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A brick fountain in Glover Park on Marietta Square. benches surround a circular brick path and a photographer snaps a shot.

Marietta September 2, 2025

Brown Bag concerts return to Marietta Square this Thursday, September 4

Marietta Parks, Recreation & Facilities announced the return of the popular Brown Bag Lunchtime Concert Series to Glover Park on Marietta Square beginning this Thursday, September 4. The series will…

Marietta police SUV parked at the curb on Marietta Square

Marietta August 28, 2025

More information released about Tuesday’s fatal shooting in Marietta

By Mark Woolsey Marietta police are releasing more information about Tuesday afternoon’s fatal shooting at a Chevron Gas station. Police say the suspect in the case, a 24-year-old Savannah man,…

Marietta August 9, 2025

Marietta Youth Basketball program registration open

The City of Marietta posted the following announcement about the upcoming season of the city’s Youth Basketball program: Marietta Parks, Recreation & Facilities is excited to announce that Youth Basketball…

Marietta Cobb Museum of Art. Greek revival building with six large columns

Arts & Culture August 7, 2025

Art of the Cocktail coming to Marietta Cobb Museum of Art August 15

The following announcement from the Marietta Cobb Museum of Art was posted on the City of Marietta website: The Marietta Cobb Museum of Art will host its August installment of…

Marietta August 6, 2025

Marietta Fire Department celebrates new trucks with traditional “push-in” ceremony

By Mark Woolsey Marietta officials noted the arrival of two new fire trucks Tuesday with what was called a “push-in” ceremony. During the noon event, city council members and firefighters…

Cobb County Police Department Crime Scene Unit vehicle

Crime & Public Safety August 2, 2025

Four arrested by Marietta-Cobb-Smyrna Narcotics Unit

According to a public information release from the Cobb County Sheriff’s Office, on July 31 in Austell, the Marietta-Cobb-Smyrna Narcotics Unit (MCS) executed a narcotics search warrant. It seized 8.55…

An image of the front page of the Marietta Helicon, a 19th Century Cobb County newspaper

Cobb County July 29, 2025

Cobb County’s two earliest newspapers: the Marietta Advocate and the Marietta Helicon

by Larry Felton Johnson [This is an updated and expanded version of an article we published during December of 2024] I have a fascination with old newspapers. As a journalist,…

Marietta History Center taken from other side of railroad tracks

Marietta July 27, 2025

Marietta History Center Rummage and Book Sale returns

The Marietta History Center posted the following announcement on the City of Marietta website (we’ve copied the announcement verbatim): The Marietta History Center is excited to announce the return of…

Cobb Cuisine, Culture and Community July 15, 2025

Marietta Cobb Museum is Building Community Through Art

[Photo by Brian Benefield] [This is the latest installment of “Cobb Cuisine, Culture and Community” by Brian Benefield. Photo above by Brian Benefield] My wife, Cecilie, and I rarely win the…

Marietta July 9, 2025

Marietta Police Depart holds pinning ceremony for Gretchen Ingram’s promotion to Major

Photo courtesy of the Marietta Police Department According to a departmental public information release, the Marietta Police Department held a pinning ceremony Tuesday morning to honor Gretchen Ingram’s promotion to…

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Health & Wellness April 8, 2026

Trump’s Personnel Agency Is Asking for Federal Workers’ Medical Records

This article by Amanda Seitz and Maia Rosenfeld first appeared in KFF Health News, republished with permission. Amanda Seitz and Maia Rosenfeld, April 8, 2026 The Trump administration is quietly…

Government & Politics, State Government April 8, 2026

Here’s what Cobb County voters had to say about the race to pick Marjorie Taylor Greene’s successor

by Ross Williams, Georgia Recorder, [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] April 7, 2026 By the end of Tuesday night, Georgians should know who will…

Government & Politics, State Government April 8, 2026

Fuller wins runoff to represent northwest Georgia in Congress but Democrats chalk up gains

by Ross Williams and Alander Rocha, Georgia Recorder, [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] April 7, 2026 Clay Fuller, a Trump-backed Republican, is heading to…

Environment April 8, 2026

Water conservation works, but climate change is outpacing it: Phoenix, Denver and Las Vegas offer a glimpse of the future

by Renee Obringer, Penn State and Dave White, Arizona State University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] When a drought turns into an urban water crisis,…

Energy April 8, 2026

Why the Persian Gulf has more oil and gas than anywhere else on Earth

by Scott L. Montgomery, University of Washington, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] It has been said that Persian Gulf countries are both blessed and cursed…