Articles by Larry Felton Johnson

Cobb County February 25, 2025

Portraits and pages at the North Cobb Regional Library

March offers Cobb County the opportunity to create and view some special portraits. With its Monthly Makers program, North Cobb Regional Library provides young people (16+) insight to the creation…

Cobb County Police Department Crime Scene Unit vehicle

Cobb County February 25, 2025

Son suspected in murder of mother in Kennesaw

[The Cobb County Courier has a policy of withholding or redacting the name of suspects unless and until the person is convicted in a court of law or enters a…

Cobb County February 25, 2025

South Cobb Regional Library: Spring and Women’s Rights

By Kelly Johnson With an established staple of storytime events for children each month, South Cobb Regional Library embraces spring with Welcome Spring!, on March 21st at 10:30 AM. This…

a contour drawing of raised fists and picket signs

Smyrna February 25, 2025

Smyrna’s Black History Month dinner to highlight 1881 washerwomen’s strike

Driving home from work one day in 2017, Kelundra Smith heard voices. Inspirational voices. Smith had been thinking of writing about a piece of Atlanta history-the 1881 Atlanta washerwomen strike….

Instruments and musical notes arranged over a keyboard

Kennesaw February 24, 2025

2025 Concert Series at Kennesaw’s newly named United Bankshares Amphitheater

The City of Kennesaw distributed the following news release: The City of Kennesaw is excited to unveil the highly anticipated lineup for the 2025 Kennesaw Concert Series, presented by Wellstar…

Gasoline pump resting in its cradle used in articles about Georgia gasoline prices

Transportation February 24, 2025

Georgia gasoline prices take a slight dip over past week

Gas prices at the pump in Georgia took a slight dip over the past week. According to AAA’s weekly report, gasoline prices in Georgia fell one cent, reaching an average…

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

Cobb County February 24, 2025

Several people injured, one seriously, in traffic incident on Dallas Highway

According to a public information release from Officer Aaron Wilson, the Cobb County Police Department’s Special Operations STEP Unit is investigating a serious injury collision at the intersection of Dallas…

Mableton February 24, 2025

Mableton to consider adopting willow oak as official city tree

The photo above by Rhododendrites, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, used under the terms of the Creative Commons license linked above The Mableton City Council will consider adopting…

Powder Springs February 24, 2025

Powder Springs History: a 1907 train wreck

[This is an evergreen article, first published in the Courier in May of 2024] Trains played a very important part in Cobb County’s history, and the county still has active…

a screenshot of the six districts in Mableon, with 1,2,3 to the south, 4, 5, 6 to the north

Mableton February 24, 2025

Mableton City Council agendas for Feb. 26 meeting

The Mableton City Council will meet this Wednesday, February 26 at the Riverside EpiCenter, 135 Riverside Pkwy, Austell, GA 30168. There will be a work session at 5:15 p.m. followed…

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International February 25, 2025

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Articles by Larry Felton Johnson

Portraits and pages at the North Cobb Regional Library

Son suspected in murder of mother in Kennesaw

South Cobb Regional Library: Spring and Women’s Rights

Smyrna’s Black History Month dinner to highlight 1881 washerwomen’s strike

2025 Concert Series at Kennesaw’s newly named United Bankshares Amphitheater

Georgia gasoline prices take a slight dip over past week

Several people injured, one seriously, in traffic incident on Dallas Highway

Mableton to consider adopting willow oak as official city tree

Powder Springs History: a 1907 train wreck

Mableton City Council agendas for Feb. 26 meeting