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GAE President Charlotte Booker advocates for local control over the calendar at October's hearing. (photo by Rebecca Gaunt)

Education February 26, 2019

Bill Filed to Prevent Schools from Starting Before Second Full Week of August

Rep. Ron Stephens (R-Savannah) filed a bill to prevent Georgia’s public schools from selecting a start date prior to the second full week of August. House Bill 421 would amend…

Juan Lazaro-Abrego (photo courtesy of the Cobb County District Attorney's Office)

Crime February 26, 2019

2008 Cobb murder and fugitive case to be highlighted on “In Pursuit with John Walsh”

Cobb Acting DA John Melvin announced that a 2008 Cobb County murder and fugitive case will get national TV coverage. Kimberly Isaza, spokesperson for the the Cobb DA’s office sent…

Erick Allen and Mary Frances Williams (in pink shirt) at a Sierra Club Forum

coal ash, Environment February 20, 2019

Lawmaker Urges Georgia Power to Remove Coal Ash from Cobb County

Rep. Mary Frances Williams (D-Marietta) introduced House Resolution 257 Tuesday regarding coal ash contamination in Cobb County. Coal ash is produced by burning coal in coal-fired power plants. Due to…

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

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…

Chairman of the Cobb County Board of Commissioners, Michael Boyce in article about cobb budget town halls (photo by Larry Felton Johnson)

Cobb County Budget February 8, 2019

Boyce to host town halls on upcoming Cobb County budget

The county released the times and locations of upcoming town halls to feature the FY20 budget. According to the news release from the county, “Cobb Commission Chairman Mike Boyce will…

The Railroad Disaster to the West India Mail Near Blackshear, Georgia, an engraving from a photograph published in Harper's Weekly, March 1888 in article about emergency response training

Cobb County February 6, 2019

Cobb offers emergency response training

Do you know what to do in the event of a crisis in your area? Would you like to be able to protect yourself, your family, and help neighbors when…

Cobb County Police Department February 6, 2019

Cobb police Coffee with a Cop

Officer Nathalie Jegg of the Cobb County Police Department‘s Community Affairs Unit announced the following Coffee with a Cop events for February in an email: 02/12/2019 at 5:00pm at Starbucks…

poster showing a black family and announcing National Black HIV AIDS Awareness Day

Cobb & Douglas Public Health, Health Care February 6, 2019

Free HIV test on National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

Free HIV testing will be offered on February 8 by Cobb & Douglas Public Health (CDPH) in observance of National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (February 8), The testing will be…

Snow in Mableton last year -- photo by Larry Felton Johnson

Cobb County January 28, 2019

Cobb DOT crews to work during winter storm watch

Although Cobb County offices will be closed Tuesday due to the winter storm watch, the work crews of the Cobb DOT will show up for work to prepare equipment, treat…

Snow last January in Mableton -- winter storm watch

Cobb County January 28, 2019

County schools, offices, courts closed tomorrow for winter storm watch

Due to the possibility of snow accumulation during a winter storm watch, Cobb County schools, Marietta schools, Cobb County offices and the Cobb County courts will be closed tomorrow, Tuesday,…

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