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…
Read More
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…
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…
[ 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…
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…
The Cobb County Courier’s Cat of the Day, selected from the Cobb Animal Services Shelter website, is a male tabby domestic short hair. The following information on this potential family…
The National Weather Service forecasts sunny skies here in Cobb County on Friday, May 15, 2026, with a high near 79 degrees. Tonight it is expected to be mostly clear,…
The Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area will soon have new leadership. The National Park Service announced Thursday that it had selected K. Lynn Berry for the job of Superintendent. She…
photo above: Chattahoochee National Recreation Center: by Madeline Hipp By Madeline Hipp Forest bathing, or mindfully existing in nature has marked positive effects on mental health. Urban tree canopies can…
This article by Andrew Jones first appeared in KFF Health News, republished with permission. May 14, 2026 Several states have joined President Donald Trump’s deportation efforts and are taking federal…
by Ross Williams, Georgia Recorder, [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] May 13, 2026 Gov. Brian Kemp has vetoed a bill that would have blocked…
by Maya Homan and Alander Rocha, Georgia Recorder, [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] May 13, 2026 Georgia lawmakers will reconvene in June for a…
by Tatishe Nteta, UMass Amherst; Adam Eichen, UMass Amherst, and Jesse Rhodes, UMass Amherst, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] In recent months, some prominent conservatives…
by Jayde N. Hirniak, Arizona State University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] If you were lucky 74,000 years ago, you would have survived the Toba…
by Kent Jones, Babson College, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] President Donald Trump just can’t quit tariffs. He suffered a major defeat when the Supreme…
“In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes,” Benjamin Franklin reportedly wrote in a letter to Jean-Baptiste Leroy on November 13, 1789. Taxes in…
This is an entry in a series called Cobb County Explained. To learn more about this series, visit this link to the series introduction. SPLOST is one of the most…
[This an evergreen article that we periodically republish as our readership grows, often with added materials from the Georgia Historic Newspapers database and website housed at the University of Georgia…
Here is a list of a few things to do in Cobb County this weekend: Friday, May 15, 2026 to Sunday, May 17, 2026. Be sure to check the information…
The Cobb County Courier’s Cat of the Day, selected from the Cobb Animal Services Shelter website, is a male white/grey domestic short hair. The following information on this potential family…
The Cobb County Courier’s Dog of the Day, selected from the Cobb Animal Services Shelter website, is a female white/brindle American pit bull terrier. The following information on this potential…