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Crime March 18, 2022

Smyrna man sentenced to 6+ years in connection with romance scam

The U.S. Department of Justice announced that a Smyrna man, Oluwadamilare Kolaogunbule, entered a guilty plea on charges of money laundering in connection with a romance scam and was sentenced…

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2022 Elections March 11, 2022

Q & A with Holly McCormack, Democratic hopeful for Georgia’s 14th Congressional District

By Arielle Robinson Holly McCormack, a Democrat who seeks to unseat Marjorie Taylor Greene in Georgia’s 14th Congressional District, answered questions from the Courier about herself and her campaign. The…

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2022 Elections March 9, 2022

County-sponsored town hall meeting about the Cobb cityhood ballots this evening

This is a reminder that the first in a series of town halls on the cityhood initiatives that will be on the ballot for East Cobb, Lost Mountain, Mableton and…

Crime March 7, 2022

A year after Jan. 6, attack on the U.S. Capitol lives on in hundreds of court cases

by Jacob Fischler, Georgia Recorder [first published in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] March 7, 2022 On the afternoon of Jan. 6, 2021, four men affiliated with the Kansas…

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Cobb County Public Library March 6, 2022

Cobb Public Library to digitize the county’s city directories

If you’ve ever done detailed genealogical or historical work tracking a person, a business, or a fixed address through time, you’ll know what a valuable resource city directories can be….

Health Care March 4, 2022

Mask requirement lifted for Cobb County courts

Cobb County issued the following announcement on its social media: The Cobb County court system has also lifted its mask requirement for entering court buildings. Mask wearing is optional as…

2022 Elections March 4, 2022

Q & A with Angela Pence, Libertarian candidate for the 14th Congressional District

By Arielle Robinson The Courier had a phone interview with Angela Pence, the Libertarian Party candidate for the U.S. House in Georgia’s 14th Congressional District. Pence is one of several…

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Opinion March 3, 2022

Bookman: ‘We the people’ are in dangerous territory

by Jay Bookman, Georgia Recorder [republished with permission]March 3, 2022 The state of our union is precarious. It is precarious not because of some outside threat – outside threats we…

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From the Editor February 12, 2022

A monument to my lack of knowledge of pro sports, and a mea culpa on editing errors

I’m certain many of you noticed that the Atlanta Braves won the last World Series. And many of you probably have a passing awareness of Atlanta’s roster. I have a…

Business February 11, 2022

Dansby Swanson to headline Cobb Chamber’s Marquee Monday

[In an earlier version of this I referred to Dansby Swanson as “Darby Swanson,” and not only that, I repeated the error in our newsletter and on social media. My…

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