Shontae Brown, candidate for Austell City Council
Shontae Brown, 29, is running for Austell City Council (Ward 2). Brown has lived in Austell for 8 years and said that her life in the community makes her the…
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Austell mother sentenced to 20 years in death of infant son
An Austell mother was sentenced to 20 years after pleading guilty to charges of involuntary manslaughter, cruelty to children in the second degree, three counts of heroin possession, and reckless…
Chris Djonis: candidate for mayor of Austell
Chris Djonis is running for mayor of Austell in the November 5, 2019 election. The incumbent mayor is Ollie Clemons, who is also a candidate. Djonis was defeated in the…
Sarah Shurden: candidate for Austell City Council Post 1
Sarah Shurden is running for Austell City Council At Large Post 1 in the November 5 2019 special election. The post was vacated by then-Mayor Pro Tem Ollie Clemons when…
Ikaika Anderson: candidate for mayor of Austell
The Courier had a conversation with Ikaika Anderson, candidate for mayor of Austell, at Volkstuin, the downtown Austell business he co-owns with Andrew Lundstrom. Anderson is one of four candidates…
Bikes, Burgers and Blues at the Full Throttle Roadhouse
Full Throttle Roadhouse is a bar and grill on Veteran’s Memorial Highway opened in December of 2018 by Randy and Liz Snyder. Randy Snyder also publishes Full Throttle Magazine, a…
Pedestrian killed on Riverside Parkway
Officer Aniello Penirelli of the Cobb County Police Department reported that the Cobb County Police Department’s Selective Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP) Unit is investigating a fatal auto/pedestrian collision that happened…
Management holds meeting at Riverside Parkway apartment complex
The recently hired managers of three apartment complexes on Riverside Parkway called a Thursday afternoon meeting of tenants to hear concerns and tell their side of the ongoing conflicts involving…
Incorporation of Austell Georgia — September 1885
The fourth in our series Cobb County history through documents is the incorporation of Austell by an act of the Georgia legislature passed on September 4, 1885. The city limits…
One dead in Veterans Memorial Highway collision
A collision on Veterans Memorial Highway near Collins Boulevard in Austell resulted in one death and several injuries, according to a report from Officer Sarah O’Hara of the Cobb County…