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Elections May 22, 2024

Broady loses to primary challenger Allen in Cobb DA race

With the unofficial results in, Cobb County District Attorney Flynn Broady Jr. has apparently been unseated in the Democratic Primary by challenger Sonya Allen. Since there is no Republican challenger…

Opinion May 20, 2024

Recognizing Mental Health Month by increasing access to mental healthcare

By Melanie Dallas, LPC May is Mental Health Month, an observance that obviously has special meaning for those of us in the mental health field. Indeed, at Highland Rivers Behavioral…

Justice May 11, 2024

Cobb’s Mental Health Court celebrates three new graduates

Cobb Superior Court Judge Ann B. Harris recently led the graduation ceremony for three individuals from the Cobb County Mental Health Court (MHC). The ceremony was attended by officials, attorneys,…

Cobb County May 8, 2024

Cobb Superior Court Judge Ann Harris becomes president of Council of Superior Court Judges

Cobb County Superior Court Judge Ann Harris assumed the role of president of the Council of Superior Court Judges. Her term extends through April 30, 2025. She is joined by…

Sonya Allen (L) and Cobb DA Flynn Broady (R)

Elections April 28, 2024

Broady and Allen face off in Cobb District Attorney candidate debate

Photo by Caleb Groves By Caleb Groves Last Thursday’s forum at Zion Baptist Church for the Cobb District Attorney’s Office quickly shifted into heated debate. An estimated 80 to 100…

Six Drug Treatment Court graduates holding certificates

Cobb County April 10, 2024

Six people graduated from Cobb’s Drug Treatment Court

The Cobb County Drug Treatment Court announced that six new people have graduated from the program. The Drug Treatment Court is one of the accountability courts administered by the Superior…

Georgia State Capitol on mostly sunny day

Opinion January 23, 2024

We Just Might Be Safe During This Georgia Legislative Session

by John A. Tures, Professor of Political Science, LaGrange College A year after the Civil War, lawyer, editor and politician Gideon John Tucker became famous for arguing “No man’s life,…

Three side-to-side photos of drug court graduates receiving their certificates

Cobb County January 12, 2024

Cobb Drug Court graduates five new participants

Photo: Drug Court graduates receive their certificates (courtesy of Cobb County) Cobb County’s Drug Treatment Court celebrated the graduation of five participants, along with “judges, elected officials, community members, court…

Doorway to magistrate court, the court which conducts eviction hearings

Cobb County October 31, 2023

Cobb’s Housing Stability Court aims to provide an alternative to eviction

Cobb County Magistrate Court and the Center for Family Resources will run a new accountability court called the Housing Stability Court. While Cobb’s other accountability courts, administered by Superior Court, …

Several people gather around a comfort dog

Cobb County October 28, 2023

Cobb County’s Drug Treatment Court celebrates 20 years of service

[Photo courtesy of Cobb County] Cobb County’s Drug Treatment Court celebrated its 20th anniversary on Oct 26, 2023. Superior Court Judge Kimberly A. Childs led the celebration, which included judges,…

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Environment April 26, 2025

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