Articles by Larry Felton Johnson

The Home Depot store on Cumberland Parkway

Business June 15, 2020

Home Depot tweets support for Georgia hate crime legislation

In a tweet this morning, Home Depot, headquartered in Cobb County, and also a major employer in the county, chimed in supporting hate crime legislation under consideration in Georgia. Now…

James D. Taiclet, the new president and CEO of Lockheed Martin (photo courtesy of Lockheed Martin)

Business June 15, 2020

James D. Taiclet replaces Marillyn Hewson as president and CEO of Lockheed Martin

Lockheed Martin, which is a major employer in Cobb County, has a new president and CEO, James D. Taiclet. The company issued the following press release announcing the transition. In…

Powder Springs June 15, 2020

Powder Springs seeks photos of local veterans and active military members for their virtual Independence Day celebration

The Powder Springs Independence Day celebration is going virtual this year, in order to observe social distancing to slow the spread of COVID-19, and is seeking photos of veterans and…

Cobb County government building in article about rental assistance

Cobb County June 15, 2020

In-person attendance at Cobb BOC June zoning hearing allowed

The county has made provisions for the public to attend the Cobb Board of Commissioners June zoning hearing in person tomorrow, Tuesday June 16 at 9 a.m. According to the…

Cobb County June 14, 2020

Contentious rezoning for medical office building on Atlanta Road to be heard at Tuesday BOC zoning meeting

The Cobb County Board of Commissioners will hear a rezoning request for the purpose of building a three-story medical office building at the intersection of Atlanta Road and Cumberland Parkway…

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

Cobb County June 13, 2020

Two Cobb online SPLOST open houses scheduled

Two online open houses have been scheduled for Cobb residents to look over the approved lists of SPLOST projects and give input. SPLOST stands for Special Purpose Local Option Sales…

2020 Elections June 12, 2020

Mike Boyce to Raffensperger: Accept responsibility or resign

BOC chairman Mike Boyce in his weekly email newsletter sharply criticized Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger for shifting the blame for Georgia’s ongoing election debacle to county elections officials,…

Line at Lindley Middle School voting site (photo by Larry Felton Johnson)

2020 Elections June 11, 2020

Candidates Keisha Waites, Linda Pritchett file emergency injunction to delay election certification

Candidates Keisha Waites, who is running for Georgia’s 13th Congressional District, and Linda Pritchett, a candidate for Georgia Senate District 39, filed an emergency injunction in the Superior Court of…

2020 Elections June 11, 2020

Certification of Cobb election delayed 2 days to June 19

Cobb County Communications Director Ross Cavitt reports that the regular meeting of the Cobb Board of Elections and Registration originally scheduled for Wednesday, June 17 to certify the results for…

2020 Elections June 11, 2020

61,500 Cobb County ballots yet to be counted

Cobb County Communications Director Ross Cavitt told the Courier in an email that there are 61,500 ballots yet to be scanned into the results, and that the number of ballots…

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Articles by Larry Felton Johnson

Home Depot tweets support for Georgia hate crime legislation

James D. Taiclet replaces Marillyn Hewson as president and CEO of Lockheed Martin

Powder Springs seeks photos of local veterans and active military members for their virtual Independence Day celebration

In-person attendance at Cobb BOC June zoning hearing allowed

Contentious rezoning for medical office building on Atlanta Road to be heard at Tuesday BOC zoning meeting

Two Cobb online SPLOST open houses scheduled

Mike Boyce to Raffensperger: Accept responsibility or resign

Candidates Keisha Waites, Linda Pritchett file emergency injunction to delay election certification

Certification of Cobb election delayed 2 days to June 19

61,500 Cobb County ballots yet to be counted