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Marcus Flowers in black cowboy hat leaning against a vertical-paneled wooden barn wall

2022 Elections January 6, 2022

Interview with Marcus Flowers, a Democratic candidate for Georgia’s 14th Congressional District

By Arielle Robinson The Courier interviewed Marcus Flowers, a Democrat running for Georgia’s 14th Congressional District, by phone Wednesday afternoon. Flowers seeks to unseat current U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene,…

Welcome to Cobb County brick sign at Henderson Road on Veterans Memorial

Cobb County Public Library December 26, 2021

Digitize your documents, photos and mementos at the Cobb County Library’s Georgia Room

If you have important photos, documents, letters or family recipes that you would like to render into a digital format so you won’t have to run the risk of damaging…

Cobb County Senior Services building with article about Tim D Lee Center reopening

Cobb Senior Services December 26, 2021

Cobb seniors: workshop on building a personal financial organizer

If you’re a senior citizen in Cobb County interested in getting your documents and financial papers organized, there’s going to be a free workshop at the Tim Lee Senior Center…

Powder Springs resident Kari Robinson with her sons Camden and Lawson

Education November 17, 2021

State finds Cobb County School District violated disability rights during pandemic

By Rebecca Gaunt For Kari Robinson, learning that her son’s asymptomatic classmate, who had tested positive for COVID-19 and was attending school without a mask, marked the last straw before…

Group photo of three fathers and court staff celebrating graduation from Parental Accountability Court

Criminal Justice System November 8, 2021

Three fathers graduate from Cobb Parental Accountability Court

Three fathers graduated from the Cobb County Parental Accountability Court after getting back on track with their child support payments. The Parental Accountability Court is one of four accountability courts…

Malcolm Lewis along with Sharon Mason and Ollie Clemons

South Cobb November 3, 2021

South Cobb Area Council chooses Malcolm Lewis and Robin Meyer for Citizen of the year for Austell and Mableton

The South Cobb Area Council of the Cobb Chamber announced that Rev. Malcolm Lewis was awarded Citizen of the Year for Austell, and Robin Meyer was awarded Citizen of the…

Building with stucco finish and arched doorway housing the Cobb elections headquarters

2021 Elections November 3, 2021

In unofficial count, Cobb Ed-SPLOST wins in every Cobb voting precinct

In an unofficial count of the Ed-SPLOST election results, the Education Special Local Option Sales Tax (Ed-SPLOST) won with a resounding 72.09 percent of the vote. That number might change…

Marietta October 29, 2021

Next Marietta Museum of History pop-in event features books

The City of Marietta website featured the following announcement about the latest pop-in event at the Marietta Museum of History: MARIETTA – The Marietta Museum of History will be hosting…

Festivals October 23, 2021

Truck-a-Palooza returns this November to Town Center Mall

The popular Truck-a-Palooza event, hosted by the Cobb County Safety Village, will return on Saturday November 13, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. It will take place on the back…

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Climate and Weather January 8, 2025

Update on winter storm watch for metro Atlanta and north Georgia

The National Weather Service updated the winter storm watch at 3:10 p.m. The primary change in this update is the forecast of how much snow might fall. The NWS repeated…

Opinion January 8, 2025

Political Cartoon by Clay Jones

Immigration January 8, 2025

Providing driver’s licenses to undocumented immigrants improves birth outcomes, research shows

by Margot Moinester, Washington University in St. Louis and Kaitlyn Stanhope, Emory University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] When states give driver’s licenses to undocumented…

Environment January 8, 2025

Planning for spring’s garden? Bees like variety and don’t care about your neighbors’ yards

by Laura Russo, University of Tennessee, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] In order to reproduce, most flowering plants rely on animals to move their pollen….

Literature January 8, 2025

What Shakespeare revealed about the chaotic reign of Richard III – and why the play still resonates in the age of Donald Trump

by David Sterling Brown, Trinity College, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Written around 1592, William Shakespeare’s play “Richard III” follows the reign of England’s infamous…

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