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Sheriff Craig Owens and part of his command staff announce major reforms to the Cobb sheriff’s office. Pictured from left to right: Col. Temetris Atkins, Sheriff Craig Owens, Chief Deputy Rhonda Anderson and Maj. Steven Gaynor all wearing dress white shirts surrounding lectern

Cobb County January 19, 2021

Craig Owens describes his 100-day plan

Recently sworn-in Cobb County Sheriff Craig Owens has an ambitious plan to revitalize the sheriff’s office and Cobb County Adult Detention Center Owens held a press conference at the sheriff’s…

Marietta pawn shop fencing location of the interior taken during the investigation

Marietta December 16, 2020

Arrests at Marietta pawn shop for suspicion of fencing stolen goods

According to a public information release from Officer Chuck McPhilamy of the Marietta Police Department, the 47-year-old owner of a pawn shop on Roswell Street, and A 64-year-old employee of…

Marietta December 7, 2020

Arrest made in homicide on Cobb Parkway

Officer Chuck McPhilamy of the Marietta Police Department issued a public information release regarding the homicide that occurred on Cobb Parkway near the Marietta campus of Kennesaw State University Sunday…

screenshot of distribution map of precincts won by Flynn Broady or Joyette Holmes in the Cobb DA race

2020 Elections December 5, 2020

The Cobb District Attorney’s race: a look at the precinct results

Democrat Flynn Broady defeated incumbent Republican District Attorney Joyette Holmes in the November 3 2020 general election. This is the fifth of our series looking at the election results in…

Map showing areas of support for Craig Owens or Neil Warren

2020 Elections December 3, 2020

Cobb County Sheriff’s race between Owens and Warren: a look at the precincts

At first glance the color-coded results map for the race between incumbent Republican Sheriff Neil Warren, and Sheriff-elect Craig Owens doesn’t look much different from other countywide races, where Democrats…

Immigrants rights advocates hold up signs calling for the defunding of 287-G

Cobb County November 22, 2020

Owens commits to ending Cobb participation in 287(g) program targeting immigrants

Newly elected Cobb County sheriff Craig Owens has committed to getting rid of the county’s participation in the 287(g) Program, a program of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency…

Cobb Sheriff's Office vehicle at Cobb government office in article about evictions

Georgia November 13, 2020

Marietta man arrested for threatening Georgia Secretary of State employee

According to a press release from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, a 47-year-old Marietta man was arrested for threatening an employee of the Georgia Secretary of State’s office. According to…

Marietta November 12, 2020

Man arrested in Oct 3 Marietta homicide

According to a public information release from Officer Chuck McPhilamy of the Marietta Police Department, a 36-year-old man was arrested in the October 3 death of William Huggins, 42, of…

2020 Elections October 15, 2020

In party crossover endorsements, Olens endorses Owens, Hutchins endorses Holmes

There were two notable party crossover endorsements recently in local Cobb County election campaigns, one in which a Republican endorsed a Democrat, and one in which a Democrat endorsed a…

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

Cobb County October 9, 2020

Town hall to mark the one-year anniversary of Kevil Wingo’s death

A coalition of Cobb community groups hosted a third town hall at Glover Park about the numerous deaths in the Cobb County Adult Detention Center Wednesday evening, about a year…

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Education May 6, 2024

Media coverage of campus protests tends to focus on the spectacle, rather than the substance

by Danielle K. Brown, Michigan State University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Protest movements can look very different depending on where you stand, both literally…

Justice May 6, 2024

On its 125th anniversary, W.E.B. Du Bois’ ‘The Philadelphia Negro’ offers lasting lessons on gentrification in Philly’s historically Black neighborhoods

by Zawadi Rucks-Ahidiana, University at Albany, State University of New York and Freeden Blume Oeur, Tufts University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Society Hill, where…

Science and Technology May 6, 2024

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