Articles by Larry Felton Johnson

Cemeteries July 7, 2024

Collins Springs Cemetery: a small historic cemetery off Atlanta Road

Collins Springs Cemetery (photo by Larry Felton Johnson) [This is an expansion of an article and slideshow we originally published in 2018. We’ve added information and a few photos from…

An abstract image representing cyberthreats

Cobb County July 7, 2024

Residents receive fraudulent texts claiming to be from Cobb elections department

Cobb County warned residents that fraudulent texts were being sent by someone claiming to be with Cobb County Elections, using a spoofed election department phone number. Cobb Information Technology Services…

An AI-generated image of a cluster of oyster mushrooms in a wooded area- created with DALL-E from ChatGPT

Food July 7, 2024

Learn to grow delicious oyster mushrooms in a learning event at the Vinings Library

An AI-generated image of a cluster of oyster mushrooms in a wooded area- created with DALL-E from ChatGPT Cobb County announced a learning event on its Facebook page that will…

A split image with thundercloud on the left, scorching heat in an urban setting on the right

Climate and Weather July 7, 2024

Scattered storms & high heat index bring possible hazardous weather for north and central Georgia July 7

The National Weather Service issued a hazardous weather outlook for Cobb County and other parts of north and central Georgia for Sunday, July 7. Scattered thunderstorms are expected to continue,…

The comedy and drama mask behind curtains

Cobb County July 6, 2024

Shakespeare’s The Tempest for a very young audience at Sewell Mill Library

Shakespeare for a very young audience will be onstage at the Sewell Mill Library & Cultural Center, 2051 Lower Roswell Road, Marietta 30068, on Wednesday, July 10 at 7 p.m….

Three people gathered around a wall-board with various business and industry symbols including gears and charts

Business July 6, 2024

51 new businesses licensed by Cobb County during the week ending Friday, July 5, 2024.

Here are the 51 new businesses issued licenses by Cobb County on the week ending Friday, July 5, 2024. These are only licenses for businesses in unincorporated Cobb County. Cities…

Marietta July 6, 2024

Fire hose uncoupling ceremony for the new Marietta Fire Training Tower next Wednesday

Image above generated by DALL-E from ChatGPT The City of Marietta will host a grand opening of the new Marietta Fire Training Tower on Wednesday, July 10, 2024, from 4:00…

Climate and Weather July 6, 2024

Heat advisory noon-8 PM for Georgia Saturday: Heat index could hit 109°

The National Weather Service issued a hazardous weather outlook for Saturday, July 6, for Cobb County and other parts of north and central Georgia. Scorching heat indices of 100 to…

A Lockheed Martin C-130J turboprop airlifter in flight

Business July 5, 2024

Lockheed Martin Second Quarter conference call: July 23

Lockheed Martin announced its Second Quarter 2024 earnings results conference call for Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 11 a.m. ET. James Taiclet, chairman, president and CEO, Jay Malave, CFO and…

Cobb County July 5, 2024

Lion’s Club at Marietta July 4 parade + Sweetwater Mission food distribution

Barry Krebs sent the following reports and photos from two events. The first was the July 4 parade on Marietta Square, the second a food distribution Lions from the Marietta,…

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