Heavy Early Voting Turnout Reported Across Cobb County
By Mark Woolsey Turnout was heavy across Cobb during the advance voting period leading up to the May 19 primary. According to numbers checked Saturday on the Cobb County website…
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Heavy Early Voting Turnout Reported Across Cobb County
Cobb climate summary & weather forecast for Sunday, May 17, 2026
Volunteers Join Queen Mill Road Adopt-A-Mile Cleanup Effort
How Well Do You Know Smyrna? Take This Local Quiz
Cobb Travel & Tourism Presents Ten Craft Beverage Makers with Bubbles & Brews Awards
This week’s schedule of lane closures for the ongoing $1.2 billion I-285 and I-20 West Interchange project in Cobb and Fulton
Cobb DA issues statement on Georgia’s HB 369
Public comments at the May Cobb school board meeting
Cobb climate summary & weather forecast for Saturday, May 16, 2026
The Conversation U.S. weekly news quiz
FDA Blocked Melanoma Drug as Confusion Reigned Under Makary
Georgia woman works through injuries as health insurance costs soar
Georgia Supreme Court candidates are running in a nonpartisan race. But it doesn’t feel like it.
AI‑generated fantasies of US intervention reveal how desperation has narrowed Cuba’s political horizons
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson disagreed about the American Revolution’s meaning even as they lay dying
Marietta Water Launches Upper ER Sewer Replacement Project Near Kennestone Hospital
Heavy Early Voting Turnout Reported Across Cobb County
By Mark Woolsey Turnout was heavy across Cobb during the advance voting period leading up to the May 19 primary. According to numbers checked Saturday on the Cobb County website…
Cobb climate summary & weather forecast for Sunday, May 17, 2026
The National Weather Service forecasts mostly sunny skies here in Cobb County on Sunday, May 17, 2026, with a high near 88 degrees. Tonight it is expected to be partly…
Volunteers Join Queen Mill Road Adopt-A-Mile Cleanup Effort
Avid community volunteer Barry Krebs submitted the following report with photos about the Queen Mill Neighbors Adopt-A-Mile letter cleanup: The Queen Mill Neighbors conducted their quarterly Adopt-A-Mile littercleanup of the two-mile…
How Well Do You Know Smyrna? Take This Local Quiz
The City of Smyrna is one of the largest and most economically vibrant cities in Cobb County. But how much do you know about it? We’ve posted a quiz to…
Cobb Travel & Tourism Presents Ten Craft Beverage Makers with Bubbles & Brews Awards
Cobb Travel & Tourism submitted the following: Cobb Travel & Tourism presents awards to ten Hop Spots that participated in the seventh annual Bubbles & Brews, a month-long celebration of…
This week’s schedule of lane closures for the ongoing $1.2 billion I-285 and I-20 West Interchange project in Cobb and Fulton
Note: the full closure of a portion of I-285 continues through Monday, May 18. Follow this link for the details. The Georgia Department of Transportation released the following updated schedule…
Cobb DA issues statement on Georgia’s HB 369
Cobb County District Attorney Sonya Allen issued the following statement regarding HB 369, signed into law by Governor Brian Kemp. The law selectively targeted the largest Georgia counties under Black…
Public comments at the May Cobb school board meeting
By Larry Felton Johnson Since the Cobb County Board of Education decided to remove public comments from its livestream of both work sessions and regular meetings, I’ve been attending the…
Cobb climate summary & weather forecast for Saturday, May 16, 2026
The National Weather Service forecasts mostly sunny skies here in Cobb County on Saturday, May 16, 2026, with a high near 85 degrees. Tonight it is expected to be mostly…
The Conversation U.S. weekly news quiz
by Fritz Holznagel, The Conversation, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] We hope you’ve enjoyed this quiz from our quizmaster, Fritz Holznagel, a past winner of…
FDA Blocked Melanoma Drug as Confusion Reigned Under Makary
This article by Arthur Allen first appeared in KFF Health News, republished with permission. May 15, 2026 The FDA’s recent decision to withhold approval of a new skin cancer treatment…
Georgia woman works through injuries as health insurance costs soar
by Ariel Hart, Georgia Recorder, [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] May 14, 2026 This story is available through The Current GA. Carry Smith yawned…
Georgia Supreme Court candidates are running in a nonpartisan race. But it doesn’t feel like it.
by Maya Homan, Georgia Recorder, [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] May 15, 2026 Nonpartisan elections like those held for the state Supreme Court race…
AI‑generated fantasies of US intervention reveal how desperation has narrowed Cuba’s political horizons
by Michael J. Bustamante, University of Miami, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Ever since U.S. commandos successfully removed Nicolás Maduro from power in Venezuela on…
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson disagreed about the American Revolution’s meaning even as they lay dying
by Marianne Holdzkom, Kennesaw State University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Like Americans today, the people living in the United States in 1826 were preparing…
Marietta Water Launches Upper ER Sewer Replacement Project Near Kennestone Hospital
Marietta Water announced on the City of Marietta website that it will begin construction next week on the Upper ER Sewer Replacement Project, a major infrastructure upgrade aimed at replacing…
Marietta seeks applicants for vacancy on the Marietta Civil Service Board
The City of Marietta posted the following announcement seeking applicants to fill a vacant seat on the Marietta Civil Service Board: The Marietta City Council is seeking applications to fill…
Smyrna to host Guardians of the Jukebox for free June 6 summer concert
The City of Smyrna will kick off its summer concert series Saturday, June 6, with a free performance by Guardians of the Jukebox at Village Green Park. The concert is…
Woman Killed in Two-Vehicle Crash at Lower Roswell Road and Old Paper Mill Road in Cobb County
[ The Cobb County Courier has a policy of withholding the names of people involved in traffic incidents that are still under investigation] According to a public information release from…
“My name is Bobby. Are you here to adopt me?”
The Cobb County Courier’s Dog of the Day, selected from the Cobb Animal Services Shelter website, is a male brindle/white shepherd. The following information on this potential family member is…