign, a vertical rectangular sign with the words "Board of Commissioners," "County Clerk," "County Manager," "County Office," "Employment," and a wheelchair entrance icon

Mableton May 17, 2023

Special Land Use Permit for used car dealership on Veterans Memorial Highway denied by Cobb commissioners

A Special Land Use Permit (SLUP) for a used car dealership on Veterans Memorial Highway in Mableton was denied unanimously by the Cobb County Board of Commissioners at their zoning…

Transportation June 16, 2022

GDOT reports lane closures this weekend on Veterans Memorial Highway

The Georgia Department of Transportation announced in a press release that its contractors will close lanes on Veterans Memorial Highway (SR 5) this weekend for a resurfacing project between Connally…

Road construction equipment on shoulder of road with orange safety barriers

Transportation May 5, 2022

Lane closures this weekend on Veterans Memorial Highway/SR 5 at the Cobb and Douglas county line

The Georgia Department of Transportation announced in a press release that lane closures will be installed on SR 5/Veterans Memorial Highway in Douglas County that extend from Connally Drive in…

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Cobb County November 21, 2024

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