Cobb County history through documents

photo of Powder Springs City Hall in article about incorporation Powder Springs

Cobb County history through documents February 6, 2019

Incorporation of Powder Springs — September 1883

The fifth article in our series Cobb County history through documents is the incorporation of Powder Springs by an act of the Georgia legislature passed on September 18, 1883. If…

Austell, Cobb County history through documents

When Mableton was (and shortly thereafter wasn’t) a city

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Pets and Pet Adoption January 26, 2023

Cobb County Courier Cat of the Day: “I’ve already got this nice sturdy box, so just adopt me and carry me to my new home!”

The Cobb County Courier’s Cat of the Day, selected from the Cobb Animal Shelter website, is a large-sized male mixed-breed cat with a gray tabby/white coat. The following information on…

Pets and Pet Adoption January 26, 2023

Cobb County Courier Dog of the Day: “What are you waiting for? Adopt me, take the leash, and let’s go to my new home!”

The Cobb County Courier’s Dog of the Day, selected from the Cobb Animal Shelter website, is a large-sized male tri-color great pyrenees. The following information on this potential family member…

Gun violence January 26, 2023

Typical mass shooters are in their 20s and 30s – suspects in California’s latest killings are far from that average

by Jillian Peterson, Hamline University and James Densley, Metropolitan State University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The two men who shot dead 18 people in…

Health Care January 26, 2023

COVID-19 deaths in the US continue to be undercounted, research shows, despite claims of ‘overcounts’

by Andrew Stokes, Boston University; Dielle Lundberg, Boston University; Elizabeth Wrigley-Field, University of Minnesota; and Yea-Hung Chen, University of California, San Francisco, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished…

Georgia January 26, 2023

Georgia GOP lawmaker pushes bill to protect ‘vital and precious’ Okefenokee from new mining proposals

by Jill Nolin, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] January 25, 2023 While an Alabama-based company’s controversial mining proposal moves through the permitting…