Articles by Larry Felton Johnson

Kennesaw State University September 10, 2018

Kennesaw State makes Best Colleges list in several categories

For the first time, KSU’s undergraduate engineering programs were ranked in the top 100 in U.S. News & World Report’s annual best colleges list. Kennesaw State also made the list…

Riverview Landing Smyrna under construction (photo by Larry Felton Johnson)

Riverview Landing September 10, 2018

Riverview Landing Smyrna — Part 5

The Riverview Landing Smyrna development is moving along, with construction crews framing the multi-family apartments and continuing to build retainer walls on the west side of the road. There is…

Jim Williams, volunteer legislative ambassador for the Georgia Alzheimer's Association at Rev Coffee Roasters in Smyrna

Health Care September 9, 2018

Jim Williams: Alzheimer’s Association legislative ambassador

Jim Williams lives in Smyrna and is a volunteer legislative ambassador for the Georgia Alzheimer‘s Association for U.S. Congressional District 13. We met in the popular Smyrna coffee shop Rev Coffee…

Doorway to magistrate court, the court which conducts eviction hearings

Cobb County Courts, Magistrate Court September 8, 2018

Motorcycle theft suspect to stand trial

One of the suspects in an alleged motorcycle theft that led to the injury of a police officer was bound over to Cobb County Superior Court for trial. Christian Lee…

Kennesaw State University September 7, 2018

KSU to host John C. Salerno Memorial Research Symposium

Kennesaw State University‘s Office of Research will host the first John C. Salerno Memorial Research Symposium on Friday, Sep. 28 from 1-5 p.m. Salerno was the Neel Distinguished Chair in Biotechnology at KSU. …

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 September 6, 2018

The second Cobb County Courier “Meet the Editor”

The second Cobb County Courier “Meet the Editor” is going to be held this Friday, Sep. 7, 2018, from 7:30 – 10:30 a.m., I’m going to be seated at a table Rev…

Lawrence King, Cobb EMC board candidate, at Rev Coffee Roasters (photo by Larry Felton Johnson)

Opinion September 6, 2018

Opinion: King Challenges Old Tradition at Cobb EMC

by Janet Rau This is an opinion article from Janet Rau, a supporter of Lawrence King in his campaign for a position as board member for district 3 at the Cobb…

Police officers talk to residents at a Cobb police coffee with a cop

Cobb County Police Department August 31, 2018

Upcoming Coffee With a Cop events

Here is the upcoming “Coffee With a Cop” schedule, provided by Officer Nathalie Jegg of the Cobb County Police Department’s Community Affairs Unit. Precinct 1 09-05-18 9 a.m. KSU Starbucks 402…

Cobb County Police Department, Precinct 2 August 31, 2018

Teen arrested for impersonating a police officer

A 17-year-old was arrested on suspicion of impersonating a police officer in South Cobb on Monday. [Editor’s note: The policy of the Cobb County Courier is to omit the names of…

From the Editor August 28, 2018

Meet the Cobb County Courier editor in person

I’m the editor of the Cobb County Courier, and every week, usually on Friday mornings, I’m going to sit in a coffee shop or some other place that’s appropriate for…

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Health Care February 7, 2025

US dodged a bird flu pandemic in 1957 thanks to eggs and dumb luck – with a new strain spreading fast, will Americans get lucky again?

by Alexandra M. Lord, Smithsonian Institution, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] In recent months, Americans looking for eggs have faced empty shelves in their grocery…

Critical Thinking February 7, 2025

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