Former Gov. Roy Barnes, who served as governor of Georgia from 1999 to 2003, has endorsed Craig Owens in the race for Cobb County Sheriff. “I met Craig when he…
Business development consultant and Acworth resident Nick Simpson has announced his candidacy for Clerk of Superior Court of Cobb County. Simpson is one of three Democratic Candidates who have filed…
Dr. Michael Owens, Business Information Security Officer with Equifax, Political Partner with the Washington, D.C.-based Truman National Security Center and former chair of the Cobb County Democrats, is challenging incumbent…
The Georgia Secretary of State released the list of registered voters in danger of losing their voting rights for the upcoming elections, and of the list of over 313,000 registered…
Sarah Shurden is running for Austell City Council At Large Post 1 in the November 5 2019 special election. The post was vacated by then-Mayor Pro Tem Ollie Clemons when…
The Courier had a conversation with Laura Mireles, who is challenging long-time Smyrna Mayor Max Bacon in this fall’s election. The conversation took place at Rev Coffee Roasters on Spring…
Full Throttle Roadhouse is a bar and grill on Veteran’s Memorial Highway opened in December of 2018 by Randy and Liz Snyder. Randy Snyder also publishes Full Throttle Magazine, a…
This is the second in our series Cobb County History through Documents, and is the text of the Smyrna incorporation act of the Georgia legislature in 1872. Last week we…
Lidl, the German supermarket chain, issued the following press release announcing grand openings for three stores in metro Atlanta, two of them in Cobb County. The Cobb stores are in…
The Cobb school board approved a recommendation 7-0 Thursday to borrow $90 million for planned 2019 construction projects. The loans must be repaid by the end of 2019 with funds…