Articles by Larry Felton Johnson

Chart from the GBI crime lab on Cobb County opioid seizures.

Cobb County criminal justice system July 16, 2018

Cobb County at top of GBI’s list for opioid seizures by law enforcement

In a press release this morning, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation’s crime lab announced that Cobb County was at the top of the list for opioid use in Georgia. The…

Doorway to magistrate court, the court which conducts eviction hearings

Cobb County Police Department, Precinct 3 July 12, 2018

High-speed chase suspect to stand trial in Cobb Superior Court

Another suspect in the high-speed chase that began with reports of multiple car break-ins near Atlanta Road was bound over to Cobb County Superior Court for trial. We covered the…

Sierra Club Centennial Group listens to Meet the Candidates panels (photo by Larry Felton Johnson)

2018 elections, Environment July 11, 2018

Sierra Club hosts candidates in Cobb County (Part One)

The Sierra Club Centennial Group held its candidate forum last Thursday evening at Life University. Panels of candidates for the state legislature and the Cobb County Board of Commissioners answered…

Security video of suspect in church vandalism (photo courtesy of Cobb County Police Department)

Cobb County Police Department July 11, 2018

Arrest made in Cobb County church vandalism

According to a report from Officer Sarah O’Hara of the Cobb County Police Department, detectives in the Criminal Investigations Unit of Precinct 1 made an arrest yesterday evening in the…

June Van Brackle of the Senior Citizen Council of Cobb speaks in favor of the Cobb millage rate increase (photo by Larry Felton Johnson)

Cobb County board of commissioners July 10, 2018

Cobb millage rate hike supporters outnumber opponents at hearing

The first of three state-mandated Cobb millage rate hearings was held Tuesday morning during the regular meeting of the Cobb County Board of Commissioners. The people who spoke in favor…

Kennesaw State University July 9, 2018

KSU music business school ranked in top 15 by Billboard

KSU music business school ranked in top 15 Billboard recently named the KSU music business school one of the top 15 in the country. Kennesaw State University‘s Joel A. Katz Music…

Cobb County Police Department July 9, 2018

Tractor-trailer crash leads to fire, injury

Serious injury collision near Hickory Grove Road A serious injury collision leading to a tractor-trailer crash and fire occurred today on the northbound lanes of I-75 north of Hickory Grove Road in…

C-130 "Ghost Rider" built in 1957 (photo courtesy of Lockheed Martin)

Cobb County Business July 9, 2018

Lockheed Martin’s LM-100J at Farnborough Airshow

Lockheed Martin and the Farnborough Air Show Lockheed Martin will feature the LM-100J Super Hercules commercial freighter at Farnborough International Airshow 2018, in Farnborough, England, July 16-22. The LM-100J will participate in the show’s…

Jada D. Holmes reported missing (photo provided by the Cobb County Police Department)

Cobb County Police Department July 7, 2018

Autistic Kennesaw woman reported missing

Reported missing Jada D. Holmes, an 18-year-old Kennesaw woman has been reported missing. The Cobb County Police Department‘s Crimes Against Persons Unit has issued a Mattie’s Call for the young…

Audrey II from the 1960 low-budget cult classic movie Little Shop of Horrors (public domain)

Things to do in Cobb County, Things to do in Mableton July 6, 2018

Little Shop of Horrors free at Mable House

Little Shop of Horrors performed by The Theatre Project There will be a free performance of Little Shop of Horrors presented by The Theatre Project summer theatre camp on July 19…

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