Articles by Larry Felton Johnson

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Puzzles Games and Quizzes December 20, 2025

Cobb County News Quiz: Test Your Knowledge of This Week’s Headlines

The Cobb County Courier has a daily quiz in our email newsletter. Here on the main website, it will be a weekend quiz, published Saturdays and Sundays. On Saturday the…

Crowd at Atlanta Lions Club centennial celebration

Community, Giving Back to the Community December 20, 2025

The Atlanta Lions Club Centennial Celebration at the World of Puppetry Arts Museum

Avid community volunteer and South Cobb Lions Club member Barry Krebs submitted the following report with photos about the Atlanta Lions Club 105th Centennial Celebration: The Atlanta Lions Club 105th Centennial…

Harrison High student Graham Auldridge, highlighted for fundraising for the Center for Family Resources

Community, Giving Back to the Community December 20, 2025

Harrison High School Senior Raises $2,500 for Local Families Through Pickleball Fundraiser

The following news release was submitted by the Center for Family Resources: Graham Auldridge, a senior at Harrison High School, has turned his passion for pickleball into meaningful support for families…

Crime & Public Safety December 20, 2025

Post office worker arrested for allegedly stealing rewards cards in Austell

By Mark Woolsey Austell police and federal postal officials say a 31-year-old carrier faces charges for allegedly stealing mail while on delivery duty. Authorities say she is accused of taking…

Business December 19, 2025

The first of 64 F-35A’s purchased by Finland was rolled out

According to a press release from Lockheed Martin, government and military leaders from the United States and Finland gathered Thursday at Lockheed Martin’s F-35 production facility to mark the rollout…

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Sports December 19, 2025

Money Doesn’t Buy Happiness, But It Could Buy Baseball Titles

By John Tures, LaGrange College, Political Science and Zach Tures, Mercer University, Sports Analytics and Marketing As the Atlanta Braves continue to hang around the top ten of Major League…

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News, Weather December 19, 2025

Cold front sweeping through Georgia might bring isolated thunderstorm

A cold front sweeping through central Georgia may bring an isolated thunderstorm early Friday morning, but forecasters anticipate no hazardous weather through the middle of next week. The National Weather…

Welcome to Cobb County brick sign at Henderson Road on Veterans Memorial

Community, Things to Do December 18, 2025

Things to do this weekend in Cobb County: Fri Dec 19 to Sunday Dec 21

Here is a list of a few things to do in Cobb County this weekend: Friday, December 19, 2025 to Sunday, December 21, 2025. Friday, December 19, 2025 From the…

Community, History December 18, 2025

100 years ago today in Cobb: a murder in Kennesaw

By Larry Felton Johnson Often people talk about serious crimes as if they were a modern thing. But it’s easy to dispel that misconception by browsing through issues of Georgia…

Toni-Ann McKenzie wearing graduation robe

Education, News December 18, 2025

Kennesaw State graduating senior using innovation to support autistic students

Photo above: Toni-Ann McKenzie [This article by Christin Senior with photo by Katherine Seghers first appeared on the Kennesaw State University website, republished with permission] For Kennesaw State University senior…

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