Articles by Larry Felton Johnson

Kennesaw free outdoor movie crowd image from past year

Kennesaw April 9, 2021

Kennesaw free Outdoor Movie Series kicks off with Wonder Woman 1984

The City of Kennesaw announced that their free outdoor movie series will show “Wonder Woman 1984,” as the kickoff for the series. The city’s press release gives the following details:…

Smyrna City Hall in article about Smyrna millage rate

Smyrna April 9, 2021

Smyrna to give 1,000 Pfizer vaccines to its residents

The City of Smyrna announced they will be administering 1,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine, limited to citizens of Smyrna. A representative of Smyrna’s community relations department told the Courier…

From the Editor April 8, 2021

Interactive map of proposed City of East Cobb

NOTE TO READERS: One thing I’ve discovered in testing the map is that if you access it via a mobile device and it takes you to the web address ending…

Kennesaw April 7, 2021

Kennesaw to host its annual Book Swap

The City of Kennesaw sent the following news release about its annual Book Swap: Kennesaw, GA (April 6, 2020) — Kennesaw Parks & Recreation will host its popular Book Swap…

Cobb County, Mableton April 6, 2021

A walk through the upcoming Cobb County park on Henderson Road in Mableton

A few weeks ago a group of people took a walk through the property on Henderson Road that will be developed into a new Cobb County park in Mableton. Follow…

Education April 3, 2021

Cobb school district announces details of $1000 payouts to full-time staff

The Cobb County School District distributed a press release yesterday outlining the details on the $1000 payouts to full-time staff, and $490 supplements to part-time employees. The press release is…

Cobb BOC Chairwoman Lisa Cupid at lectern during her second swearing-in ceremony

Cobb County April 1, 2021

Lisa Cupid’s statement to Joe Biden on the All-Star Game

Cobb County Communications Director Ross Cavitt sent the following press notice containing Cobb County BOC Chairwoman Lisa Cupid‘s statement on her response to President Biden’s suggestion that the MLB All-Star…

Cobb County March 29, 2021

Man fatally shot on Austell Road while child was in back seat of car

According to a publc information release from Sgt. Wayne Delk of the Cobb County Police Department a man was fatally shot in a vehicle and a child in the back…

Larry Johnson, the editor and publisher of the Cobb County Courier seated in an office chair in front of a small table with a laptop in article about Cobb County Courier Meet the Editor

From the Editor March 26, 2021

From the editor: median home values by census tract

I’m posting this from a Panera Bread in Albany NY, the closest place to where I am staying at the moment that I can get internet access. I’ve been called…

Welcome to Cobb County brick sign at Henderson Road on Veterans Memorial

Business March 25, 2021

Sterling Seacrest and Pritchard and Jerden to merge

Cobb-based insurance brokerage firm Sterling Seacrest Partners and Buckhead firm Pritchard and Jerden plan to merge, creating one of the largest privately held independent insurance brokerages in the Southeast, according…

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Politics December 23, 2024

Climate of fear is driving local officials to quit – new study from California finds threats, abuse rampant

by Rachel Locke, University of San Diego, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Threats and harassment are pushing some politicians out of office, scaring off some…

Science and Technology December 23, 2024

Octopuses and their relatives are a new animal welfare frontier − here’s what scientists know about consciousness in these unique creatures

by Rachel Blaser, University of San Diego, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] We named him Squirt – not because he was the smallest of the…

Economy December 23, 2024

Trump’s 2017 tax cuts expire soon − study shows they made income inequality worse and especially hurt Black Americans

by Beverly Moran, Vanderbilt University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, a set of tax cuts Donald Trump signed into…

Marietta December 23, 2024

Marietta’s Bell Bomber plant: 1942-1945

Photo above: a B29 in flight, Public Domain, retrieved from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:B-29_in_flight.jpg [We expand and republish this evergreen article periodically] In 1942 a small ad appeared in newpapers across Georgia, including…

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