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Joe Bozeman, Betsy Brown, Mack Turner, MaryHelyn Hagin and Rick Kienel shared what it was like to grow up in Acworth and Kennesaw.

History July 19, 2019

Cars, football and Vietnam: Longtime residents reminisce about Acworth and Kennesaw

From teenage high jinks in the 1950s and ‘60s to the painful era of the Vietnam War, five people with deep roots in their communities shared about growing up in…

Kennesaw day camp (photo courtesy of the City of Kennesaw)

Kennesaw May 24, 2019

Kennesaw All-Star Day Camp starts next week

Kennesaw All-Star Summer Day Camp will begin on next Tuesday, May 28 and run through July 26, at the Ben Robertson Community Center at 2753 Watts Drive in the City…

John Nwosu, a school counselor at Garrett Middle School speaking at an event on racial discrimination in Cobb County schools

Cobb County April 30, 2019

Dialogue On Racial Discrimination in Cobb County Schools

Cobb County students shared their personal experiences with racial discrimination on Sunday during an event called Listening Journeys. It was the fourth such event since January and was held at…

Stallings Howell, Bill Floyd, Wayne Brown and Shep Hammack in American Revolutionary War uniformsfrom the Sons of the American Revolution at the Cobb Board of Commissioners meeting to receive a proclamation for Patriots Day

Cobb County April 11, 2019

Cobb commissioners proclaim Patriots Day

Cobb Commissioner JoAnn Birrell presented a proclamation to members of the Sons of the American Revolution declaring April 19, 2019, as Patriots Day. The proclamation states: PATRIOTS DAY WHEREAS: April…

Mableton April 5, 2019

The Book House in Mableton

The Book House is a mother and daughter-run bookstore located on Old Floyd Road two blocks north of Veterans Memorial Highway. The Courier spoke with co-owner Tracie Harris at the…

From the Editor April 2, 2019

Read the Courier’s past coverage of Boyce and Cupid

Incumbent Cobb County Board of Commissioners Chairman Mike Boyce and District 4 Commissioner Lisa Cupid have both announced runs for county commission chair in the 2020 election. Here at the…

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

Marietta March 21, 2019

Man sentenced for Marietta kidnapping and sexual battery

Antoine Latroy Williams, 40, of Cartersville was sentenced this morning for a Marietta kidnapping and sexual battery. Cobb Superior Court Judge Stephen Schuster sentenced the defendant to 20 years, with…

CobbLinc bus stop sign in article about Cobb Comprehensive Transportation Plan

Cobb County March 17, 2019

CobbLinc Sunday bus service starts July 1

CobbLinc Sunday bus service will begin on July 1. This will be the first time Cobb County’s buses will run seven days per week in the 30-year history of the…

Cobb County Courts, Superior Court February 15, 2019

Serial Stalker gets 10-year sentence in Cobb

According to a press release from Cobb District Attorney Vic Reynolds, Charles Ray Alexander III, 33, of Louisiana man will serve 10 years in prison without parole after admitting he…

Austell, Cobb County history through documents January 23, 2019

Incorporation of Austell Georgia — September 1885

The fourth in our series Cobb County history through documents is the incorporation of Austell by an act of the Georgia legislature passed on September 4, 1885. The city limits…

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