Cobb County

The front of the brick South Cobb Community Center building, with a "Vote Here" sign in front

Elections August 6, 2025

Candidates for office in Cobb: send us your press releases, but with two conditions

[This is a republication with slight modification of what we posted previously. We welcome candidacy announcements that adhere to the guidelines below.] The Cobb County Courier welcomes announcements from candidates…

History July 26, 2025

A grave robbery in Cobb County: 1879

[We occasionally update and republish our evergreen history articles. This article first appeared in the Courier in November 23, 2023 In the original version of the article we stated we…

Mableton May 30, 2025

Mableton council passes one-year services agreement with Cobb County

At an emergency special-called meeting on Friday, May 30, the Mableton City Council approved the one-year Service Delivery Strategy that was hammered out with Cobb County last week, committing the…

Government & Politics May 30, 2025

What is a Service Delivery Strategy in Georgia?

By Larry Felton Johnson Against the backdrop of the City of Mableton’s rejection of a stop-gap Service Delivery Strategy agreement with Cobb County at the May 28 Mableton City Council…

Detail of Cobb County Police Department STEP Unit vehicle in article about fatal accident on I-75

Crime & Public Safety May 27, 2025

Hit and run on I-285 results in one driver seriously injured

Officer Aaron Wilson of the Cobb County Police Department announced in a public information release that the department’s STEP Unit is investigating a serious injury hit-and-run collision that occurred on…

Cobb County government building sign, a vertical rectangular sign with the words "Board of Commissioners," "County Clerk," "County Manager," "County Office," "Employment," and a wheelchair entrance icon

Government & Politics May 24, 2025

Cobb posts notice of cybersecurity event, phone number for call center

Cobb County posted two notices, one announcement posted yesterday about a cybersecurity event the county has been monitoring since early May, and the other about a call center the county…

Government & Politics May 21, 2025

Learn about your county: Registration open for Cobb 101

Registration is now open for Cobb 101, an annual program that educates participants in the workings of Cobb County government. The announcement for the program on the Cobb website describes…

Government & Politics May 19, 2025

Cobb County’s web address will change on June 2

Cobb County announced in a news release that it will switch from its current “.org” web address to a domain ending in “.gov,” the most common practice of official government…

a screenshot of the six districts in Mableon, with 1,2,3 to the south, 4, 5, 6 to the north

Mableton April 11, 2025

Mableton City Council and Cobb BOC to meet Monday to discuss Intergovernmental Agreements

The Mableton City Council and the Cobb County Board of Commissioners will meet together on Monday, April 14, at 9 a.m. at the Switzer Library, 266 Roswell St NE, Marietta,…

Mableton April 10, 2025

Why was Six Flags built in Cobb County?

[We’re reworking and republishing some of the articles published in the Cobb County Courier in its earlier years. This was originally published in 2017, which was the 50th anniversary of…

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Cobb County August 10, 2025

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