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Guest Opinion June 4, 2020

Guest Opinion: An open letter to Cobb voters and candidates regarding police violence

[This is a guest opinion by Richard Solomon. Solomon grew up in Cobb County next to Walton High School, and graduated from Indiana University in 2019 with a B.S. in…

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

Business June 1, 2020

Eligibility requirements for Cobb small business relief grants announced

The eligibility requirements for Cobb’s Small Business Grant Program have been posted to the SelectCobb website. The program was set up to help small businesses in the county weather the…

2020 Elections May 21, 2020

Jonathan Hunt: Candidate for District 4 Cobb County Commissioner

Jonathan Hunt is a Democratic Candidate for the Cobb County Board of Commissioners District 4 seat. The position is being vacated by incumbent Commissioner Lisa Cupid, who is running for…

Cobb County May 10, 2020

GBI releases further information on officer-involved shooting in Cobb County

The GBI issued a press release with further details on the officer-involved shooting that began with reports of physical assaults on Publix employees and customers on Alabama Road in the…

Cobb County May 10, 2020

Cobb police involved in officer-involved shooting

According to Sgt. Wayne Delk of the Cobb County Police Department a suspect in a series of alleged physical attacks was shot by police in an incident that began in…

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2020 Elections April 23, 2020

Fitz Johnson: Candidate for District 2 Cobb County commissioner

Fitz Johnson is a Republican candidate for the District 2 seat on the Cobb County Board of Commissioners. The seat is currently held by Republican Commissioner Bob Ott, who is…

The coronavirus vaccines might have contributed to a rise in gasoline prices illustrated by photo of Kroger gas station on South Cobb Drive

Economy April 20, 2020

Gasoline prices statewide and in Cobb County continue to plunge

Gasoline prices in Cobb County and statewide continued to plunge, due at least in part to the stay-at-home orders, which resulted in rising stockpiles of gasoline and low demand. “Every…

2020 Elections March 28, 2020

Andy Smith: Candidate for District 2 Cobb County commissioner

Andy Smith is a Republican candidate for the District 2 seat on the Cobb County Board of Commissioners. The seat is currently held by Republican Commissioner Bob Ott, who is…

Health Care March 24, 2020

Health professionals speak at the Cobb BOC special session on COVID-19

During a special session on COVID-19 this morning, the Cobb County Board of Commissioners heard from Dr. Janet Memark, the District Health Director for Cobb & Douglas Public Health and…

Health Care March 8, 2020

Quarantined cruise ship passengers to be brought to Cobb County

A group of cruise ship passengers who are under quarantine due to the COVID-19, or coronavirus, pandemic, will be coming to Dobbins Air Reserve Base. None of them have tested…

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Cobb County January 22, 2025

Acworth man killed in collision on Hickory Grove Road

[It is the policy of the Cobb County Courier to omit the names of people involved in traffic incidents that are still under investigation] Officer S.A. Barner of the Cobb…

Immigration January 22, 2025

Trump executive order attacks long-standing American principle of birthright citizenship

by Carol Nackenoff, Swarthmore College and Julie Novkov, University at Albany, State University of New York, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] One of President Donald…

Immigration January 22, 2025

Trump promises to end birthright citizenship and shut down the border – a legal scholar explains the challenges these actions could face

by Jean Lantz Reisz, University of Southern California, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] During his first day in office on Jan. 20, 2025, President Donald…

Justice January 22, 2025

Trump’s Jan. 6 pardon order ‘flies in the face of the facts’ of violent insurrection, retired federal judge explains

by John E. Jones III, Dickinson College, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] In the first hours of his second term, President Donald Trump pardoned nearly…

National January 22, 2025

How Trump could try to stay in power after his second term ends

by Philip Klinkner, Hamilton College, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Think Donald Trump can’t be president after his second term is up in January 2029?…

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