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Brick Kennesaw government building with four tall wooden columns

Kennesaw August 25, 2023

Qualifying complete for upcoming Kennesaw election

By Rebecca Gaunt Seven candidates qualified for Kennesaw’s November mayoral and city council election. Mayor Derek Easterling, who was first elected in 2015, is running for reelection unopposed. Mayor Derek…

An analog dial gauge labeled "Air Quality Index" with the arrow pointed to Orange which is numbered 100 to 150

Climate and Weather August 24, 2023

Code Orange air quality alert in metro Atlanta for second consecutive day

The poor air quality in metro Atlanta will continue for a second consecutive day. The Georgia Environmental Protection Division relayed a Code Orange air quality alert to the National Weather…

Marietta August 23, 2023

Registration open for Marietta’s 2023 Harvestfest pie-eating contest

To turn the old saying around, if your “stomach is bigger than your eyes” (or at least if you have a high-capacity stomach) you might want to register for the…

A plastic tray with sandwich, potato salad and a pack of potato chips

Cobb Cuisine, Culture and Community August 22, 2023

It’s a Family Affair at Daily Bread Cafe

[This column by Brian Benefield is part of the series Cobb Cuisine Culture and Community] About twenty-five years ago, Tonya Bruce walked into the Lunch Basket on Cherokee Street to help…

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

Mableton August 22, 2023

Driver seriously injured in single-car crash on Nickajack Road

According to a public information release from Lt. J.A. McCloskey of the Cobb County Police Department, the department’s Selective Traffic Enforcement Program (S.T.E.P. Unit) is investigating a single-car crash resulting…

Gasoline pump resting in its cradle used in articles about Georgia gasoline prices

Transportation August 21, 2023

Slight decrease in GA gas prices, although cost still higher than this time last year

Georgia drivers are experiencing a slight relief at the pump as gas prices in the state have decreased compared to last week. According to the weekly report from AAA, the…

Climate and Weather August 21, 2023

Extreme heat expected in north and central Georgia Monday, August 21

The National Weather Service issued a hazardous weather outlook for Cobb County and other counties in the region for Monday Aug 21, 2023 due to expected extreme heat. The heat…

Mable House door with two stone chimneys flanking

Mableton August 20, 2023

When Mableton first was (and shortly thereafter wasn’t) a city

[The Cobb County Courier is republishing some of our earliest articles. When many of these articles were first published, our readership was less than 10,000 per month. Now that we’re…

Smyrna August 18, 2023

Keep Smyrna Beautiful has a lot of useful and worthwhile events on its latest calendar

If you’re a Smyrna resident, Keep Smyrna Beautiful probably has an event on their upcoming calendar you’l be interested in. The upcoming calendar includes document shredding, bulk trash amnesty day,…

Smyrna August 15, 2023

The Rise and Fall (and rise) of the Belmont Hills shopping center in Smyrna

[This is a republication of an evergreen article we first published in July of 2017, when the Courier’s web traffic was about a tenth our current readship. We’re reviving some…

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