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Pets and Pet Adoption April 28, 2026

“My name is Obe 1. Are you here to adopt me?”

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

History April 28, 2026

How it began: the automobile begins its rapid rise to dominate the roads of Cobb County

[Editor’s note: This is an evergreen article we periodically update, edit and republish. The first version appeared in 2017] By Larry Felton Johnson If the first owners of automobiles in…

Cobb weather July 14: Photo of cloudy skies above a residential street

Weather April 28, 2026

Cobb climate summary & weather forecast for Tuesday, April 28, 2026

The National Weather Service forecasts mostly cloudy skies here in Cobb County on Tuesday, April 28, 2026, with a high near 78 degrees. Tonight it is expected to have showers…

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Cobb County Explained April 28, 2026

Cobb County Explained: Millage Rates and When Public Hearings Are Required

This is an entry in a series called Cobb County Explained. To learn more about this series, visit this link to the series introduction. Millage rates determine how much property…

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News, Weather April 28, 2026

Georgia Under Water Restrictions Amid Extreme Drought

By Mark Woolsey The worsening Georgia drought has led to a statewide response from the Georgia Environmental Protection Division. The EPD Monday declared a statewide Drought Response Level 1 for…

Shorter University Provost John Reams and Kennesaw State Vice Provost Sheb True

Education, News April 28, 2026

Kennesaw State, Shorter teaming to offer students dual degrees in math and engineering

[Photo above: Shorter University Provost John Reams and Kennesaw State Vice Provost Sheb True] [This article first appeared on the Kennesaw State University website, republished with permission] Kennesaw State University…

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Aging April 27, 2026

The Help That Many Older Americans Need Most

This article by Paula Span first appeared in KFF Health News, republished with permission. Apr 27, 2026 On a recent Monday, Sandy Guzman, a community health worker in rural Oregon,…

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News, Weather April 27, 2026

Historic Georgia wildfires continue to burn largely uncontained with no end in sight

by Ross Williams, Georgia Recorder, [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] April 24, 2026 A pair of wildfires in south Georgia are the two largest…

Government & Politics, National Government April 27, 2026

As early voting starts, GOP Senate hopefuls make appeals to Georgia voters, spar with each other

by Ross Williams, Georgia Recorder, [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] April 26, 2026 Five men seeking the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate seat…

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Immigration April 27, 2026

Justice Department’s effort to strip citizenship from naturalized Americans could face widespread judicial pushback

by Cassandra Burke Robertson, Case Western Reserve University and Irina D. Manta, Hofstra University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The Justice Department has identified 384…

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