Articles by Larry Felton Johnson

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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…

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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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Elections February 23, 2025

Cobb election board certifies special primary

By Lee Woodard The Cobb County Board of Elections and Registration unanimously certified the special primary election for the Cobb County Board of Commissioners’ districts 2 and 4 at its…

Education February 22, 2025

Kennesaw State researcher earns American Heart Association award for innovative study on heart disease diagnostics

PHOTO: Chen Zhao (credit: Darnell Wilburn/KSU) [This article by Raynard Churchwell first appeared on the Kennesaw State University website, republished with permission] Kennesaw State University researcher Chen Zhao has earned…

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Business February 22, 2025

38 new businesses issued licenses by Cobb County over past week

Here are the 38 new businesses issued licenses by Cobb County on the week ending Friday, Feb. 21, 2025. These are only licenses for businesses in unincorporated Cobb County. Cities…

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