Austell

Community, Giving Back to the Community September 10, 2026

Cobb Collaborative Partners with Cobb County Public Library to Expand Family Literacy Kits at Sweetwater Branch, Supported by VyStar Credit Union

Cobb Collaborative distributed the following press release about the expansion of its Family Literacy Kit. Cobb Collaborative and the Cobb County Public Library are proud to announce a partnership to…

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Puzzles Games and Quizzes August 24, 2026

How much do you know about Austell Georgia (Part 2 of our quiz)?

By Larry Felton Johnson Cobb County has seven cities within it, and these quizzes will, from time to time, focus on individual cities. Today the quiz takes on the City…

Puzzles Games and Quizzes August 23, 2026

How much do you know about Austell Georgia (Part 1 of our quiz)?

By Larry Felton Johnson Cobb County has seven cities within it, and these quizzes will, from time to time, focus on individual cities. Today the quiz takes on the City…

An Norfolk Southern engine pulling a long line of boxcar, tankers and other cars starting through a crossing in downtown Austell GA

History August 22, 2026

The incorporation of Austell, Georgia in September 1885

With the incorporation of the City of Mableton as the now-largest city in the county, we’ve decided to revisit our series “Cobb County history through documents.” This is an evergreen…

A high school marching band at Austell's National Night Out event

Community Life August 6, 2026

Austell National Night Out Brings Community Together at Legion Field Park

Avid community volunteer Barry Krebs submitted the following report with photos about the City of Austell’s National Night Out: We appreciate the City of Austell for hosting their National Night Out…

History July 31, 2026

How it began: the automobile begins its rapid rise to dominate the roads of Cobb County

[Editor’s note: This is an evergreen article we periodically update, edit and republish. The first version appeared in 2017] By Larry Felton Johnson If the first owners of automobiles in…

Crime & Public Safety July 26, 2026

Austell Man Faces Federal Drug Charges After DEA Meth Investigation

By Mark Woolsey [The Cobb County Courier has a policy of withholding or redacting the name of suspects unless and until the person is convicted in a court of law…

Community Life, Libraries February 28, 2026

Spring is the season of renewal and keepsake at South Cobb Regional Library

By Kelly Johnson While spring is the season of renewal, to which South Cobb Regional Library’s March schedule offers Bingocize, for adults and seniors to improve their overall health, it…

Crime & Public Safety February 10, 2026

Austell woman pleads guilty to federal wire fraud charge

According to a news release from the U.S. Department of Justice, an Austell woman has entered a plea of guilty in federal court to her role in a wire fraud…

History January 16, 2026

How Veterans Memorial Highway got its start

[This article is part of an ongoing project of resurrecting evergreen articles from the Cobb County Courier’s stacks, and expanding them with newly discovered information] By Larry Felton Johnson A…

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Puzzles Games and Quizzes September 20, 2026