Articles by Larry Felton Johnson

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Cobb Cuisine, Culture and Community January 20, 2024

Cold Weather, Hot Coffee at Cool Beans

[Photo: Brian Benefield] [This is the latest installment of “Cobb Cuisine, Culture and Community” by Brian Benefield] It has been unusually cold for the South recently, and there is no more…

Climate and Weather January 20, 2024

Arctic air mass enters north Georgia bringing dangerous wind chill

An arctic air mass has entered north Georgia, affecting Cobb County and numerous other Georgia counties. It is expected to linger through the weekend. There are wind chill advisories for…

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Cobb County January 19, 2024

Boil water advisory in effect for large portion of South Cobb

A water main break on Macedonia Road in Cobb County prompted the county to issue a boil water alert for the entire southern portion of the county. The map provided…

Climate and Weather January 19, 2024

Wind chill could reach minus nine degrees in Cobb County this p.m. and overnight

A Wind Chill Advisory has been issued for Cobb County and other nearby counties, in effect between 11 p.m. Friday, January 19, and 11 a.m. Saturday. What is in the…

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Climate and Weather January 18, 2024

Cobb Water warns about freezing pipes as temperatures expected to plunge again Friday

Cobb Water posted the following alert to the Cobb County website today: A second round of below-freezing temperatures are expected from Friday (January 19, 2024) into this weekend. Combined with…

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Cobb County January 18, 2024

Cobb Chamber networking event coming Feb 8 to Live! at the Battery Atlanta

The Cobb Chamber will hold its first Business After Hours networking event of the year on Thursday, February 8, at Live! at the Battery Atlanta, located at 825 Battery Ave…

Climate and Weather January 18, 2024

Dangerously cold conditions possible in Cobb County Friday PM through Sunday AM

The National Weather Service reports that dangerously cold conditions are possible for Cobb County and other parts of north and central Georgia from Friday night, January 19 through Sunday morning….

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Education January 17, 2024

Kennesaw State receives grant to help children with sickle cell disease

[This article by Amanda Cook was first published on the Kennesaw State University website, republished with permission — photo credit: Darnell Wilburn] Most of the estimated 300,000 babies born every…

Business January 17, 2024

Georgia Senate commemorates the 70th anniversary of the Lockheed Martin C-130

Photo Credit: Thinh Nguyen, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics The Georgia Senate passed a resolution commemorating the 70th anniversary of the first flight of the Lockheed Martin C-130, manufactured at the company’s…

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History January 17, 2024

Civil War era Cobb County court clerk absconds with the cash

If we consider the backlog in the Cobb County clerk’s office now scandalous, imagine reader reaction to this brief story from the February 1, 1861, issue of the Marietta Advocate:…

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