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Austin Heller in front of Cobb County School District building reading speech

2022 Elections March 28, 2022

KSU student Austin Heller drops out of school board race due to redistricting

By Arielle Robinson Austin Heller, a political science student at Kennesaw State University, concluded his campaign for the Cobb Board of Education’s Post 4 Thursday night, citing new redistricting maps…

Marietta History Center taken from other side of railroad tracks

Marietta January 8, 2022

Marietta History Center announces Lemon Street Chronicles & MLK holiday celebration

The Marietta History Center (MHC) announced a free presentation of the Lemon Street Chronicles, an oral history of the Lemon Street primary and high schools. Those were the segregated schools…

Education June 12, 2021

Hutchins expresses bewilderment, frustration over critical race theory ban

By Arielle Robinson Cobb County Board of Education Post 3 member Leroy “Tre” Hutchins weighed in on the school district banning the teaching of critical race theory, explaining why he…

Education April 24, 2021

Wheeler name change supporters refused spot on agenda, so they took it to the public comments

Students and parents concerned about the racist legacy of Joseph E. Wheeler High School in Marietta exercised complete control over the public comment section of Cobb’s Board of Education monthly…

Education March 20, 2021

Wheeler name change supporters plead school board to take action

“Why don’t you want to have this discussion? Why won’t you respond when we reach out? Why won’t you address it? I’d like a written response answering these three questions…

Dr. Vickie Benson, Julia Hurtado, Leroy Tre Hutchins, Lindsay Terrebonne

Education September 29, 2020

Democratic school board nominees release resolution condemning racism

The Democratic nominees for the Cobb County Board of Education released the following resolution condemning systemic racism: Resolution Condemning Systemic Racism and Affirming a Commitment to Educational Equity for All…

Left to Right; Travis Lindley (City Councilman Ward 3), Tim Gould (City Councilman Ward 6), Derek Norton (Mayor), Haroldeen Swearingen (Belmont Hills Elementary School Asst Principal), Joe Bennett (Interim City Administrator), Penny Moceri (Interim Assistant City Administrator).

Smyrna September 17, 2020

Wi-fi hotspots delivered to Campbell High and Belmont Elementary

The City of Smyrna announced in a press release today that a group of elected officials and staff have delivered wi-fi hotspots to Campbell High School and Belmont Elementary School….

Families Against Racism in Smyrna park listening to speakers

Education June 29, 2020

Charisse Davis hosts Families Against Racism event in Smyrna

Families Against Racism along with Cobb County School Board member Charisse Davis hosted another discussion on race in Taylor Brawner Park in Smyrna Sunday afternoon. About 50 to 75 people…

From the Editor March 6, 2020

Now we have a podcast

The Cobb County Courier now has a podcast, hosted on Buzzsprout, called “Hello, Cobb County.” The first episode is technically a bit spotty, since I’m just figuring out the audio…

Lisa Cupid speaks on Dodgen Road property rezoning

Mableton August 20, 2019

Rezoning of Dodgen Road property approved

Despite opposition from the Mableton Improvement Coalition (MIC), an application for rezoning of a Dodgen Road property from GC (general commercial) to NRC (Neighborhood Retail Commercial) was approved at the…

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