Articles by Larry Felton Johnson

Group photo of the descendants of enslaved Matilda Ruff at the Bench by the Road placed in her honor

History January 29, 2025

Descendants of enslaved family in Cobb County visit the Bench by the Road memorial

Photo: Group photo of the descendants of enslaved Matilda Ruff, along with local supporters, at the Bench by the Road placed in her honor In a famous interview during a…

Davis Chapel Cemetery (photo by Larry Felton Johnson)

Mableton January 28, 2025

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…

a screenshot of the six districts in Mableon, with 1,2,3 to the south, 4, 5, 6 to the north

Mableton January 28, 2025

Breaking: Lawsuit challenging the legality of City of Mableton dismissed

The Supreme Court of Georgia issued its ruling today in White, et al v. City of Mableton, and dismissed the appeal, leaving the city intact. We will publish more on…

Mableton Councilwoman Patricia Auch displays orange bags of trash from a littler cleanup

Mableton January 28, 2025

First Christian Church of Mableton adopt-a-mile cleanup on Old Alabama Road

Avid community volunteer Barry Krebs submitted the following report with photos on the First Christian Church of Mableton adopt-a-mile litter cleanup of Old Alabama Road: The First Christian Church of…

A red alert triangle with fog behind it and icicles below it

Weather January 28, 2025

Freezing fog advisory issued for north and central Georgia

The National Weather Service issued a freezing fog advisory for Cobb County and other parts of north and central Georgia for the morning of Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025. Freezing fog…

Marietta January 27, 2025

Marietta’s Laurel Park: ducks, geese, turtles, and even a visit from a bear

By Larry Felton Johnson One of my favorite small parks in Cobb County is Laurel Park, a Marietta city park located just off busy Whitlock Avenue. When my accountant was…

Quill pan and ink in article about absentee ballots

Letters to the Editor January 27, 2025

Letter to the Editor: “The black-white achievement gap has expanded in every computation skill area”

[This is a Letter to the Editor. For our policies on letters, and how to submit them, please see the bottom of this article] As a new administration takes office,…

A green recycling truck. A large utility truck like a standard trash pickup truck but with a circular arrow recycling symbol on the side

Mableton January 27, 2025

Special called meeting of Mableton City Council to decide on trash pickup ordinance

The City of Mableton will hold a special meeting tomorrow, Tuesday, January 28. The primary purpose of the meeting is to decide on a solid waste management (trash pickup) ordinance….

sign with American flag stating "Vote Here"

Elections January 27, 2025

Responses to survey from the Cobb Courier to candidates for District 4 in the Cobb Board of Commissioners special election

[Editor’s note: as editor of the Cobb County Courier I admit total defeat in my effort to force the answers that came in to me in different formats into a…

Elections January 26, 2025

Responses to survey from the Cobb Courier to candidates for District 2 in the Cobb Board of Commissioners special election

The Cobb County Courier distributed questionnaires to the Democratic and Republican candidates for the Cobb County Board of Commissioners. We sent the same questionnaires for both district seats, and to…

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