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2020 Elections June 22, 2020

Webster cites “chaotic primary” in request for House District 35 primary recount

The recount requested by House District 35 candidate Elizabeth Webster will take place this Wednesday, June 24. Thirteen precincts will be recounted. In her letter requesting the recount, Webster cited…

Kennesaw June 19, 2020

Kennesaw to host six-week summer day camp

Kennesaw will host a six-week summer day camp, from June 22 to July 31. [Editor’s note: While Kennesaw’s guidelines encourage the use of face coverings by campers and staff, they…

Former City Councilman Jimmy Dickens told the Council it was time for the Confederate flag to go.

Kennesaw June 16, 2020

Confederate flag will no longer fly in downtown Kennesaw park

More than two hours of often heated and emotional public comment preceded Monday’s announcement that the Confederate battle flag will no longer fly in downtown Kennesaw’s Memorial Park on Main…

2020 Elections June 12, 2020

Mike Boyce to Raffensperger: Accept responsibility or resign

BOC chairman Mike Boyce in his weekly email newsletter sharply criticized Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger for shifting the blame for Georgia’s ongoing election debacle to county elections officials,…

Kennesaw June 9, 2020

Kennesaw revisiting removal of Confederate flag

In light of recent protests across the country, city officials are considering the removal of the Confederate flag that flies in downtown Kennesaw’s Memorial Park. This is not the first…

Line at Lindley Middle School voting site (photo by Larry Felton Johnson)

2020 Elections, From the Editor June 9, 2020

Line at the Lindley Middle School voting site

Lindley Middle School in Mableton has been my voting site for well over a decade, and never have I had to stand in line, even during the 2016 election. Lindley…

protestors with signs across from Wildmans in Kennesaw

Kennesaw June 6, 2020

Protesters Want Wildman’s Confederate Memorabilia Out of Kennesaw

Dozens of protesters gathered in downtown Kennesaw on Friday afternoon to express disfavor with the Wildman’s civil war surplus store. The nearly 50-year-old store has sparked much controversy over its…

Kennesaw State University June 2, 2020

KSU union decries proposed budget cuts, possible lost jobs

Kennesaw State University’s chapter of the United Campus Workers of Georgia issued a press release Thursday, accusing KSU President Dr. Pamela Whitten’s administration of lack of transparency with regard to…

Kennesaw June 1, 2020

Southern Museum of Civil War & Locomotive History to reopen June 2

The City of Kennesaw announced that the Southern Museum of Civil War & Locomotive History will reopen tomorrow. The press release from the city is reprinted below in its entirety….

Sign in front of Cobb & Douglas Public Health on County Services Parkway in article about Cobb & Douglas Public Health hiring

Health Care May 31, 2020

KSU and eight other COVID-19 test sites shut down

The Georgia Department of Public Health announced the shutdown of nine of the COVID-19 test sites operated jointly by the Georgia National Guard and Augusta University. This includes the site…

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