Articles by Larry Felton Johnson

Health Care June 20, 2021

Final shot administered at Jim Miller Park mass vaccination site

The final vaccine was administered at Cobb County’s mass vaccination site at Jim Miller Park last week. The shutdown is a sign of success in the widespread availability of the…

Kennesaw June 19, 2021

Southern Museum to launch Southern Spirits: an adults-only food, drink and entertainment event

Kennesaw’s Southern Museum of Civil War & Locomotive History will launch Southern Spirits, an adults-only event, on July 16. Details are provided in the press release reprinted below: KENNESAW, Ga….

Cobb County June 17, 2021

Cobb Board of Elections and Registration returning to in-person meetings

The Cobb County Board of Elections and Registration, which has been meeting virtually since the beginning of the pandemic, will return to in-person meetings starting with the Monday June 21…

Man in mid-air on skateboard for Kennesaw Go Skateboarding celebration

Kennesaw June 17, 2021

Kennesaw to host Go Skateboarding celebration on Monday June 21

The City of Kennesaw will host a Go Skateboarding celebration next Monday, June 21, 2021. More details and a link for further information can be found in the city’s press…

Powder Springs June 17, 2021

UPDATE: Carnival Canceled. Powder Springs to host carnival for Independence Day weekend

UPDATE: Due to a tragic accident that took the life of the wife of the carnival’s owner, the carnival has been canceled. The SpringsFest will continue as scheduled. The City…

Janet Memark speaks at Healthy Start meeting used in article about COVID cases in Cobb

Health Care June 16, 2021

Dr. Janet Memark issues update on COVID in Cobb and Douglas counties

Dr. Janet Memark, the District Health Director for Cobb & Douglas Public Health, distributed the following update on the state of the COVID-19 pandemic in Cobb and Douglas counties. Good…

Kennesaw June 16, 2021

Kennesaw police and community to hold Juneteenth Celebration

Juneteenth is on track to become a federal holiday. Juneteenth, or June 19, is the date that people who had been held and forced to work in slavery in Texas…

Map of Georgia House District 34 taken from the Cobb County website

2021 Elections June 16, 2021

Seabaugh and Smith advance to runoff in Georgia House District 34 election

Republican Devan Seabaugh and Democrat Priscilla Smith were the top vote-getters in the race to fill the seat vacated by Republican Bert Reeves in Georgia House District 34. In Georgia…

Education June 15, 2021

Cobb school district issues update on the review of its accreditation

The Cobb County School District, which has been beleaguered by charges of racism, and of the school board’s effective blocking of the ability of Black school board members to put…

Cobb Bar President-Elect Soo Hong Accepts Awards for Cobb County Bar Association

Cobb County June 14, 2021

Cobb County Bar Association receives multiple awards

The Cobb County Bar Association announced in a press release that the association and members received multiple awards at the 2021 Annual meeting of the State Bar of Georgia. The…

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Immigration March 19, 2025

Beatings, overcrowding and food deprivation: US deportees face distressing human rights conditions in El Salvador’s mega-prison

by Mneesha Gellman, Emerson College and Sarah C. Bishop, Baruch College, CUNY, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] El Salvador President Nayib Bukele framed his offer…

Health Care March 19, 2025

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