Articles by Larry Felton Johnson

Drawing of a tornado with a triangular alert icon beside it

Climate and Weather December 29, 2024

Tornado Watch in effect in multiple Georgia counties until 9 am Sunday Dec 29

The National Weather Service announced that a Tornado Watch is in effect Sunday December 29 until 9 a.m. Here is the text of the alert: This Hazardous Weather Outlook is…

Photo from 1914 newspaper with group of Atlanta boosters meeting in Chattanooga about Dixie Highway project

History December 28, 2024

More on the history of the automobile in Cobb County: The building of the Dixie Highway

[This an evergreen article that we periodically republish as our readership grows, with added materials from the Georgia Historic Newspapers database and website housed at the University of Georgia as…

Three people gathered around a wall-board with various business and industry symbols including gears and charts

Business December 28, 2024

21 new businesses licensed for unincorporated Cobb County this week

Here are the 21 new businesses issued licenses by Cobb County on the week ending Friday, December 27. These are only licenses for businesses in unincorporated Cobb County. Cities issue…

Woman and man standing by exercise equipment in a gym, smiling, woman raising dumbell in one hand

Cobb Cuisine, Culture and Community December 28, 2024

Wellstar Health Place is the place to be

Photo above provided by Brian Benefield [This is the latest installment of “Cobb Cuisine, Culture and Community” by Brian Benefield] The New Year is peeking at us through rose-colored glasses, and…

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Climate and Weather December 28, 2024

Flash flooding, brief tornadoes possible in north and central Georgia as heavy rains arrive

The National Weather Service issued a hazardous weather outlook for Cobb County and other parts of north and central Georgia on Saturday, Dec. 28, and Sunday, Dec. 29. Heavy rain…

History December 27, 2024

How Veterans Memorial Highway began

[This article is part of an ongoing project of resurrecting evergreen articles from the Cobb County Courier’s stacks, and expanding them with newly discovered information] By Larry Felton Johnson We…

Defense industry December 27, 2024

Lockheed Martin awarded additional $3.367 billion on existing F-35 contract

The U.S. Department of Defense announced that Lockheed Martin was awarded a $3,367,476,836 modification to a previously awarded F-35 Lightning II contract. Most of the additional funds (57 percent) will…

Mableton December 27, 2024

A 1911 auto adventure through Mableton and Austell

[This article is part of an ongoing project of resurrecting evergreen articles from the Cobb County Courier’s stacks, and expanding them with newly discovered information] I’ve been sorting through the…

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

Powder Springs December 27, 2024

Pedestrian killed Monday Dec 23 crossing CH James Pkwy

[It is the policy of the Cobb County Courier to omit the names of people involved in traffic incidents that are still under investigation] A pedestrian was killed in a…

Cobb County History December 26, 2024

The automobile comes to Cobb County, but on rough roads

[This is republication of an article originally published in the Courier in June of 2017 edited and slightly expanded] If the first owners of automobiles in Cobb County wanted to…

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