Cobb climate summary & weather forecast for Monday, April 27, 2026
The National Weather Service forecasts mostly sunny skies here in Cobb County on Monday, April 27, 2026, with a high near 78 degrees. Tonight it is expected to be mostly…
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Cobb climate summary & weather forecast for Monday, April 27, 2026
Big Fat Vegan Brings Plant-based Comfort Food to Cobb County Dining
Health inspection scores for Cobb County restaurants and other food services from April 17 to April 23
Watch the public input that the Cobb school board doesn’t want you to see
Q&A with Cobb County Post 4 school board Democratic candidate Micheal Garza
Q&A with Cobb County Post 4 school board Democratic candidate Susan McCartney
The automobile in Cobb County: The history of the Dixie Highway
Sunday Quiz: How many Cobb High School Mascots Can You Identify?
Cobb climate summary & weather forecast for Monday, April 27, 2026
The National Weather Service forecasts mostly sunny skies here in Cobb County on Monday, April 27, 2026, with a high near 78 degrees. Tonight it is expected to be mostly…
Big Fat Vegan Brings Plant-based Comfort Food to Cobb County Dining
By Mark Woolsey The Big Fat Vegan, an unusual mother-daughter collaboration dedicated to tasty plant-based food, has set up shop along Powers Ferry Road near I-285, an area thick with…
Health inspection scores for Cobb County restaurants and other food services from April 17 to April 23
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…
Watch the public input that the Cobb school board doesn’t want you to see
By Larry Felton Johnson Since the Cobb County Board of Education decided to censor public comments from its livestream of both work sessions and regular meetings, I’ve been attending the…
Q&A with Cobb County Post 4 school board Democratic candidate Micheal Garza
By Rebecca Gaunt Micheal Garza, a local business owner, is running for the Post 4 seat on the Cobb County Board of Education, which includes Sprayberry, Lassiter, and Kell High…
Q&A with Cobb County Post 4 school board Democratic candidate Susan McCartney
By Rebecca Gaunt Susan McCartney, a retired educator, is running for the Post 4 seat on the Cobb County Board of Education, which includes Sprayberry, Lassiter, and Kell High Schools….
The automobile in Cobb County: The history of the Dixie Highway
By Larry Felton Johnson [This an evergreen article that we periodically republish as our readership grows, with added materials from the Georgia Historic Newspapers database and website housed at the…
Sunday Quiz: How many Cobb High School Mascots Can You Identify?
Try your hand at matching the Cobb County high schools with their mascots! The Cobb County Courier has a daily quiz in our email newsletter. But here on the main…
Fog and Thunderstorms in Forecast for North and Central Georgia This Week
A Hazardous Weather Outlook has been issued for north and central Georgia, with patchy dense fog reducing visibility this morning and isolated to scattered thunderstorms possible Sunday through Thursday. Storms…
Cobb County Adds 44 New Business Licenses in Late April
Cobb County recorded 44 new business licenses during the past week, with a notable mix of service-based startups, health-related providers, and personal care businesses. Marietta continues to anchor much of…
Cobb climate summary & weather forecast for Sunday, April 26, 2026
The National Weather Service forecasts mostly sunny skies here in Cobb County on Sunday, April 26, 2026, with a high near 83 degrees. The National Weather Service has issued a…
How did South Cobb Drive begin? Bell Bomber and the speedy wartime construction of a highway
[This is an evergreen article that we periodically expand and republish] South Cobb Drive has been a major commercial and commuter highway in Cobb County since the mid-1940s. In fact,…
Cobb climate summary & weather forecast for Saturday, April 25, 2026
The National Weather Service forecasts mostly cloudy skies here in Cobb County on Saturday, April 25, 2026, with a high near 78 degrees. The National Weather Service has issued a…
“My name is Rose. 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 tabby/white 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 female tri-color Australian shepherd. The following information on this potential family member…
How much do you know about the City of Marietta? Take the quiz and find out!
How much do you know about the City of Marietta? We run daily quizzes in the Cobb County Courier newsletter, and lately we’ve begun running quizzes on the main website….
GDOT Releases Weekly I-285 and I-20 Lane Closure Schedule for the West Interchange Project in Cobb & Fulton
The Georgia Department of Transportation released the following updated schedule of lane closures for I-285 and I-20 for the estimated $1.2 billion I-285/I-20 West Interchange project. This week’s updated schedule…
Scattered showers possible in metro Atlanta Saturday, providing relief from the drought
Hazardous Weather Outlook for north and central Georgia calls for scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms tonight, with additional isolated to scattered storms expected Saturday through Thursday. Severe weather is not…
Cobb school board approves extending state teacher bonus to all district employees
By Rebecca Gaunt The Cobb County school board unanimously approved using $7.6 million from the district’s fund balance to extend Gov. Brian Kemp’s teacher bonus to all non-temporary employees. According…
A ‘Barbaric’ Problem in American Hospitals Is Only Getting Bigger
This article by Elisabeth Rosenthal first appeared in KFF Health News, republished with permission. Apr 24, 2026 In the last months, weeks, and days of his life, “I will not…