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Pets and Pet Adoption June 11, 2025

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

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

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Pets and Pet Adoption June 11, 2025

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

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

History June 11, 2025

Marietta in 1847: Mr. Root could cure ANYTHING!

By Larry Felton Johnson The William Root House is a landmark in Marietta, an antebellum house near Marietta Square, built by druggist and merchant William Root. Root moved to Marietta…

Cobb County June 11, 2025

Responding to breach, Cobb BOC creates network security position

By Mark Woolsey Responding to a breach in Cobb County’s computer servers earlier this year, the Board of Commissioners on Tuesday approved the creation of a network security administrator position…

Weather June 11, 2025

Cobb climate summary & weather forecast for Wednesday, June 11, 2025

The National Weather Service forecasts mostly sunny skies here in Cobb County on Wednesday, June 11, 2025, with a high near 87 degrees. Tonight it is expected to be partly…

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Crime & Public Safety June 11, 2025

Both people indentified in suspected murder/suicide

By Mark Woolsey Cobb County Police have now identified both the victim and the alleged perpetrator of a weekend murder-suicide. Authorities were called to 1158 Research Drive in Northeast Cobb…

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Health & Wellness June 11, 2025

Is methylene blue really a brain booster? A pharmacologist explains the science

by Lorne J. Hofseth, University of South Carolina, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The internet is abuzz with tributes to a liquid chemical called methylene…

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Science & Technology June 11, 2025

Do you know how to prepare for your digital life after death? CU Boulder’s student-run clinic has some advice

by Dylan Thomas Doyle, University of Colorado Boulder and Jed R. Brubaker, University of Colorado Boulder, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] From family photos in…

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

Justice June 11, 2025

Trump orders Marines to Los Angeles as protests escalate over immigration raids, demonstrating the president’s power to deploy troops on US soil

by William C. Banks, Syracuse University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] President Donald Trump ordered a contingent of about 700 Marines to Los Angeles on…

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Cobb Cuisine, Culture and Community June 10, 2025

Cocina De La Tia is a Family Affair

[This is the latest installment of “Cobb Cuisine, Culture and Community” by Brian Benefield. Photo above by Brian Benefield] Handwritten family recipes are the best kind, somewhat tattered, and the paper…

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