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Education January 3, 2021

Dissolution of school naming committee sparks conflict on school board

Democratic school board members Charisse Davis, Dr. Jaha Howard and incoming board member Leroy “Tre” Hutchins are dismayed that the board voted to dissolve a committee to study the racist…

map of Wheeler High School used in article "Diverse school named after Confederate

Education December 19, 2020

Wheeler High students still struggle for name change amid racist history, dissolution of committee by school board

Students from Joseph Wheeler High School in Marietta are continuing their campaign to rename the school, named for a Confederate general. Their campaign continues after a recent development, in which…

Education December 18, 2020

Letter to the Editor: A Diverse School Named After a Confederate

[This Letter to the Editor is by Ashleigh Ewald, a student at Wheeler High School] As a senior at Wheeler High School and SGA Co-President, I am speaking up about…

2020 Elections December 11, 2020

South Cobb among locations for “Good Trouble” marches and votercades on Monday Dec 14

South Cobb (in the Riverside community of unincorporated Austell) is among the locations of the votercades being held across the state on Monday to encourage Black and Brown voters to…

screenshot of distribution map of precincts won by Flynn Broady or Joyette Holmes in the Cobb DA race

2020 Elections December 5, 2020

The Cobb District Attorney’s race: a look at the precinct results

Democrat Flynn Broady defeated incumbent Republican District Attorney Joyette Holmes in the November 3 2020 general election. This is the fifth of our series looking at the election results in…

A map showing the results of the election race between Lisa Cupid and Mike Boyce

2020 Elections November 29, 2020

Cupid and Boyce: A look at the precincts

Democratic District 4 Commissioner Lisa Cupid defeated Republican Cobb County Board of Commissioners Chairman Michael Boyce to become Chairwoman-elect of the BOC. This is the second in our series on…

Kennesaw zoning proposals postponed during council meeting.

Kennesaw November 17, 2020

Two controversial Kennesaw zoning requests postponed until December

Developers for two Kennesaw properties, both which have generated concerns from the public, have been granted hearing postponements until December. The first is the 3.35-acre property at 1520 Old Highway…

2020 Elections November 5, 2020

700 remaining absentee ballots to be counted in Cobb

Cobb elections Director Janine Eveler wrote the Courier in an email that there are 700 remaining absentee ballots to be counted in Cobb, in addition to resolving provisional ballots. The…

2020 Elections November 4, 2020

With 16,000 absentee ballots remaining to be counted, Democrats lead in Cobb countywide races plus narrow lead in BOC District 2

Cobb County Director of Elections Janine Eveler told the Courier in an email that there are around 16,000 absentee ballots remaining to be counted, along with 878 provisional ballots from…

Kennesaw October 28, 2020

Kennesaw events mean road closures for next two weekends

Kennesaw will hold its first downtown outdoor events since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic over the next two weekends. The Kennesaw Grand Prix 5k will take place on Halloween…

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