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Kennesaw January 4, 2024

Kennesaw’s annual Book Swap returns January 20

In a press release, the City of Kennesaw announced that its Parks & Recreation department will host its annual Book Swap event at the Ben Robertson Community Center on Saturday,…

Georgia State Capitol on mostly sunny day

Georgia January 3, 2024

Drawn into friendly political fire, new Georgia redistricting maps prompt lawmaker reshuffling

by Ross Williams, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] January 3, 2024 When a federal judge gave the final OK to newly-drawn electoral…

Smyrna January 3, 2024

Rep. Doug Stoner announces he will not seek another term

Democratic state Representative Doug Stoner (HD-40) announced he will not seek reelection. The maps redrawn by the GOP-led legislature place him in the same Smyrna district, House District 42, as…

Detail of Cobb County Police Department STEP Unit vehicle in article about fatal accident on I-75

Cumberland January 2, 2024

1 dead and 1 seriously injured in a chain-reaction collision on I-75 at Cumberland Blvd

According to a public information release from Office S.A. Barner of the Cobb County Police Department, the department’s Selective Traffic Enforcement Program (S.T.E.P. Unit) is investigating a multi-vehicle pileup on…

Opinion December 31, 2023

A very Happy New Year from the Cobb County Courier

As the editor and publisher of the Cobb County Courier, I’d like to wish every one of you a Happy New Year. I’d also like to let you know what…

The "Star of Life" symbol represents medicine and health care. Three rectangles are arranged in a radial pattern to form a sort of abstract star shape, with a snake coiled around a staff superimposed on the center.

Health Care December 31, 2023

Health inspection scores for Cobb County restaurants and other food services from December 22 to December 29

The following are scores for the past week for restaurants, school cafeterias, hotels, and other food service facilities in Cobb County from the Georgia Department of Public Health. For more…

a graphic with a house and a dollar sign

Cobb County December 30, 2023

How much is the median rent in different parts of Cobb County, and how many rental units are there?

[Editor’s note: A reader with expertise in real estate and development patterns in Cobb County emailed me that there were anomalies in the reported number of renter-occupied units in some…

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

Cobb County December 28, 2023

MUST Ministries warming shelter to open this evening

With the National Weather Service predicting an overnight low of 31 degrees, the Hope House warming shelter, a project of MUST Ministries, will be open for those in need of…

Marietta December 26, 2023

The Bell Bomber plant: 1942-1945

Photo above: a B29 in flight, Public Domain, retrieved from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:B-29_in_flight.jpg In 1942 a small ad appeared in newpapers across Georgia, including this one from the February 20 edition of…

Photo from 1914 newspaper with group of Atlanta boosters meeting in Chattanooga about Dixie Highway project

History December 25, 2023

More on the history of the automobile in Cobb County: The building of the Dixie Highway

[This is an expansion of an article we published in August, with added materials from the Georgia Historic Newspapers database and website housed at the University of Georgia] Each year…

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Cumberland November 15, 2024

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