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Left - Porsha Winfrey, award winner. Right - Judge Kimberly A. Childs, presenter.

Justice May 6, 2025

Porsha Winfrey receives Excellence in Legal Administration Award

Left – Porsha Winfrey, award winner. Right – Judge Kimberly A. Childs, presenter (photo courtesy of Cobb County) Porsha Winfrey, the coordinator of Cobb County’s Drug Treatment Court, received the…

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Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s wrongful deportation case is more about individual rights than the Trump administration’s foreign policy

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Cobb Chief Magistrate Murphy named “2025 Magistrate of the Year”

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Kennesaw State faculty push back on university’s efforts to eliminate supports for minority groups

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Federal judge to rule on Georgia international college students’ challenge to loss of school access

Sign for the Cobb County Adult Detention Center facility

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In-custody death in Cobb County jail

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Justice Department lawyers work for justice and the Constitution – not the White House

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Habeas corpus: A thousand-year-old legal principle for defending rights that’s getting a workout under the Trump administration

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‘I never issued a criminal contempt citation in 19 ½ years on the bench’ – a former federal judge looks at the ‘relentless bad behavior’ of the Trump administration in court

Justice April 18, 2025

Federal judge finds ‘probable cause’ to hold Trump administration in contempt – a legal scholar explains what this means

by Cassandra Burke Robertson, Case Western Reserve University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] A battle between the Trump administration and federal courts over the deportation…

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Weather May 8, 2025

Scattered thunderstorms could bring severe weather to northern Georgia Thursday

The National Weather Service warns that scattered thunderstorms today could bring severe weather to northern Georgia, with damaging winds, hail, and lightning, while the risk of storms continues into next…

Business May 8, 2025

Kennesaw State students, C-suite executives of Student Managed Investment Fund soon to begin finance careers

[This article by Amber Perry, with photo of Hannah Hunt and Matthew Brown by Darnell Wilburn, first appeared on the Kennesaw State University website, republished with permission Equipped with robust…

Opinion May 8, 2025

Will It Now Be Senator Ossoff vs MTG Or Someone Else?

By John A. Tures, Professor of Political Science, LaGrange College Popular Georgia GOP Governor Brian Kemp took a pass on facing freshman Democratic Senator Jon Ossoff. Pundits are already penciling…

Mableton May 8, 2025

Report and photos from the Taste of Mableton

Avid community volunteer Barry Krebs submitted the following two reports with accompanying photos from the Taste of Mableton, divided into the parade and the festival. The Taste of Mableton Parade…

Weather May 8, 2025

Cobb climate summary & weather forecast for Thursday, May 8, 2025

The National Weather Service forecasts partly sunny skies here in Cobb County on Thursday, May 8, 2025, with a high near 84 degrees. The National Weather Service has issued a…

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Justice

Porsha Winfrey receives Excellence in Legal Administration Award

Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s wrongful deportation case is more about individual rights than the Trump administration’s foreign policy

Cobb Chief Magistrate Murphy named “2025 Magistrate of the Year”

Kennesaw State faculty push back on university’s efforts to eliminate supports for minority groups

Federal judge to rule on Georgia international college students’ challenge to loss of school access

In-custody death in Cobb County jail

Justice Department lawyers work for justice and the Constitution – not the White House

Habeas corpus: A thousand-year-old legal principle for defending rights that’s getting a workout under the Trump administration

‘I never issued a criminal contempt citation in 19 ½ years on the bench’ – a former federal judge looks at the ‘relentless bad behavior’ of the Trump administration in court

Federal judge finds ‘probable cause’ to hold Trump administration in contempt – a legal scholar explains what this means