Articles by Larry Felton Johnson

Marietta police SUV parked at the curb on Marietta Square

Marietta September 25, 2023

Marietta SWAT called out due to chaotic domestic calls on Franklin Gateway

A domestic disturbance on Franklin Gateway in Marietta yesterday began a chain of events that led to four separate incidents, the SWAT team being called in, and two arrests. [The…

A wall of photographs of murder victims with the words "so that we never forget"

Justice September 25, 2023

Cobb DA commemorates National Day of Remembrance for Murder Victions

The office of Cobb District Attorney Flynn D. Broady, Jr. issued a public information release recognizing the National Day of Remembrance for Murder Victims. The public information release described the…

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

Transportation September 25, 2023

Georgia gasoline prices continue to decline in keeping with national trend

Gasoline prices in Georgia have decreased compared to the previous week, with the average price now at $3.30 per gallon, continuing the trend of the past several weeks. The current…

Davis Chapel Cemetery (photo by Larry Felton Johnson)

Mableton September 24, 2023

Davis Chapel Cemetery on Veterans Memorial Highway

[The Cobb County Courier is republishing some of the articles we published at a time when our readership was much lower than our current traffic. This article was originally published…

Marietta September 24, 2023

Marietta Educational Garden features pollinators, petting zoo in Fall family event

Here’s a chance for for the whole family to learn about spiders, native plants and pollinators, and for children to interact directly with our non-human animal neighbors at a petting…

Marietta September 24, 2023

Marietta police investigate death of pedestrian who attempted to render aid after collision on I-75

Officer Chuck McPhilamy of the Marietta Police Department reported yesterday afternoon that the department’s Selective Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP) Unit is investigating a multi-vehicle collision that took place early yesterday…

Political Cartoon for September 23, 2023 by Clay Jones title page

Opinion September 23, 2023

Political Cartoon of the Day

An abstract drawing of a hand giving a gift

Opinion September 23, 2023

A Better Way To Help The United Way

By John A. Tures, Professor of Political Science, LaGrange College From the time I got my first job through yesterday, United Way has been an enduring feature of my work…

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

Cobb County September 23, 2023

Hard-to-recycle items piling up? Keep Cobb Beautiful has an event to help you and the environment out

by Larry Felton Johnson Keep Cobb Beautiful‘s next Community Recycling Event will be on Saturday, September 30, 2023 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at White Water, Six Flags, 250…

Three young people behind a table labeled "Tapp Middle School"

Mableton September 23, 2023

Barry Krebs reports on volunteer work in south Cobb

Barry Krebs is well known in Mableton and other parts of south Cobb for the wide variety of volunteer work he does with Keep Cobb Beautiful, the South Cobb Lions…

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