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A red brown/white American pit bull terrier with a green leash

Pets and Pet Adoption May 1, 2025

“My name is Grady, and I’m in need of a loving home!”

The Cobb County Courier’s Dog of the Day, selected from the Cobb Animal Services Shelter website, is a male red brown/white American pit bull terrier. The following information on this…

The "Star of Life" symbol represents medicine and health care. Three rectangles are arranged in a radial pattern to form a sort of abstract star shape, with a snake coiled around a staff superimposed on the center.

Health Care May 1, 2025

The Patient Expected a Free Checkup. The Bill Was $1,430.

This article by Samantha Liss and Lauren Sausser first appeared in KFF Health News, republished with permission. Samantha Liss and Lauren Sausser April 30, 2025 Carmen Aiken of Chicago made…

native plants and pollinators. Bees on mountain mint.

Climate May 1, 2025

Bees, fish and plants show how climate change’s accelerating pace is disrupting nature in 2 key ways

by Courtney McGinnis, Quinnipiac University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The problem with climate change isn’t just the temperature – it’s also how fast the…

The word "immigration" wrapped around the upper part of a world globe while walking people are on the lower part

Immigration May 1, 2025

The legal limits of Trump’s crackdown on sanctuary cities like Philadelphia

by Jennifer J. Lee, Temple University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] President Donald Trump signed an executive order on April 28, 2025, that demands the…

Opinion April 30, 2025

Political Cartoon by Clay Jones

Headstones at Mount Harmony Baptist Church cemetery in Mableton Georgia.

Mableton April 30, 2025

Mount Harmony Church Cemetery in Mableton (with slideshow)

This is a slight reworking of an article we originally published in June of 2018, when the readership for the Cobb County Courier was much smaller than our current traffic….

sign with American flag stating "Vote Here"

Cobb County April 30, 2025

Allen, Sheffield win, cementing Cobb BOC Democratic majority

By Mark Woolsey [Corrections: An earlier version of this article spelled Monique Sheffield’s name “Monica” in one instance, and identified the May BOC meeting as May 12. Late night writing…

Outline of Canada with a Canadian maple leaf flag above it

Opinion April 30, 2025

What Americans Can Learn From Canadians About Elections

By John A. Tures, Professor of Political Science, LaGrange College From a 25-point deficit to the cusp of a possible majority in parliament, the Liberal Party of Canada pulled off…

Weather April 30, 2025

Cobb climate summary & weather forecast for Wednesday, April 30, 2025

The National Weather Service forecasts mostly sunny skies here in Cobb County on Wednesday, April 30, 2025, with a high near 85 degrees. The National Weather Service has issued a…

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