Cobb County Road Closures and Lane Impacts Updated April 1, 2026
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…
Read MoreNews, Transportation April 1, 2026
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…
Read MoreGovernment & Politics, National Government
News, Transportation April 1, 2026
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…
A north and central Georgia Hazardous Weather Outlook calls for widely scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms today and tonight, with a few lightning strikes and brief heavy rainfall possible, followed…
Weather April 1, 2026
The National Weather Service forecasts partly sunny skies here in Cobb County on Wednesday, April 1, 2026, with a high near 84 degrees. The National Weather Service has issued a…
Opinion April 1, 2026
By John A. Tures, Professor of Political Science, LaGrange College Early in Donald Trump’s first term in office, a Republican Congressman speaking to my class tried to explain Trump. “He’ll…
Pets and Pet Adoption March 31, 2026
The Cobb County Courier’s Dog of the Day, selected from the Cobb Animal Services Shelter website, is a male chocolate/white American pit bull terrier. The following information on this potential…
Pets and Pet Adoption March 31, 2026
The Cobb County Courier’s Cat of the Day, selected from the Cobb Animal Services Shelter website, is a female grey tabby domestic short hair. The following information on this potential…
Health & Wellness March 31, 2026
This article by Samantha Liss and Rachana Pradhan first appeared in KFF Health News, republished with permission. Samantha Liss and Rachana Pradhan, March 31, 2026 States are paying contractors such…
Justice March 31, 2026
by Ariana Figueroa, Georgia Recorder, [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] March 30, 2026 WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Wednesday…
Government & Politics, National Government March 31, 2026
by Jill Nolin, Ross Williams, Maya Homan, and Alander Rocha, Georgia Recorder, [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] March 31, 2026 Lawmakers have debated sweeping…
Immigration March 31, 2026
by Candace Lukasik, Mississippi State University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Two months ago, Terez Metry arrived at a Department of Homeland Security office in…
Health & Wellness March 31, 2026
by Kyle B. Enfield, University of Virginia, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] A variant of COVID-19 called BA.3.2, which has circulated under the radar since…
Government & Politics March 31, 2026
by Jess Reia, University of Virginia, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] For decades, cars dictated urban planning in the United States. Few could have predicted…
Uncategorized March 31, 2026
Traon Turk, a convicted felon from Austell, Georgia, has been sentenced to more than seven years in federal prison after leading police on a high-speed chase in Marietta and later…
Music March 31, 2026
Photos provided by the City of Powder Springs The City of Powder Springs announced that it will resume its popular Brown Bag Concert Series in April, offering free midday performances…
Government & Politics March 31, 2026
By Alexandria Mazer Alexandria Mazer is a student at Kennesaw State University The City of Kennesaw Planning Commission considered a proposal Wednesday night to rezone two properties along Old U.S….
North and central Georgia face a chance of showers and thunderstorms beginning this afternoon, with daily isolated to scattered storm chances expected from Wednesday through Sunday, though widespread severe weather…
Fuel Cost, Transportation & Development March 31, 2026
Georgia and Cobb County prices remain lower due to tax suspension By Larry Felton Johnson According to the AAA fuel price webpage, the national average for a gallon of regular…
Weather March 31, 2026
The National Weather Service forecasts mostly sunny skies here in Cobb County on Tuesday, March 31, 2026, with a high near 82 degrees. The National Weather Service has issued a…
Health & Wellness March 30, 2026
This article by Elisabeth Rosenthal first appeared in KFF Health News, republished with permission. Elisabeth Rosenthal, March 30, 2026 Last summer, Lorena Alvarado Hill received a series of unexpected medical…
Government & Politics, State Government March 30, 2026
by Ross Williams, Alander Rocha, Maya Homan, and Jill Nolin, Georgia Recorder, [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] March 28, 2026 Things are coming to…