Articles by Larry Felton Johnson

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Business June 15, 2024

Check out the 37 new businesses licensed in Cobb County over the week ending Friday, June 15

Here are the 37 new businesses issued licenses by Cobb County on the week ending June 14, 2024. These are only licenses for businesses in unincorporated Cobb County. Cities issue…

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Climate and Weather June 15, 2024

Scorcher in metro Atlanta Saturday: heat index of 98-104 degrees expected

The National Weather Service forecasts a heat index of between 98 and 104 degrees for Cobb County and other parts of the region on Saturday, June 15, and has issued…

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Environment June 15, 2024

Fourth consecutive day of poor air quality expected in metro Atlanta Saturday

For the fourth day in a row, the Georgia Environmental Protection Division relayed a Code Orange air quality alert to the National Weather Service for metro Atlanta, in effect for…

Cobb graduate Maariya Sheikh speaks in front of Cobb County school headquarters

Justice June 14, 2024

Students join discrimination lawsuit against Cobb County School District

Cobb graduate Maariya Sheikh at press conference — Photo by Rebecca Gaunt By Rebecca Gaunt Cobb County students, alums, and members of the Georgia Youth Justice Coalition held a press…

Marietta Police Chief David Beam in uniform

Marietta June 14, 2024

David Beam appointed Marietta Police Chief for the long haul

Marietta‘s interim Police Chief David Beam was officially appointed chief of the Marietta Police Department for the long haul at a Special Called Meeting of the Marietta City Council on…

Cobb school Superintendent Chris Ragsdale holds American Heart Association Kids Heart Challege banner

Health Care June 13, 2024

Cobb County remains the nation’s first-place school district for the American Heart Association’s Kids Heart Challenge

PHOTO: Cobb school Superintendent Chris Ragsdale, flanked by (L-R) Jason Shields, Mandy Couch and Kimberly Dixon of the American Heart Association School Engagement staff, holds Kids Heart Challenge banner The…

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Opinion June 13, 2024

Is our drinking water at risk due to “forever chemicals”?

By John A. Tures, Professor of Political Science, LaGrange College On a day that I was driving toward our local water tower, I learned that testing showed there were “forever…

William Root House, a two story wooden pre-Civil War house

Marietta June 12, 2024

Marietta’s historic William Root House to present free Juneteeth program

The William Root House Museum will highlight Juneteenth during a special Saturday, June 15 event. Juneteenth is named for the date that U.S. Major General Gordon Granger read General Order…

Climate and Weather June 12, 2024

Hazardous weather outlook for Cobb Wednesday: isolated thunderstorms possible

The National Weather Service issued a hazardous weather outlook for Cobb County and other parts of north and central Georgia for Wednesday, June 12. Isolated thunderstorms are possible throughout the…

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Mableton June 11, 2024

Event to mark the installation of a bench honoring enslaved people and the legacy of Toni Morrison on Silver Comet Trail

The Friends of the Concord Covered Bridge submitted the following news release about an event celebrating a bench that will be installed on the Silver Comet Trail in honor of…

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