Cobb County Magistrate Court is set to resume eviction hearings when the COVID-19 emergency order is lifted on July 13. Monica DeLancy, the founder and president of the We Thrive…
You might have watched a police show on television, where an officer calls in a request to a judge for a search warrant. If this call were from a police…
Chief Magistrate Joyette Holmes administered the oath of office to Cobb’s magistrate judges on Dec 21, 2016. Magistrate judges handle an assortment of duties that don’t require trials. The courts…
This is an entry in a series called Cobb County Explained. To learn more about this series, visit this link to the series introduction. If you’ve ever been in the…
The Courier is developing a series called Cobb County Explained to help educate county residents about how important institutions here work. One of the entries about the county’s court system…
“In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes,” Benjamin Franklin reportedly wrote in a letter to Jean-Baptiste Leroy on November 13, 1789. Taxes in…
By Larry Felton Johnson Public safety is one of the most important functions of local government. Cobb County has multiple city police, a county police department, a sheriff’s department, and…
The Courier is developing a series called Cobb County Explained to help educate county residents about how important institutions here work. One of the entries for the county’s court system…
Zoning is a critical part of quality of life in Cobb County and its cities. Zoning decisions affect neighborhood character, traffic, school crowding and property values. They determine whether a…
Photo above: from a licensed copy of Canva According to a Cobb Chamber press release, Leadership Cobb, the Chamber’s leadership development program, has selected 60 business and community leaders to…