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A sign put up by neighbors along Buckner road opposed to the annexation and rezoning of a 12.7 acre property by Smyrna

Cobb County October 7, 2019

UPDATED: Neighbors oppose Smyrna annexation, rezoning of property at Buckner and Pebblebrook roads

Further UPDATE: At it’s Tuesday Oct 8 meeting the county Board of Commissioners voted non-objection to Smyrna’s annexation. Read about that development here. UPDATE: According to an email from Joey…

Cobb County October 7, 2019

Homicide in off-campus student housing near KSU

According to a public information release from Officer Sydney Melton of the Cobb County Police Department a homicide took place in an off-campus student housing complex on Hidden Forest Court,…

L-R, volunteer Stephani Gray, Cobb District Attorney Joyette Holmes, and volunteer Dawn Arthan

Cobb County October 6, 2019

Advocates petition Cobb District Attorney Holmes to eliminate cash bond & to implement other reforms

Advocates for criminal justice system reform presented Cobb District Attorney Joyette Holmes with a petition to “implement reforms that will end mass incarceration and fight racial injustice.” According to a…

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

Cobb County October 3, 2019

Austell mother sentenced to 20 years in death of infant son

An Austell mother was sentenced to 20 years after pleading guilty to charges of involuntary manslaughter, cruelty to children in the second degree, three counts of heroin possession, and reckless…

Cobb County October 2, 2019

Cobb District Attorney Holmes issues statement on the capture of Richard Merritt

Cobb County District Attorney Joyette Holmes issued a statement on the capture of Richard Merritt, the disbarred attorney wanted in connection with the stabbing death of his mother in Stone…

South Cobb residents hold up signs calling for the redevelopment of the long-vacant site of the former Magnolia Crossing apartment complex (photo by Larry Felton Johnson)

Cobb County October 1, 2019

South Cobb Redevelopment Authority criticized in public comments at BOC meeting

A group of South Cobb residents, activists and community leaders spoke during the public comment section at last week’s meeting of the Cobb County Board of Commissioners (BOC) expressing concern…

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

Cobb County September 30, 2019

Riverside Parkway collision results in serious injuries

According to Officer Sydney Melton of the Cobb County Police Department, the department’s Selective Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP) Unit is investigating a serious injury collision that occurred on Riverside Parkway…

Mableton implementation map from the South Cobb Redevelopment Authority used in article about Mableton Square

Cobb County September 23, 2019

MIC education forum tomorrow evening

The Mableton Improvement Coalition is holding an education forum tomorrow evening, Tuesday September 24, at 7:00 p.m, at the South Cobb Community center, 620 Lions Club Drive, Mableton. According to…

Cobb County September 23, 2019

Chattahoochee River drowning death under investigation

According to a public information release from Officer Sydney Melton of the Cobb County Police Department, the Crimes Against Persons Unit is investigating a Chattahoochee River drowning death that occurred…

Cobb County September 19, 2019

Felon returned to prison for shooting ex-girlfriend at Cumberland Parkway Starbucks

A convicted felon was sentenced to thirty years for tricking his ex-girlfriend into coming to the Cumberland Parkway Starbucks, then shooting her. According to the press release from the office…

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Cobb County January 22, 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…

Immigration January 22, 2025

Trump executive order attacks long-standing American principle of birthright citizenship

by Carol Nackenoff, Swarthmore College and Julie Novkov, University at Albany, State University of New York, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] One of President Donald…

Immigration January 22, 2025

Trump promises to end birthright citizenship and shut down the border – a legal scholar explains the challenges these actions could face

by Jean Lantz Reisz, University of Southern California, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] During his first day in office on Jan. 20, 2025, President Donald…

Justice January 22, 2025

Trump’s Jan. 6 pardon order ‘flies in the face of the facts’ of violent insurrection, retired federal judge explains

by John E. Jones III, Dickinson College, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] In the first hours of his second term, President Donald Trump pardoned nearly…

National January 22, 2025

How Trump could try to stay in power after his second term ends

by Philip Klinkner, Hamilton College, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Think Donald Trump can’t be president after his second term is up in January 2029?…

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