Articles by Larry Felton Johnson

The Railroad Disaster to the West India Mail Near Blackshear, Georgia, an engraving from a photograph published in Harper's Weekly, March 1888 in article about emergency response training

Cobb County February 6, 2019

Cobb offers emergency response training

Do you know what to do in the event of a crisis in your area? Would you like to be able to protect yourself, your family, and help neighbors when…

Cobb County Police Department February 6, 2019

Cobb police Coffee with a Cop

Officer Nathalie Jegg of the Cobb County Police Department‘s Community Affairs Unit announced the following Coffee with a Cop events for February in an email: 02/12/2019 at 5:00pm at Starbucks…

poster showing a black family and announcing National Black HIV AIDS Awareness Day

Cobb & Douglas Public Health, Health Care February 6, 2019

Free HIV test on National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

Free HIV testing will be offered on February 8 by Cobb & Douglas Public Health (CDPH) in observance of National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (February 8), The testing will be…

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

Meet the Editor February 6, 2019

This week’s Meet the Editor

If you want to meet me in person, offer suggestions or complaints, or just chat, I’ll be at Cenacle Coffee Shop this Friday morning February 8 7:30 – 10:30 a.m….

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

Cobb County Courts, Superior Court February 5, 2019

Marietta man sentenced to 40 years for attempted murder

According to a press release from Cobb County District Attorney Vic Reynolds, Justin Brown, 35,of Marietta, was sentenced to 40 years without parole last week. Brown was convicted of attempted…

Cobb County Police Department February 4, 2019

Driver of Lamborghini killed on I-285 off-ramp at Cobb Parkway

The Cobb County Police Department issued the following news release this afternoon: The Cobb County Police Department’s Selective Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP) Unit is investigating a single vehicle collision that…

Naseer Benefield (victim of stabbing death in Mableton) (photo courtesy of the Cobb County District Attorney's office)

Cobb County District Attorney, Cobb County Police Department February 4, 2019

40 year sentence given in stabbing death of teen in Mableton

Cobb County District Attorney Vic Reynolds announced in a press release that Dawson Lee Wagner, 19, of Woodstock, has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for the stabbing death…

Riverside Parkway road sign in article about homicde suicide at EpiCenter

Riverside Parkway January 31, 2019

Hearing on alleged violations at Riverside Parkway apartment complexes postponed

The court hearing date on multiple alleged code violations at three apartment complexes under the same ownership along Riverside Parkway was postponed until March 7, since the owner very recently retained…

Cyclist on the Silver Comet Trail in article about Silver Comet Trail reopen

Silver Comet Trail January 29, 2019

Cobb putting Emergency Locator Markers on Silver Comet Trail

Cobb County is going to install markers along the Cobb County portion of the Silver Comet Trail to quickly direct emergency responders to incidents along the trail. “We have signs…

Snow in Mableton last year -- photo by Larry Felton Johnson

Cobb County January 28, 2019

Cobb DOT crews to work during winter storm watch

Although Cobb County offices will be closed Tuesday due to the winter storm watch, the work crews of the Cobb DOT will show up for work to prepare equipment, treat…

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