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Transportation October 1, 2021

More lane closures on Veterans Memorial Highway in Cobb

Tonight, Saturday and Sunday night, October 1-3, there will be single alternating left and right lane closures on the eight miles of Veterans Memorial Highway (US 278) within Cobb County,…

Transportation September 25, 2021

Overnight lane closures will continue on Veterans Memorial Highway

The lane closures that have already begun on Veterans Memorial Highway will continue through the weekend. Tonight and Sunday Contractors for the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) will install lane…

Education September 25, 2021

Cobb school superintendent Chris Ragsdale issues press release on Cobb COVID numbers

Cobb County School Superintendent Chris Ragsdale issued the following press release highlighting the drop in COVID case rate over the past five weeks. As we go into our Fall Break,…

Transportation September 24, 2021

Lane closures overnight on S. Marietta Parkway

There will be lane closures on S. Marietta Parkway on Friday (tonight), Saturday and Sunday. The closures will start this evening, Friday September 24, at 9 p.m. and last until…

Board members Charisse Davis and Tre’ Hutchins and state Rep. Mike Wilensky spoke with Holocaust survivor Herschel Greenblat before the meeting (photo by Rebecca Gaunt)

Education September 24, 2021

Demand presented to school district that Cobb schools act on antisemitism; Ragsdale says disciplinary action pending

By Rebecca Gaunt The Atlanta Initiative Against Antisemitism (AIAAS) delivered a petition demanding action to the Cobb County School Board Thursday after swastikas and “Hail (sic) Hitler” were written on…

Transportation September 23, 2021

Weekend lane closures continue on SR 360/Powder Springs Road

Overnight lane closures will be installed once again on SR 360 /Powder Springs Road, this time on both the northbound and southbound right lanes between Windy Hill Road and Sandtown…

Education September 20, 2021

Grassroots group to present petition to Cobb school board criticizing district’s response to antisemitic incidents in Cobb high schools

The Atlanta Initiative Against AntiSemitism (AIAAS) will present a petition at Thursday’s meeting of the Cobb County Board of Education calling for the board to condemn antisemitism after antisemitic graffiti…

Education September 18, 2021

Cobb school district ranks fifth in statewide SAT scores

The Cobb County School District ranked fifth place in statewide total mean SAT scores (the combined Evidence Based Reading and Writing Mean, and Math Mean) The rankings of the top…

Transportation September 16, 2021

Extensive work on Marietta’s Powder Springs Road corridor will begin September 27

The City of Marietta announced on its website that extensive work on the Powder Springs Road corridor will begin on September 27. This phase of a larger project along the…

Three student winners of InVenture Prize at Georgia Tech

Education September 16, 2021

Cobb students’ invention wins state competition; team declines Cobb school board recognition over mask request

By Rebecca Gaunt Three Cobb County sixth graders won the InVenture Prize at Georgia Tech for the recycling app they invented last year when they were fifth graders at Mt….

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