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Austell Community Task Force booth at back to school jam

Education August 14, 2025

Austell Community Taskforce Back to School Jam

Avid community volunteer Barry Krebs submitted the following report with photos about the Austell Community Taskforce annual Back ToSchool Jam: The Austell Community Taskforce successfully hosted their annual Back To…

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Youth activities August 14, 2025

Maximum Impact Love held its annual Book Bag Giveaway

Avid community volunteer Barry Krebs submitted the following report with photos about the Maximum Impact Love Book Bag Giveaway: Maximum Impact Love (MIL) is an association of churches across MetroAtlanta,…

Group of students and researchers at KSU Move Center

Education August 14, 2025

Kennesaw State’s MOVE Center aims to redefine the future of human mobility

[This article by Raynard Churchwell, with a photo by Matt Yung, first appeared on the Kennesaw State University website, republished with permission] To further investigate how people move, recover, and…

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Cobb 911 August 14, 2025

Cobb BOC votes to purchase land for new 911 center

By Mark Woolsey Cobb County commissioners this week took a significant step toward the construction of a new 911 communications center. The Board of Commissioners voted 5-0 to spend more…

Books and Authors August 14, 2025

Northwest Atlanta Author Talk Reveals How To Have The Write Stuff

By John A. Tures, Professor of Political Science, LaGrange College Just over the border from Cobb County, earlier this month, readers packed FoxTale Book Shoppe to hear two nationally-recognized authors,…

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Government & Politics August 14, 2025

Déjà Dooley? Kemp bets big on little-known candidate – again

by Niles Francis, Georgia Recorder, [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] August 11, 2025 Stop me if you’ve heard this story before. Gov. Brian Kemp…

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International August 14, 2025

This isn’t how wars are ended − a veteran diplomat explains how Trump-Putin summit is amateurish and politically driven

by Donald Heflin, Tufts University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] A hastily arranged summit between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin is set…

Housing August 14, 2025

San Francisco and other cities, following a Supreme Court ruling, are arresting more homeless people for living on the streets

by Stephen Przybylinski, Michigan State University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Homelessness is on the rise in the United States, and in some places, it…

Environment August 14, 2025

Where America’s CO2 emissions come from – what you need to know, in charts

by Kenneth J. Davis, Penn State, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Earth’s atmosphere contains carbon dioxide, which is good for life on Earth – in…

Cobb weather October 26: Photo of cloudy skies above a residential street

Weather August 13, 2025

Cobb climate summary & weather forecast for Wednesday, August 13, 2025

The National Weather Service forecasts mostly cloudy skies here in Cobb County on Wednesday, August 13, 2025, with a high near 88 degrees. The National Weather Service has issued a…

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