Articles by Larry Felton Johnson

Georgia Power sign at Plant McDonough-Atkinson in Cobb County accompanying article about restory power

Weather October 30, 2020

Georgia Power reports power restored to nearly 675,000 customers

Georgia Power reported in a press release this afternoon that power has been restored to nearly 675,000 customers, and they repeated their earlier estimate that power would be restored to…

Weather October 29, 2020

Georgia Power projects days of outage for some customers

Georgia Power issued a press release in which they project that power is expected “to be restored to 95% of customers impacted by Hurricane Zeta by Sunday night,” and that…

Education October 29, 2020

Cobb schools closed tomorrow

The Cobb County School District sent the following news release announcing that due to the disruption caused by Hurricane Zeta, all classes are canceled tomorrow. A CCSD representative told the…

Weather October 29, 2020

Updated message from Georgia Power: 417k still without power, 280k restored

Georgia Power has issued a more recent update than the one in this article, which you can read by following this link. Georgia Power distributed the following press release at…

Cobb County October 29, 2020

CCCSB Behavioral Health Crisis Center open today as usual

The Cobb County Community Services Board issued the following news release announcing that the Behavioral Health Crisis Center remains open today. Here is the complete announcement: Tropical Storm Zeta UPDATE,…

Weather October 29, 2020

Messages from Georgia Power and Cobb County Government about Hurricane Zeta storm damage

In the interests of getting this posted before a possible second power outage here, we’re posting the messages from Georgia Power and Cobb County verbatim: Georgia Power press release We…

Cobb County, Uncategorized October 27, 2020

(re)launch of the Cobb County Courier podcast

Seven months after we did an experimental podcast, I’m relaunching with a simpler, less production-intensive format. Our first, experimental podcast took several days to produce and included audio clips from…

2020 Elections October 27, 2020

Julia Hurtado, Democratic Cobb Board of Education candidate for Post 5 discusses her campaign

Democratic candidate for Cobb County’s Board of Education Post 5, Julia Hurtado, answered questions from the Courier about her campaign and her background. Hurtado is running to unseat David Banks,…

Kennesaw October 27, 2020

Kennesaw holiday art walk contest

Looking for a fun, creative and competitive event in Kennesaw for the holiday season? Registration is now open for the Kennesaw Parks & Rec Holiday Art Walk contest. The City…

The coronavirus vaccines might have contributed to a rise in gasoline prices illustrated by photo of Kroger gas station on South Cobb Drive

Economy October 26, 2020

Georgia gasoline prices dropping again

According to a press release from Montrae Waiters, spokeswoman for AAA – The Auto Club Group, Georgia prices at the pump have been dropping compared to a week ago. The…

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Articles by Larry Felton Johnson

Georgia Power reports power restored to nearly 675,000 customers

Georgia Power projects days of outage for some customers

Cobb schools closed tomorrow

Updated message from Georgia Power: 417k still without power, 280k restored

CCCSB Behavioral Health Crisis Center open today as usual

Messages from Georgia Power and Cobb County Government about Hurricane Zeta storm damage

(re)launch of the Cobb County Courier podcast

Julia Hurtado, Democratic Cobb Board of Education candidate for Post 5 discusses her campaign

Kennesaw holiday art walk contest

Georgia gasoline prices dropping again