Austell

Climate and Weather March 8, 2024

Flood warning issued for Sweetwater Creek near Austell

A flood warning has been issued for Sweetwater Creek near Austell in Cobb County and Douglas County from the National Weather Service. The warning will take effect Saturday evening and…

Climate and Weather January 27, 2024

Flood warning for Sweetwater Creek in Cobb and Douglas counties extended past midnight

The flood warning issued by the National Weather Service for the parts of Sweetwater Creek in Cobb and Douglas counties that are in or near Austell has been extended until…

Climate and Weather January 27, 2024

Flood warning continues for Sweetwater Creek near Austell

The flood warning issued for Sweetwater Creek near Austell in Cobb and Douglas counties by the National Weather Service will continue through late this afternoon. The paintball court in Lithia…

Climate and Weather January 25, 2024

Flood warnings issued for three creeks across Cobb County

The National Weather Service, announced that a flood warning is in effect for Noses Creek in Powder Spring in Cobb County, Sweetwater Creek in Austell, and Allatoona Creek near Acworth….

A map of Cobb County with the bottom portion highlighted

Cobb County January 19, 2024

Boil water advisory in effect for large portion of South Cobb

A water main break on Macedonia Road in Cobb County prompted the county to issue a boil water alert for the entire southern portion of the county. The map provided…

Cobb County History December 16, 2023

The automobile comes to Cobb County, but on rough roads

[This is republication of an article originally published in the Courier in June of 2017 edited and slightly expanded] If the first owners of automobiles in Cobb County wanted to…

A busy portion of Austell Road where a pedestrian death occurred recently.

Transportation October 20, 2023

Overnight lane closures on Austell Road (SR 5) on Friday and Sunday

The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) announced lane closures on Austell Road on Friday and Sunday overnights. It’s for an ongoing project that will ultimately resurface the road from Veterans…

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Education October 11, 2023

MIC and ACT education town hall to take up divisive concepts law

Mableton Improvement Coalition (MIC) and the Austell Community Task Force (ACT) will lead a town hall webinar tomorrow night, Thursday October 12, around several important issues in education, including the…

roadwork equipment in article about lane closed SR 360

Transportation October 1, 2023

Austell Road lane closures continue Sunday overnight, October 1, 2023

The lane closure will continue on Austell Road overnight Sunday, Oct 1, 2023. This is part of a resurfacing project that will continue through spring, and is on the stretch…

Mableton August 13, 2023

A 1911 auto adventure through Mableton and Austell

I’ve been going through the earliest articles we published here, when the Cobb County Courier was known under its original name: River Edges. The name River Edges was dropped for…

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Climate and Weather April 16, 2024

Cobb County weather forecast for Tuesday, April 16, 2024

The National Weather Service forecasts partly sunny skies here in Cobb County on Tuesday, April 16, 2024, with a high near 86 degrees. The weather service has also issued a…

Climate and Weather April 16, 2024

Cobb County is under a high fire danger alert for Tuesday, April 16

The National Weather Service issued a high fire danger alert for Cobb County and other counties in the region for the afternoon of Tuesday, April 16, 2024. Low humidity, along…

Health Care April 15, 2024

Infections after surgery are more likely due to bacteria already on your skin than from microbes in the hospital − new research

by Dustin Long, University of Washington and Chloe Bryson-Cahn, University of Washington, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Health care providers and patients have traditionally thought…

Environment April 15, 2024

The South’s aging water infrastructure is getting pounded by climate change – fixing it is also a struggle

by Jonathan Fisk, Auburn University; John C. Morris, Auburn University, and Megan E. Heim LaFrombois, Auburn University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Climate change is…

Energy April 15, 2024

Critics pan Georgia Power fossil fuel plans ahead of state PSC hearing

by Stanley Dunlap, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] April 12, 2024 The state’s utility regulators are set to vote Tuesday on Georgia…