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Mableton November 9, 2025

Before you complain about today’s road maintenance, read about this 1911 auto adventure through Mableton and Austell

[This article is part of an ongoing project of resurrecting evergreen articles from the Cobb County Courier’s stacks, and expanding them with newly discovered information] By Larry Felton Johnson The…

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Weekend Quiz November 9, 2025

Quiz: How much do you know about the City of Marietta?

How much do you know about the City of Marietta? We run daily quizzes in the Cobb County Courier newsletter, and recently decided to move the Saturday and Sunday quizzes…

A row of narrow storefronts along Marietta Square, directly across from Glover Park

Marietta November 9, 2025

Support local business at Marietta Square Candlelight Shopping Event

The slogan “Support Local Business” has become popular over the last few decades as local businesses have been replaced first by mall chain stores and megastores, and then by online…

History November 8, 2025

A grave robbery in Cobb County: 1879

[We occasionally update and republish our evergreen history articles. This article first appeared in the Courier in November 23, 2023 In the original version of the article we stated we…

Weekend Quiz November 8, 2025

Quiz: Name That Cobb High School Mascot!

Try your hand at matching the Cobb County high schools with their mascots! The Cobb County Courier has a daily quiz in our email newsletter. But here on the main…

History November 7, 2025

Question from an 1895 Atlanta newspaper: “Has the bicycle come to stay?”

[This is one of a group of evergreen articles that we often update with new information and republish] By Larry Felton Johnson Here at the Courier, we make heavy use…

Kennesaw State University November 6, 2025

Kennesaw State’s Arthur Liou installed as Audrey Bailey Morgan Distinguished Endowed Dean’s Chair

[This article by Dave Shelles with a photo by Darnell Wilburn was first published on the Kennesaw State University website, republished with permission] Kennesaw State University’s Arthur Liou was installed…

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Music November 6, 2025

The White Stripes join the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame − their primal sound reflects Detroit’s industrial roots

by Nathan Fleshner, University of Tennessee, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] In the opening scene of “It Might Get Loud,” a 2008 music documentary, musician…

A schoolhouse with books superimposed on the front

Education November 6, 2025

Oklahoma tried out a test to ‘woke-proof’ the classroom. It was short-lived, but could still leave a mark

by Emery Petchauer, Columbia University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Oklahoma has become a testing ground for reshaping public school curriculum to reflect conservative viewpoints,…

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Government & Politics November 5, 2025

Dick Cheney’s expansive vision of presidential power lives on in Trump’s agenda

by Graham G. Dodds, Concordia University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] This is an updated version of a story that first published on Oct. 7,…

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Crime & Public Safety March 17, 2026

Man charged in March 13 shooting at Texaco on Mableton Parkway

[The Cobb County Courier has a policy of withholding or redacting the name of suspects unless and until the person is convicted in a court of law or enters a…

Health & Wellness March 17, 2026

Is It Worth Your Time and Money To Set Up an HSA?

This article by Blake Farmer, Cara Anthony, and Emily Siner, Nashville Public Radio, first appeared in KFF Health News, republished with permission. Blake Farmer, Cara Anthony, and Emily Siner, Nashville…

Government & Politics, State Government March 17, 2026

Georgia House passes bill targeting political spending from ‘hostile’ foreign agents

by Maya Homan, Georgia Recorder, [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] March 16, 2026 A bill seeking to mandate disclosure of political spending in Georgia…

Health & Wellness March 17, 2026

Federal judge blocks enforcement of Kennedy’s vaccine policies

by Maya Homan, Georgia Recorder, [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] March 16, 2026 A federal judge in Massachusetts has halted enforcement of several key…

Health & Wellness March 17, 2026

Cancer vaccines could transform treatment and prevention – but misinformation about mRNA vaccines threatens their potential

by Dannell D. Boatman, West Virginia University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Scientists are making rapid progress toward a long-awaited goal that could help to…