Articles by Larry Felton Johnson

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

Georgia March 18, 2019

Georgia gas prices surged 28 cents in 32 days

Georgia gas prices surged 28 cents in 32 days, according to a news release from Garrett Townsend, the public affairs director for AAA – The Auto Club Group, “Drivers saw…

Puzzles Games and Quizzes March 17, 2019

Cobb County history quiz

We’re going to start periodically running quizzes, and as an experiment put together a little quiz on Cobb County history, starting with the early years. The questions and answers were…

CobbLinc bus stop sign in article about Cobb Comprehensive Transportation Plan

Cobb County March 17, 2019

CobbLinc Sunday bus service starts July 1

CobbLinc Sunday bus service will begin on July 1. This will be the first time Cobb County’s buses will run seven days per week in the 30-year history of the…

Cobb County March 17, 2019

Cobb transportation plan public meetings

Cobb County and the cities within Cobb are holding a series of public meetings about the upcoming Cobb transportation plan. According to a newsletter from Cobb County Board of Commissioners…

African Delights restaurant on Veterans Memorial Highway (photo by Larry Felton Johnson)

Food March 16, 2019

African Delights in Mableton

African Delights restaurant on Veterans Memorial Highway in Mableton, serves both African and Caribbean food. The African dishes are from Senegal on Africa’s west coast. The owner and chef at…

Cobb County March 15, 2019

Water Planning District seeks Cobb advisory board members

Are you interested in the water resources in our county and the metro region? The Metropolitan North Georgia Water Planning District needs Cobb residents to serve on the Chattahoochee and…

Ray Thomas of Mableton Improvement Coalition proposes park name Discovery Riverline Park at a lecturn before the Board of Commissioners

Cobb County March 13, 2019

Discovery Riverline Park proposed by MIC as new park name

The Cobb County Board of Commissioners removed the decision on the name of the future park on the Chattahoochee near Discovery Boulevard from their agenda Tuesday morning, after the Mableton…

photo of Cobb Superior Court building from the front with a blue sky with clouds in the background

Cobb County March 12, 2019

Jerome Booze sentenced to life with 35 years to be served in prison

Jerome Antonio Booze, of Decatur, was sentenced to life, with 35 years to be served in prison, by Cobb County Superior Court Judge Ann Harris. Booze was convicted yesterday of…

Georgia March 12, 2019

Georgia one of five states that account for nearly half of pedestrian deaths in 2018

Georgia has the sad distinction of being among the five states that, combined, accounted for nearly half the pedestrian deaths in the U.S. in 2018. Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia and…

Some of the residents of the Riverside Parkway apartment complexes gather to talk after the court proceedings (photo by Larry Felton Johnson)

Cobb County March 11, 2019

Riverside Parkway apartment owners granted jury trial over code violations charges

The owners of three Riverside Parkway apartment complexes in South Cobb, who face over 80 charges of code violations requested and were granted a jury trial in state court. The…

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