Cobb County

Cobb County November 21, 2023

Man sentenced to 30 years for aggravated child molestation in Cobb County

Cobb County District Attorney Flynn D. Broady, Jr. reported in a public information release that Carlos Eduardo Diaz, 38, entered a plea of guilty in Cobb Superior Court to charges…

Commissioner Monique Sheffield holding certificate

Cobb County November 21, 2023

Commissioner Sheffield awarded certificate for completing ACCG core training

Commissioner Monique Sheffield photo from Cobb County website Cobb County District 4 Commissioner Monique Sheffield was awarded a certificate from the Association of County Commissioners of Georgia (ACCG) for completing…

Cobb Sheriff's Office vehicle at Cobb government office in article about evictions

Cobb County November 16, 2023

GBI to investigate fatal shooting of suspect during Cobb MCS operation

The Georgia Bureau Investigation is investigating a fatal shooting by Cobb officers in Marietta during an operation of the Marietta, Cobb, and Smyrna Organized Crime Unit (MCS). The GBI issued…

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

Cobb County November 16, 2023

Cobb commissioners approve funds for victim advocate positions for Cobb DA

by Caleb Groves The Cobb County Board of Commissioners approved funding for eight full-time and 1 part-time victim advocate positions in the District Attorney’s Office on Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2023….

national wind chill map for the U.S. showing Georgia with a 24-hour low of 13 degree wind chill

Cobb County November 15, 2023

Want to learn about mapping in the digital age? Come to GIS Day at Cobb’s Sewell Mill Library

Are you interested in learning more about maps and mapping in the digital age? Are you curious about what people mean when they use the initials GIS? Cobb’s GIS department…

Sign for the Cobb County Adult Detention Center facility

Cobb County November 15, 2023

GBI denies Cobb Sheriff Office request to investigate inmate death because hospital indicates natural causes

Photo: Cobb County Courier/Larry Felton Johnson, CC BY 4.0 According to a spokesperson for the GBI, the bureau denied a request by the Cobb County Sheriff’s Office to investigate Monday’s…

Cobb County November 14, 2023

Detainee dies in custody at the Cobb County jail

Photo: Cobb County Courier/Larry Felton Johnson, CC BY 4.0 A detainee died in custody yesterday at the Cobb County Adult Detention Center. Randi Okray, a Senior Marketing and Public Relations…

Detail of Cobb County Police Department STEP Unit vehicle in article about fatal accident on I-75

Cobb County November 14, 2023

Pedestrian fatally struck by car on Powder Springs Road early this morning

According to a public information release from Officer S.A. Barner of the Cobb County Police Department, the department’s Selective Traffic Enforcement Program (S.T.E.P. Unit) is investigating an incident in which…

Front of Switzer Library, a brick building with a white columned entranceway

Cobb County November 12, 2023

Cobb library wins award for fall prevention initiative

The Cobb County Public Library is known for its books and its digital offerings, but a lot more is done by the library system, and some of it might be…

Section of 1833 map showing original shape of Cobb County (retrieved from http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/hmap/id:hmap1833t3copy3 at the UGA libraries -- public domain)

Cobb County, History November 11, 2023

How did Cobb County get its name?

This article is an expanded version of one of the earliest articles published on the Cobb County Courier, in 2015. Cobb County, formed in 1832 after the Cherokee were expelled…

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