Articles by Larry Felton Johnson

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Opinion January 25, 2025

Community Service Boards essential to state, local healthcare

By Melanie Dallas, LPC If you’re not familiar with the term Community Service Board, or aren’t sure what, exactly, a Community Service Board does, you’re probably not alone. Unlike a…

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News Brief January 25, 2025

James Beard Awards semi-finalists include two from Marietta

By Mark Woolsey Two Marietta eating and drinking establishments have made a high-profile culinary industry list—they’re semifinalists for the 2025 James Beard Awards, considered the Oscars of the food and…

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Opinion January 24, 2025

How Human Creativity Can Compete With A.I.: Backstory And Borrowing

By John A. Tures, Professor of Political Science, LaGrange College In my last column, I describe several contests where human artists competed with artificial intelligence art, and “lost.” The real…

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Mableton January 24, 2025

Mableton City Council moves forward on November’s municipal elections

Mableton will hold elections for three of the six Mableton City Council seats on Tuesday, November 4, 2025. City Council districts 2, 4, and 6 will be on the ballot…

Marietta January 24, 2025

UPDATE: Missing Person in Marietta found safe

UPDATE: Thirty-seven-year-old Demarcus Benton has been located safe and reunited with his family. Officer Chuck McPhilamy of the Marietta Police Department distributed the following notice about a missing person in…

Opinion January 24, 2025

If A.I. Beats Human-Created Art In Contests, Should We Be Worried?

By John A. Tures, Professor of Political Science, LaGrange College Earlier in the year, I wrote an article about the challenges that artificial intelligence poses for writers, and a test…

Weather January 24, 2025

Some icy roads remain possible in GA as overnight temperatures remain below freezing

A hazardous weather outlook has been issued for Cobb County and other Georgia counties on Friday, January 24, 2025. Although the outlook applies primarily to central Georgia, subfreezing overnight temperatures…

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Cobb County January 23, 2025

Acworth man killed in collision on Hickory Grove Road

[It is the policy of the Cobb County Courier to omit the names of people involved in traffic incidents that are still under investigation] Officer S.A. Barner of the Cobb…

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Weather January 23, 2025

Bitterly cold weather expected to continue in Georgia Thursday morning, Jan 23

Bitterly cold weather will continue through north and central Georgia this morning, with a Cold Weather Advisory issued for parts of central Georgia “along and south of LaGrange, to Barnesville,…

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Food Safety January 22, 2025

167,277 pounds of ground beef products recalled for possible E Coli contamination after consumers become ill

Wolverine Packing Co. of Detroit Michigan is recalling 167,277 pounds of ground beef products shipped to restaurants nationwide after at least 15 illnesses were linked to the product. The products…

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