This is a revised and expanded version of a story originally published in the Courier in May 2016. At that time, the Cobb County Courier was called River Edges and…
[This article by Alyssa Ozment first appeared on the Kennesaw State University website, republished with permission] The Center for the Advancement of Military and Emergency Services (AMES) Research is working…
On slow news days we’ve begun reviving some of our earliest articles, written when the site was called River Edges. We renamed ourselves to the Courier after noticing that there…
by Ian Kuijt, University of Notre Dame; Pavlo Shydlovskyi, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, and William Donaruma, University of Notre Dame, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished…
by Rebecca Gaunt Historians and genealogists of all levels have an opportunity to learn more tricks of the trade by registering for the Cobb County Genealogical Society’s annual genealogy course…
Throughout the early years of medical education schools in need of cadavers would often resort to the illegal service of grave robbers, also called “body snatchers.” The most well-known case…
[This evergreen article was an installment in the series “Accidentally car-free” about getting around Cobb County without the use of a car. To see a list of the entire series…
[This is a revival of an article we published in 2018. At the time this was written fewer than 10,000 visitors would visit the Cobb County Courier in an average…
by David B. Parker, Kennesaw State University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The Atlanta Journal-Constitution recently published a story about a Black cemetery in Buckhead,…
The City of Kennesaw released a fourth executive order that clarifies the meaning of in-person contact and defines essential businesses. Here is the text of the press release explaining the…