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Pets and Pet Adoption February 24, 2025

“My name is Ivy, and I’ll look every bit this cute sitting on your window sill!”

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

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Transportation February 24, 2025

Georgia gasoline prices take a slight dip over past week

Gas prices at the pump in Georgia took a slight dip over the past week. According to AAA’s weekly report, gasoline prices in Georgia fell one cent, reaching an average…

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

Cobb County February 24, 2025

Several people injured, one seriously, in traffic incident on Dallas Highway

According to a public information release from Officer Aaron Wilson, the Cobb County Police Department’s Special Operations STEP Unit is investigating a serious injury collision at the intersection of Dallas…

Mableton February 24, 2025

Mableton to consider adopting willow oak as official city tree

The photo above by Rhododendrites, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, used under the terms of the Creative Commons license linked above The Mableton City Council will consider adopting…

Climate and Weather February 24, 2025

Cobb climate almanac & weather forecast for Monday, February 24, 2025

The National Weather Service forecasts sunny skies here in Cobb County on Monday, February 24, 2025, with a high near 63 degrees. Tonight it is expected to be mostly clear,…

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International February 24, 2025

How allies have helped the US gain independence, defend freedom and keep the peace – even as the US did the same for our friends

by Donald Heflin, Tufts University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Make Canada angry. Make Mexico angry. Make the members of NATO angry. During the first…

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 February 24, 2025

CDC layoffs strike deeply at its ability to respond to the current flu, norovirus and measles outbreaks and other public health emergencies

by Jordan Miller, Arizona State University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] In just a few short weeks, the Trump administration has brought drastic changes to…

International February 24, 2025

In pushing for Ukraine elections, Trump is falling into Putin-laid trap to delegitimize Zelenskyy

by Lena Surzhko Harned, Penn State, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was shut out of the discussions concerning the future of…

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Opinion February 24, 2025

Bookman: Ossoff chose principle over politics voting against some weapons for Israel

by Jay Bookman, Georgia Recorder, [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] February 20, 2025 Jon Ossoff is a Georgian, a U.S. senator and a Jew….

Powder Springs February 24, 2025

Powder Springs History: a 1907 train wreck

[This is an evergreen article, first published in the Courier in May of 2024] Trains played a very important part in Cobb County’s history, and the county still has active…

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Mableton February 26, 2025

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