Current Cobb DOT road work as of Wednesday, July 22
The following road and lane closures are currently active and listed on the Cobb County DOT website. To expand the map for a particular roadway, click on the legend to…
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Current Cobb DOT road work as of Wednesday, July 22
Flash Flooding Possible Across Parts of North and Central Georgia
A Deloitte-Run System Denied Medicaid Benefits for Michigan’s Disabled. Now Trump’s Law Piles On.
The feds no longer protect endangered species habitat. States say they can’t pick up the slack.
Canadian hockey sticks, wine and cement subject to new Trump tariffs
Declassified intelligence is not the same as proof
More testosterone won’t make a better soldier or a tougher man – aggression and strength drive T levels, not the other way around
Amid grinding war, protesting Ukrainians still want their voices and values heard at home
The cemetery of the family who gave Mableton its name
“My name is Noir. Are you here to adopt me?”
“I’m a doggy in need of a permanent loving home!”
Health inspection scores for Cobb County restaurants and other food services from July 10 to July 16
How much do you know about cemeteries in Cobb County? take Part 1 of our quiz and find out
Cobb climate summary & weather forecast for Tuesday, July 21, 2026
Pedestrian Hit by Car, Seriously Injured in Mableton on Riverside Parkway
Doctors ‘Cringe’ at Possibility of Documenting Which Medicaid Enrollees Too Sick To Work
Current Cobb DOT road work as of Wednesday, July 22
The following road and lane closures are currently active and listed on the Cobb County DOT website. To expand the map for a particular roadway, click on the legend to…
Flash Flooding Possible Across Parts of North and Central Georgia
Scattered thunderstorms, heavy rainfall, and localized flash flooding are expected across north and central Georgia today through the weekend, according to the National Weather Service. The greatest storm coverage is…
A Deloitte-Run System Denied Medicaid Benefits for Michigan’s Disabled. Now Trump’s Law Piles On.
This article by Rachana Pradhan, Samantha Liss, and Kate Wells first appeared in KFF Health News, republished with permission. Jul 21, 2026 Marie Noon takes eight medications a day. One…
The feds no longer protect endangered species habitat. States say they can’t pick up the slack.
by Alex Brown, Georgia Recorder, [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] July 21, 2026 The Trump administration is removing protections from the key places where…
Canadian hockey sticks, wine and cement subject to new Trump tariffs
by Ashley Murray, Georgia Recorder, [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] July 20, 2026 WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump ordered 50% tariffs on several Canadian…
Declassified intelligence is not the same as proof
by Brian O’Neill, Georgia Institute of Technology, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] President Donald Trump used a nationally televised address on July 16, 2026, to…
More testosterone won’t make a better soldier or a tougher man – aggression and strength drive T levels, not the other way around
by Adam Stanaland, University of Richmond, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] How low is too low when it comes to testosterone levels? When Defense Secretary…
Amid grinding war, protesting Ukrainians still want their voices and values heard at home
by Sarah Wilson Sokhey, University of Colorado Boulder; Gerard Toal, Virginia Tech, and John O’Loughlin, University of Colorado Boulder, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Ukraine…
The cemetery of the family who gave Mableton its name
[This is an evergreen article we periodically edit and expand when new information is uncovered, and which we republish] The Mable family cemetery would probably be among the dozens of…
“My name is Noir. Are you here to adopt me?”
The Cobb County Courier’s Cat of the Day, selected from the Cobb Animal Services Shelter website, is a female black domestic short hair. The following information on this potential family…
“I’m a doggy in need of a permanent loving home!”
The Cobb County Courier’s Dog of the Day, selected from the Cobb Animal Services Shelter website, is a male black/white shepherd. The following information on this potential family member is…
Health inspection scores for Cobb County restaurants and other food services from July 10 to July 16
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…
How much do you know about cemeteries in Cobb County? take Part 1 of our quiz and find out
By Larry Felton Johnson We all die sooner or later, and while we hope it’s later rather than sooner, most of us will be interred in cemeteries. Cemeteries aren’t only…
Cobb climate summary & weather forecast for Tuesday, July 21, 2026
The National Weather Service forecasts mostly sunny skies here in Cobb County on Tuesday, July 21, 2026, with a high near 93 degrees. Tonight it is expected to be partly…
Pedestrian Hit by Car, Seriously Injured in Mableton on Riverside Parkway
By Mark Woolsey Cobb police say a pedestrian in South Cobb was seriously injured in a crash Saturday night. Officers say it happened at about 7:45 p.m. on Riverside Parkway …
Doctors ‘Cringe’ at Possibility of Documenting Which Medicaid Enrollees Too Sick To Work
This article by Sam Whitehead first appeared in KFF Health News, republished with permission. Jul 20, 2026 Alice Thornton has spent more than two decades treating people living with HIV…
Immigrants, DHS agents and traffic stops: Violent outcomes repeat across the US
by Ariana Figueroa, Georgia Recorder, [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] July 18, 2026 WASHINGTON — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents on July 13…
Georgia is building first state psychiatric hospital since landmark disability case
by Ellie Fivas, Georgia Recorder, [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] July 20, 2026 A $409 million state hospital is in the works, a solution…
How America’s newspapers lost their voice
by Ken Paulson, Middle Tennessee State University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Hazel Brannon Smith was almost certainly the most unpopular woman in Mississippi when…
Featuring Trump on US coins and bills would put America in rare company
by Jacques Hymans, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences; University of Southern California, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] A slang term for cash money…