Articles by Larry Felton Johnson

Military June 11, 2024

Honorary Commanders Association seeks nominations for 2025 class

The Cobb Chamber announced that the Honorary Commanders Association seeks nominations for its 2025 class. The association is a cooperative effort that includes the Cobb Chamber, Dobbins Air Reserve Base…

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Kennesaw June 10, 2024

Human skeletal remains found on George Busbee Parkway in Kennesaw

The Kennesaw Police Department announced that human skeletal remains were found at 4043 George Busbee Parkway by a Cobb EMC employee today. The employee called 911, and when Kennesaw police…

Rhonda Jacobson holding her "Woman of Distinction" award

Business June 10, 2024

Rhonda Jacobson named Cobb Executive Women 2024 Woman of Distinction

Cobb Executive Women, a project of the Cobb Chamber, announced that Rhonda Jacobson, Co-Founder, Vice President of Human Resources and Gemologist at Cumberland Diamond Exchange (CDE) was named the winner…

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Transportation June 10, 2024

Average gasoline price in Georgia fell an average of 7 cents per gallon over past week

The average price of a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline in Georgia dropped seven cents over the past week. According to AAA’s weekly report, the average price in Georgia fell…

Climate and Weather June 10, 2024

Hazardous weather outlook issued for Cobb County & region Monday, June 10

The National Weather Service issued a hazardous weather outlook for Cobb County and other parts of north and central Georgia on Monday June 10 due to expected scattered thunderstorms through…

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Powder Springs June 9, 2024

Powder Springs 4th of July includes car show, live bands, fireworks

The City of Powder Springs distributed the following announcement describing its upcoming 4th of July Celebration The City of Powder Springs is presenting its annual free-to-the-public 4th of July Celebration…

Mableton Councilwoman Patty Auch with two women from GPNS

Mableton June 9, 2024

Georgia Native Plant Society works to rid Heritage Park of invasive plants

Barry Krebs sent the following report and photos from the Georgia Native Plant Society’s recent work removing invasive plants from Mableton’s Heritage Park. The Heritage Park area looks a lot…

Climate and Weather June 9, 2024

Hazardous weather outlook for north Georgia Sunday: possible showers and thunderstorms

The National Weather Service issued a hazardous weather outlook for Cobb County and other parts of north and central Georgia. In this article, you will learn: What is in today’s…

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Business June 8, 2024

Here are the 38 new businesses issued licenses by Cobb County on the week ending Friday, June 7

Here are the 38 new businesses issued licenses by Cobb County on the week ending Friday June 7, 2024. These are only licenses for businesses in unincorporated Cobb County. Cities…

From the Editor June 8, 2024

Fun with scam AI chatbots: “There are flying fish in my hair!”

Image above generated by DALL-E from ChatGPT By Larry Felton Johnson This “From the Editor” column is an expanded version of the following Facebook post I did this morning: Before…

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