Articles by Larry Felton Johnson

Climate and Weather May 8, 2022

Cobb County weather: Sunday May 8, 2022

The National Weather Service forecasts mostly cloudy skies in the morning here in Cobb County on Sunday May 8, 2022, gradually becoming sunny later in the day. The expected high…

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From the Editor May 7, 2022

Please take the United Way/Cobb County survey on equal access and opportunity in the ad on this page

I don’t think I’ve ever directly encouraged readers to click on a specific ad on our page, but I’m going to make an exception for the survey created by Cobb…

What money can buy you May 7, 2022

Kohls and Walmart pay $5.5 million for alleged deceptive mislabeling of rayon as environmentally friendly bamboo

The U.S. Department of Justice announced in a press release that Kohls and Walmart have agreed to a $5.5 million dollar combined settlement for allegedly labeling rayon products as bamboo….

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Health Care May 7, 2022

COVID among Cobb County school-aged residents: May 6 2022

The following table is a summary of the Georgia Department of Public Health School-Aged Surveillance Report posted Friday May 6. Cobb CountyAge categoryAll cases to date14-day case count14-day case rate…

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2022 Elections May 7, 2022

Advance voting totals for Cobb County through May 5: Republicans still lead in voters who’ve cast early ballots

The following is reprinted from the Cobb elections website and are the total ballots cast through Thursday May 5 in the 2022 Primary and General Nonpartisan Election: Advance Voting for…

Climate and Weather May 7, 2022

Weather forecast for Cobb County, May 7, 2022

The National Weather Service forecasts partly sunny skies here in Cobb County on Saturday May 7, 2022, with a high temperature of near 67 degrees. 7-day forecast This forecast is…

Science and Technology May 6, 2022

Nanoparticles are the future of medicine – researchers are experimenting with new ways to design tiny particle treatments for cancer

By Duxin Sun, University of Michigan [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] When you hear the word “nanomedicine,” it might call to mind scenarios like those…

Climate and Weather May 6, 2022

National Weather Service outlook for Cobb includes possibility of “storms capable of damaging winds, large hail and even a brief tornado”

The National Weather Service, has issued a hazardous weather outlook for Cobb County and much of the rest of north Georgia for the afternoon and evening of Friday May 6,…

Environment May 6, 2022

Update on 7 million gallon wastewater spill into Lake Allatoona in Cobb County

In answer to a request for an update on the spill of 7 million gallons of wastewater from the Cobb County Water System’s (CCWS) Northwest Water Reclamation Facility into Lake…

Science and Technology May 6, 2022

NVIDIA settles for $5.5 million over SEC charges they inadequately disclosed impact of cryptomining on their revenue

NVIDIA Corporation, a giant in the design and manufacture of graphics processing units (GPUs) settled with the Securities and Exchange Commission over charges that the increase in gaming business sales…

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