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Smyrna police headquarters in article about methamphetamine bust

Criminal Justice System September 20, 2021

Second fatal shooting by police in Cobb County on suicidal person call in two days

For the second time in two days, a police officer in Cobb County has fatally shot a person when on a call involving a suicidal person. In this case the…

Cobb County Police Department Crime Scene Unit vehicle

Criminal Justice System September 17, 2021

Cobb police officer fatally shoots man allegedly advancing with knife, GBI investigating

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has been asked by the Cobb County Police Department to do an independent investigation of the fatal shooting of Matthew Joseph Wilbanks, 41, of Marietta,…

Criminal Justice System September 14, 2021

GBI investigates shooting death by Cobb police

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation announced in a public information release that the GBI has been asked to investigate the fatal shooting of a Smyrna man by a Cobb County…

District 4 Planning Commissioner Michael Hughes

Land Use and Zoning September 13, 2021

Mixed use development on Hurt and Austell roads held for 30 days by Cobb Planning Commission

At its September zoning hearing last Tuesday, the Cobb County Planning Commission voted to hold for 30 days a request to rezone for a mixed-use development located on the southwest…

screenshot of Cobb Planning Commission meeting

Land Use and Zoning September 11, 2021

Cobb Planning Commission recommends approval of rezoning for 240 apartment units in Bells Ferry area

At its September zoning hearing last Tuesday, the Cobb County Planning Commission recommended that the Cobb County Board of Commissioners approve a request to rezone 19.878 acres located at the…

coronavirus imposed on Cobb County School District signage

Health Care September 7, 2021

Cobb school board chairman under fire for COVID response

By Rebecca Gaunt Cobb County Board of Education Chairman Randy Scamihorn is being criticized by parents for phone conversations in which he states that kids are “pretty-well immune to [COVID],”…

abstract jail bars (created at the Cobb County Courier)

Criminal Justice System September 4, 2021

Canine CellMates moves to Cobb County

By Mark Woolsey A program that utilizes animal shelter dogs to rehabilitate Fulton County jail inmates has set up a physical presence in Cobb County and may explore the possibility…

Health Care August 30, 2021

The Cobb County School District response to a request for their reaction to the SPLC statement

The Southern Poverty Law Center distributed a statement critical of the Cobb County School District’s (CCSD) failure to follow CDC recommendations on protocols for slowing the spread of COVID-19 among…

coronavirus image -- a white sphere with red corona spikes emanating outward

Health Care August 28, 2021

Southern Poverty Law Center weighs in on Cobb school COVID cases, indicates it might take legal action

The Southern Poverty Law Center, best known for tracking white supremacist and other hate groups, issued a statement on the spread of COVID-19 in the Cobb County School District. The…

Health Care August 21, 2021

In video, Cobb public officials and public figures urge vaccination, masking

In a video, a group of Cobb public officials and other leading figures urged residents to get vaccinated and mask up to slow the spread of the pandemic that is…

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