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Food & Dining, Lifestyle December 16, 2025

Texas favorite Whataburger plants flag in East Cobb

By Mark Woolsey It’s another entry in what you could call “the invasion of the burger joints.” Whataburger has thrown open the doors of another of its well-known orange and…

Sign for the Cobb County Adult Detention Center facility

News, Public Safety December 16, 2025

Detainee dies in Cobb County jail

By Mark Woolsey The Cobb County Sheriff’s Office says a 57-yeare-old male detainee died while in custody Dec. 14 at the Cobb County Adult Detention Center. The Medical Examiner’s Office…

Detail of Cobb County Police Department STEP Unit vehicle in article about fatal accident on I-75

News, Public Safety December 16, 2025

Cobb police investigate fatal motorcycle crash in Acworth

By Mark Woolsey Cobb County police are investigating a fatal motorcycle crash in Acworth as well as another serious wreck over the weekend. Authorities say the first happened at about…

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 & Wellness December 16, 2025

One Big Beautiful Bill Act Complicates State Health Care Affordability Efforts

This article by Bernard J. Wolfson first appeared in KFF Health News, republished with permission. Bernard J. Wolfson December 16, 2025 As Congress debates whether to extend the temporary federal…

Medical symbolic staff with serpents and wings

Health & Wellness December 16, 2025

Fight over Georgia’s Medicaid contracts nears the end, as foster parents plead for reversal

by Ross Williams, Georgia Recorder, [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] December 13, 2025 The battle over who should oversee Georgia’s Medicaid program could be…

Government & Politics December 16, 2025

Trump administration’s immigrant detention policy broadly rejected by federal judges

by Cassandra Burke Robertson, Case Western Reserve University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] In federal courtrooms across America, a pattern has emerged in cases in…

Drawing of houses and water with hurricanes winds

Weather & Environment December 16, 2025

2025’s extreme weather had the jet stream’s fingerprints all over it, from flash floods to hurricanes

by Shuang-Ye Wu, University of Dayton, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The summer of 2025 brought unprecedented flash flooding across the U.S., with the central…

Crime & Public Safety December 16, 2025

Epstein’s victims deserve more attention than his ‘client list’

by Stephanie A. (Sam) Martin, Boise State University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The Jeffrey Epstein story has slipped in and out of the headlines…

A brown/white American pit bull terrier with a blue leash

Pets and Pet Adoption December 16, 2025

“My name is Blitz. 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 brown/white American pit bull terrier. The following information on this potential…

A grey tabby/white kitten held by someone

Pets and Pet Adoption December 16, 2025

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

The Cobb County Courier’s Cat of the Day, selected from the Cobb Animal Services Shelter website, is a male grey tabby/white domestic short hair. The following information on this potential…

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Health & Wellness December 29, 2025

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