This is an entry in a series called Cobb County Explained. To learn more about this series, visit this link to the series introduction. Millage rates determine how much property…
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This is an entry in a series called Cobb County Explained. To learn more about this series, visit this link to the series introduction. Millage rates determine how much property…
By Mark Woolsey The worsening Georgia drought has led to a statewide response from the Georgia Environmental Protection Division. The EPD Monday declared a statewide Drought Response Level 1 for…
[Photo above: Shorter University Provost John Reams and Kennesaw State Vice Provost Sheb True] [This article first appeared on the Kennesaw State University website, republished with permission] Kennesaw State University…
This article by Paula Span first appeared in KFF Health News, republished with permission. Apr 27, 2026 On a recent Monday, Sandy Guzman, a community health worker in rural Oregon,…
by Ross Williams, Georgia Recorder, [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] April 24, 2026 A pair of wildfires in south Georgia are the two largest…
by Ross Williams, Georgia Recorder, [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] April 26, 2026 Five men seeking the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate seat…
by Cassandra Burke Robertson, Case Western Reserve University and Irina D. Manta, Hofstra University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The Justice Department has identified 384…
by Caroline Wagner, The Ohio State University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] China’s rapid rise in science has hit a milestone. The country’s investment in…
by James Piazza, Penn State, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] For the third time in three years, Donald Trump has come under threat by an…
The Cobb County Courier’s Dog of the Day, selected from the Cobb Animal Services Shelter website, is a male black/white American pit bull terrier. The following information on this potential…
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…
Georgia drivers are seeing relatively stable gas prices this week, with the statewide average holding at $3.62 per gallon for regular unleaded gasoline, according to AAA. The average is 1…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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….
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…
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…