Articles by Larry Felton Johnson

An image from video surveillance recorded Jan. 7, 2021, shows former Coffee County Republican Party Chair Cathy Latham and Election Director Misty Hampton. Screenshot from Coffee County video

2022 Elections September 21, 2022

Sleepy Coffee County wakes to national spotlight with 2021 voting machine breach videos

by Ray Glier, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission]September 21, 2022 DOUGLAS – Sitting at a back table at Ole Times restaurant, Larry…

Photo of South Cobb Regional Library in article about fall book sale

Cobb County Public Library September 21, 2022

Are you an immigrant to the U.S. working on becoming a U.S. citizen?: the Cobb Public Library has Citizenship and Civics kits to help in your journey

Are you an immigrant to the U.S. working on naturalizing as a U.S. Citizen? Starting October 3 the Cobb County Public Library will have kits available that will help you…

Scales of Justice with the word justice over it.

Immigration September 21, 2022

Ron DeSantis dropping migrants off on Martha’s Vineyard may be illegal – an immigration lawyer explains why

By Jean Lantz Reisz, University of Southern California [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The unexpected arrival of approximately 50 Colombian and Venezuelan migrants on Martha’s…

Climate and Weather September 21, 2022

Cobb County weather forecast: Wednesday September 21, 2022

The National Weather Service forecasts sunny skies here in Cobb County on Wednesday September 21 with a high temperature of near 92 degrees. Calm wind becoming north around 5 mph…

Business September 20, 2022

Mike Plant chosen as Cobb Chamber’s board chairman for 2024

The Cobb Chamber announced in a press release that Mike Plant, president and CEO of the Braves Development Company has been chosen as the Chamber’s 2024 Chairman of the Board….

The exterior of Smyrna City Hall, a red brick building with four large columns

Smyrna September 20, 2022

Smyrna approves Pebblebrook annexation, first redistricting charter amendment, and townhome code amendments

By Arielle Robinson Smyrna’s City Council held its regular meeting at City Hall Monday evening. Mayor Pro Tem Tim Gould filled in for Mayor Derek Norton as the council approved…

Harold Lloyd and Midred Davis looking at each other lovingly through round-framed black rimmed glasses

Film September 20, 2022

Marietta’s Strand Theatre has big event planned for Silent Movie Day, featuring live organ accompaniment

September 29 is Silent Movie Day, and Marietta‘s Strand Theatre is celebrating by showing an assortment of silent movies, accompanied in the way they were originally shown in the early…

Education September 20, 2022

An ‘unprecedented flood’ of book bans engulfs U.S. school districts, PEN report says

by Ariana Figueroa, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder and in the States Newsroom, republished with permission]September 19, 2022 WASHINGTON — More than 1,600 book titles…

Race and Racism September 20, 2022

Ron DeSantis and Greg Abbott pull from segregationists’ playbook with their anti-immigration stunts

By Greta de Jong, University of Nevada, Reno [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] As a historian of racism and white supremacy in the United States,…

laptop and additional small keyboard on a dining room table

Cobb County Public Library September 20, 2022

Digital Literacy Workshops offered by Cobb Public Library and AT&T

From September 26 through December 12 the Cobb Public Library is offering a series of Digital Literacy Workshops, sponsored by ATT&T. The workshops cover a variety of topics, from how…

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