Photo above: Sign for Lockheed Martin Aeronautics in front of the Marietta plant, Larry Felton Johnson/Cobb County Courier Lockheed Martin announced in a press release that Aeronautics President Greg Ulmer…
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Photo above: Sign for Lockheed Martin Aeronautics in front of the Marietta plant, Larry Felton Johnson/Cobb County Courier Lockheed Martin announced in a press release that Aeronautics President Greg Ulmer…
May is Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month. According to the U.S. Census Bureau: In 1992, Congress established May as Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month to coincide with…
The following are scores for the past week for restaurants, school cafeterias, hotels, and other food service facilities in Cobb County from the Georgia Department of Public Health. For more…
The city of Marietta announced on its website that Eric Black has been named as the city’s new director of Parks, Recreation and Facilities, putting him in charge of parks…
The National Weather Service forecasts sunny skies here in Cobb County on Sunday, May 10, 2026, with a high near 83 degrees. The National Weather Service has issued a hazardous…
North and central Georgia residents should watch for dense fog and the chance of scattered storms, with a dense fog advisory in effect for western areas until 10 a.m. Sunday…
By Larry Felton Johnson Of the evergreen quizzes that we post periodically about Cobb County this one has drawn the most traffic. I’m not sure exactly why, but I don’t…
By John A. Tures, Professor of Political Science, LaGrange College Americans spend quite a lot on Mom for Mother’s Day. But as a country, we could be doing a lot…
NOTE: The full closure of north and southbound lanes of I-285 between Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and Cascade Road previously announced for this weekend has been postponed due to…
The Georgia Department of Transportation announced that the scheduled full closure of north and southbound lanes of I-285 between Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and Cascade Road has been postponed…
The National Weather Service forecasts mostly cloudy skies here in Cobb County on Saturday, May 9, 2026, with a high near 77 degrees. The National Weather Service has issued a…
Keep Smyrna Beautiful distributed the following updates: Smyrna Garden Tour The 2026 Smyrna Garden Tour was a huge success! We had an average of 345 visitors at each of the…
May is Mental Health Awareness Month By Melanie Dallas, LPC We have learned a lot about mental illness over the past decades. We’ve learned that many mental illnesses are, at…
Avid community volunteer Barry Krebs submitted the following report with photos about the National Night Of Prayer celebration at the Mable House Amphitheatre. The National Night Of Prayer celebration at the…
A hazardous weather outlook is in effect for north and central Georgia today through Friday, with a few thunderstorms possible this morning and scattered showers and thunderstorms expected each day…
This article by Amanda Seitz first appeared in KFF Health News, republished with permission. May 8, 2026 Ten years ago, the Office of Personnel Management suffered one of the biggest…
by Ashley Murray, Georgia Recorder, [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] May 7, 2026 WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s trade agenda faced another major setback…
by Emily Jones, WABE/Grist, Georgia Recorder, [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] May 7, 2026 This coverage is made possible through a partnership between WABE…
by Sonali Chakravarti, Wesleyan University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] “Mercy,” a film released in January 2026, depicts a dystopian Los Angeles in the near…
by Daniel Pastula, University of Colorado Anschutz,[This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The MV Hondius, a Dutch cruise ship with a deadly outbreak of hantavirus, was…
