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

Cobb County, gas prices November 19, 2018

Cobb gas prices dropping before Thanksgiving

According to a press release from Garrett Townsend, the Georgia Public Affairs Director for AAA, gas prices statewide have dropped prior to the Thanksgiving holiday. He wrote in a press…

(L-R) Commissioner Lisa Cupid; Lasondra Howard-Boddie, Cobb County Director of DFCS; Everlean Rutherford; Brandon Rutherford; Danielle Farrelley, Resource Development Supervisor, DFCS; Carmen Nance, Cobb County DFCS Deputy Director (photo by Larry Felton Johnson)

Cobb County board of commissioners November 18, 2018

National Adoption Month in Cobb County

At last Tuesday’s meeting of the Cobb County Board of Commissioners the BOC proclaimed November “Adoption Month,” to coincide with the national observation. District 4 Commissioner Lisa Cupid, bringing the…

L-R Luisa Wakeman, Erick Allen, Mary Frances Williams (photo by Larry Felton Johnson)

2018 elections November 16, 2018

Democrat Mary Frances Williams wins the recount

The recount is complete for Georgia House District 37, and Democratic challenger Mary Frances Williams has officially unseated Republican incumbent Sam Teasley. The Marietta-area district has been represented by Teasley…

Kennesaw State University November 15, 2018

Kennesaw State designated Bicycle Friendly University

The League of American Bicyclists (LAB) designated Kennesaw State University as a Bicycle Friendly University, in recognition of KSU’s commitment to safe and accessible bicycling on campus. This was the…

2018 elections November 15, 2018

Recount in Georgia house race ordered with Cobb Democrat ahead by 173 votes

A recount will be conducted for the race in Georgia House District 37, a Marietta-area district. Democratic challenger Mary Frances Williams is ahead of Republican incumbent Sam Teasley by 173…

City of Kennesaw staff displays Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting (photo courtesy City of Kennesaw)

Kennesaw November 15, 2018

Kennesaw city recognized for financial reporting

The Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA) has awarded the City of Kennesaw the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting. Kennesaw has achieved…

Larry Johnson, the editor and publisher of the Cobb County Courier seated in an office chair in front of a small table with a laptop in article about Cobb County Courier Meet the Editor

From the Editor, Meet the Editor November 14, 2018

Meet the Editor this Friday at Cenacle Coffee Shop

Yogi Berra is reported to have said “It’s deja vu all over again.” Well, here at the Courier it’s deja vu all over again every week when it comes to…

Erica Parish, surrounded by family and commissioners, accepts appointment as Cobb DOT director (photo by Larry Felton Johnson)

Cobb County DOT November 14, 2018

Erica Parish named Cobb DOT director

Erica Parish, who has been the interim director of the Cobb County Department of Transportation, was named to the post on a permanent basis by the Cobb County Board of…

Cobb County Police Department, STEP unit November 13, 2018

Serious Injury Crash in Austell

According to a public information release from Officer Sarah O’Hara of the Cobb County Police Department, the department’s Selective Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP) Unit is investigating a serious injury collision…

Two cast members from the Campbell High School Drama Club production of Nunsense. (photo courtesy of Tony Waybright)

Smyrna November 13, 2018

Nunsense at Campbell High

The Campbell High School Drama Club will perform Nunsense, the popular musical by Dan Goggin inspired by a line of humorous greeting cards. The show will run this Thursday November…

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