Articles by Larry Felton Johnson

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…

Cobb County June 14, 2021

GBI investigating the fatal shooting of Kennesaw man by Cobb police

According to a public information release from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation the GBI has been called on to investigate the fatal shooting of Kennesaw man by Cobb County police,…

Kennesaw June 11, 2021

A response from a member of the Kennesaw Police Department’s Citizen’s Advisory Board

Dear Mr. Johnson: In 2005, I moved to Georgia from the nation’s capital, Washington D.C. In an effort to find a great community for raising my then two young children,…

Kennesaw Police headquarters in article about Juneteenth unity

From the Editor June 10, 2021

If it’s a Juneteenth Celebration, call it a Juneteenth Celebration, otherwise pick another date

[This is an opinion piece from Larry Felton Johnson, the Editor and Publisher of the Cobb County Courier] There has been a fierce and highly organized effort in the U.S…..

Lisa Crossman speaking at Board of Commissioners meeting

Health Care June 8, 2021

Cobb & Douglas Public Health presents upbeat COVID report to BOC

At Tuesday’s meeting of the Cobb County Board of Commissioners, Lisa Crossman, the Deputy Director of Cobb & Douglas Public Health presented an upbeat report on the state of the…

Cobb County June 8, 2021

Cobb County warns residents of email phishing scams about COVID relief

Cobb County posted a message on the county web page warning residents about phishing scams. An article from the Cobb County Police Department describes phishing as follows: Phishing is when…

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