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Stallings Howell, Bill Floyd, Wayne Brown and Shep Hammack in American Revolutionary War uniformsfrom the Sons of the American Revolution at the Cobb Board of Commissioners meeting to receive a proclamation for Patriots Day

Cobb County April 11, 2019

Cobb commissioners proclaim Patriots Day

Cobb Commissioner JoAnn Birrell presented a proclamation to members of the Sons of the American Revolution declaring April 19, 2019, as Patriots Day. The proclamation states: PATRIOTS DAY WHEREAS: April…

Mableton April 5, 2019

The Book House in Mableton

The Book House is a mother and daughter-run bookstore located on Old Floyd Road two blocks north of Veterans Memorial Highway. The Courier spoke with co-owner Tracie Harris at the…

From the Editor April 2, 2019

Read the Courier’s past coverage of Boyce and Cupid

Incumbent Cobb County Board of Commissioners Chairman Mike Boyce and District 4 Commissioner Lisa Cupid have both announced runs for county commission chair in the 2020 election. Here at the…

photo of Cobb Superior Court building from the front with a blue sky with clouds in the background

Marietta March 21, 2019

Man sentenced for Marietta kidnapping and sexual battery

Antoine Latroy Williams, 40, of Cartersville was sentenced this morning for a Marietta kidnapping and sexual battery. Cobb Superior Court Judge Stephen Schuster sentenced the defendant to 20 years, with…

CobbLinc bus stop sign in article about Cobb Comprehensive Transportation Plan

Cobb County March 17, 2019

CobbLinc Sunday bus service starts July 1

CobbLinc Sunday bus service will begin on July 1. This will be the first time Cobb County’s buses will run seven days per week in the 30-year history of the…

Cobb County Courts, Superior Court February 15, 2019

Serial Stalker gets 10-year sentence in Cobb

According to a press release from Cobb District Attorney Vic Reynolds, Charles Ray Alexander III, 33, of Louisiana man will serve 10 years in prison without parole after admitting he…

Section of 1833 map showing original shape of Cobb County (retrieved from http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/hmap/id:hmap1833t3copy3 at the UGA libraries -- public domain)

Cobb County history through documents January 16, 2019

1833 — Georgia legislature forms Cobb County

This is the third in an occasional series called “Cobb County history through documents,” and is the text of the act of the Georgia legislature that created Cobb County in…

Under-construction Riverview Landing expressed interest in ordinance allowing Smyrna breweries (photo by Larry Felton Johnson)

Smyrna December 19, 2018

Smyrna breweries might be on the way

What is Smyrna’s policy on breweries and distilleries? Until this week, the answer was that there wasn’t one, with the city’s zoning code silent on the matter. A number of…

Riverview Landing, Smyrna December 2, 2018

Riverview Landing Slideshow December 2

It’s been almost exactly two months since we posted the last slideshow of the construction progress of Riverview Landing in Smyrna. This is our seventh slideshow on the progress of…

Board of Commissioners hear Bells Ferry zoning case (photo by Larry Felton Johnson)

Zoning November 25, 2018

Cobb BOC approves change in site plan of office park on Bells Ferry

Despite opposition from adjacent neighbors, Edison Chastain LLC was allowed to shift a planned 3-story office building on Bells Ferry Road closer to a residential neighborhood to its north, and…

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