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2020 Elections December 31, 2020

Craig Owens sworn in as Cobb County Sheriff

Craig Owens was sworn in as Cobb County sheriff, a historic landmark since Owens became the first Black sheriff in the 189-year history of the county. The oath of office…

map of Wheeler High School used in article "Diverse school named after Confederate

Education December 19, 2020

Wheeler High students still struggle for name change amid racist history, dissolution of committee by school board

Students from Joseph Wheeler High School in Marietta are continuing their campaign to rename the school, named for a Confederate general. Their campaign continues after a recent development, in which…

Kennesaw December 17, 2020

KSU alum Adam Lamb to join CROFT architecture firm

Adam Lamb, a Kennesaw State University alumnus, has been hired by Kennesaw-based CROFT & Associates as a Project Manager. Lamb graduated from KSU (then Southern Polytechnic State University) with a…

Labor movement December 17, 2020

KSU union raises over $2,000 to help workers fired from university

Kennesaw State University’s chapter of the United Campus Workers of Georgia has raised money to help workers pay for everyday expenses after the KSU fired them. The union chapter’s GoFundMe…

Marietta December 7, 2020

Arrest made in homicide on Cobb Parkway

Officer Chuck McPhilamy of the Marietta Police Department issued a public information release regarding the homicide that occurred on Cobb Parkway near the Marietta campus of Kennesaw State University Sunday…

Acworth City Hall in article about Baker Road annexation

Acworth December 4, 2020

Electrical rate increase coming to Acworth in the new year

Acworth’s Board of Aldermen unanimously approved adjustments to power and environmental costs at their biweekly city council meeting Thursday evening. Both the electrical power rates and Environmental Compliance Cost Recovery…

Immigrants rights advocates hold up signs calling for the defunding of 287-G

Cobb County November 22, 2020

Owens commits to ending Cobb participation in 287(g) program targeting immigrants

Newly elected Cobb County sheriff Craig Owens has committed to getting rid of the county’s participation in the 287(g) Program, a program of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency…

Cobb County November 16, 2020

Demonstrators demand Cobb police chief resign, demand video footage of shooting of Black teenager by officer

About 75 demonstrators rallied at Marietta Square Saturday afternoon, demanding justice for 17-year-old Vincent Truitt, a Black teenager who was killed by Cobb County Police July 14, 2020. Truitt was…

Campbell High School stadium in article about Newnan game

Sports November 10, 2020

Campbell Spartans Softball finishes season, says goodbye to seniors who ‘left the program better than they found it’

By Natalie Brevick SMYRNA — The Campbell Spartans fastpitch softball team finished its season on Tuesday, Nov. 2, with a regular season record of 6-17 and a postseason record of…

2020 Elections November 8, 2020

Julia Hurtado concedes Board of Education District 5 race

Julia Hurtado, Democratic Party candidate for Cobb Board of Education District 5, has conceded her race against Republican incumbent David Banks. With 100 percent of county precincts reporting, Hurtado lost…

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