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Sonya Allen (L) and Cobb DA Flynn Broady (R)

Elections April 28, 2024

Broady and Allen face off in Cobb District Attorney candidate debate

Photo by Caleb Groves By Caleb Groves Last Thursday’s forum at Zion Baptist Church for the Cobb District Attorney’s Office quickly shifted into heated debate. An estimated 80 to 100…

Six Drug Treatment Court graduates holding certificates

Cobb County April 10, 2024

Six people graduated from Cobb’s Drug Treatment Court

The Cobb County Drug Treatment Court announced that six new people have graduated from the program. The Drug Treatment Court is one of the accountability courts administered by the Superior…

Georgia State Capitol on mostly sunny day

Opinion January 23, 2024

We Just Might Be Safe During This Georgia Legislative Session

by John A. Tures, Professor of Political Science, LaGrange College A year after the Civil War, lawyer, editor and politician Gideon John Tucker became famous for arguing “No man’s life,…

Three side-to-side photos of drug court graduates receiving their certificates

Cobb County January 12, 2024

Cobb Drug Court graduates five new participants

Photo: Drug Court graduates receive their certificates (courtesy of Cobb County) Cobb County’s Drug Treatment Court celebrated the graduation of five participants, along with “judges, elected officials, community members, court…

Doorway to magistrate court, the court which conducts eviction hearings

Cobb County October 31, 2023

Cobb’s Housing Stability Court aims to provide an alternative to eviction

Cobb County Magistrate Court and the Center for Family Resources will run a new accountability court called the Housing Stability Court. While Cobb’s other accountability courts, administered by Superior Court, …

Several people gather around a comfort dog

Cobb County October 28, 2023

Cobb County’s Drug Treatment Court celebrates 20 years of service

[Photo courtesy of Cobb County] Cobb County’s Drug Treatment Court celebrated its 20th anniversary on Oct 26, 2023. Superior Court Judge Kimberly A. Childs led the celebration, which included judges,…

A group of Drug Treatment Court graduates and Judge Kimberly Childs and staff pose for photo

Justice October 4, 2023

Graduation ceremony held for Cobb Drug Treatment Court participants

[Photo courtesy of Cobb County government] On Monday, October 2, the Cobb County Drug Treatment Court celebrated the graduation of a group of participants in the program attended by judges,…

photo of Cobb Superior Court building from the front with a blue sky with clouds in the background

Cobb County September 10, 2023

Cobb County DUI court celebrates 15 years of helping offenders in recovery

September is National Recovery Month, so it’s fitting that Cobb County’s DUI Court will celebrate its fifteenth year of operation next week. The ceremony will take place on Tuesday, September…

A row of officials and drug treatment court graduates, some holding certificates

Cobb County July 17, 2023

Four new graduates celebrated by the Cobb County Drug Treatment Court

Cobb County Superior Court celebrated four new graduates from the Cobb County Drug Treatment Court. The graduation ceremony was attended by judges, officials, community members, and loved ones. The participants…

Georgia April 1, 2023

Georgia GOP clampdown on street gangs gets Legislature OK

by Stanley Dunlap, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] March 30, 2023 During the marathon final day of the 2023 Georgia legislative session,…

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Cobb County November 22, 2024

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