Articles by Larry Felton Johnson

New business licenses article posted each week with an image of Three people gathered around a wall-board with various business and industry symbols including gears and charts

Business January 4, 2025

46 new businesses were licensed by Cobb County over the past week

Here are the 46 new businesses issued licenses by Cobb County on the week ending Friday, Jan. 4, 2025. These are only licenses for businesses in unincorporated Cobb County. Cities…

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Opinion January 4, 2025

How AI Could Replace Writers, And When It Won’t (Part 2)

By John A. Tures, Professor of Political Science, LaGrange College [This is the second of two columns. Follow this link to read Part 1] A writer on Medium.com contends that…

Opinion January 4, 2025

How AI Could Replace Writers, And When It Won’t (Part 1)

By John A. Tures, Professor of Political Science, LaGrange College In the battle between artificial intelligence and humans, there’s no bigger arena to compare the two than one of creativity….

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Mableton January 4, 2025

Public hearing on Mableton’s trash pickup ordinance Tuesday

The first Mableton City Council meeting of the year is on Tuesday instead of Wednesday. It will be held on January 7, 2025, at 6:30 p.m. at the Riverside EpiCenter,…

Climate and Weather January 4, 2025

North and central Georgia under high fire danger alert for the second day in a row

The National Weather Service issued a high fire danger alert for Cobb County and other counties in the region for the second day in a row, effective Saturday, January 4,…

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Mableton January 4, 2025

When Mableton first was (and shortly thereafter wasn’t) a city

[The Cobb County Courier is republishing some of our earliest articles. When many of these articles were first published, our readership was less than 10,000 per month. Now that we’re…

Climate and Weather January 3, 2025

High fire danger for north and central Georgia this afternoon and evening: Friday Jan 3

The National Weather Service issued a high fire danger alert for Cobb County and other counties in the region for today and tonight, Friday, January 3, due dry conditions and…

Climate and Weather January 3, 2025

National Weather Service determines brief tornado damaged homes in East Cobb

A brief EF1 tornado with 95-mile-per-hour winds on Sunday, Dec. 29, damaged Cobb County homes on Corral Drive and Bridal Path. According to the county, several residents were displaced, and…

Defense industry January 3, 2025

Lockheed Martin schedules Q4 and full-year 2024 earnings call

Lockheed Martin announced in a press release that it will webcast live its fourth quarter and full year 2024 earnings results conference call (listen-only mode) on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025…

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Cobb County January 2, 2025

Wellstar announces first babies born New Years Day at its 2 hospitals

Wellstar Health System announced the first two births at their two hospitals in Cobb County: Wellstar Cobb and Wellstar Kennestone. The information about babies and photos are below. Wellstar Cobb…

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