Nine Cobb County court employees test positive for COVID-19
Cobb County Superior Court Chief Judge Reuben Green issued a series of orders after nine courthouse personnel tested positive for COVID-19. The first order was entitled “Notice to the Bar…
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Cobb County School District announces updated 2020-2021 opening plan
In a press release Friday afternoon the Cobb County School District announced an updated opening plan. The basics of the plan still remain the same, with a face-to-face traditional classroom…
Cobb GIS creates interactive map of COVID-19 cases by zip code
Cobb GIS announced yesterday on Twitter that they have created an interactive map featuring the number of COVID-19 cases by zip code, along with the locations of nearby schools. The…
Marietta Museum of History assembles collections on Black Lives Matter and COVID-19
2020’s landscape has-quite obviously- been dominated by a pair of historic developments-the COVID-19 pandemic and the renewed civil rights movement sparked by recent controversial police shootings, exemplified by Black Lives…
Cobb school board delays reopening until August 17
At a special called meeting today the Cobb County Board of Education voted to delay the start of the 2020-2021 term until August 17. The original plan, which outlined a…
Petitions target Cobb County school opening plans
UPDATE: A third petition came to our attention, and has been added. As the Cobb County School Board covenes a special called meeting this afternoon, at least two petitions have…
Dr. Memark answers a few questions on the COVID-19 outbreak in Cobb and Douglas counties
The Courier has been gathering questions about the COVID-19 pandemic from social media in response to our articles about the outbreak in Cobb County. We sent three questions to Cobb…
GEMA releasing 3 million cloth masks to hardest-hit counties and Department of Education
The Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency (GEMA/HS) announced in a press release today that they are releasing 3 million cloth face coverings to the Georgia Department of Education…
Cobb COVID-19 cases and deaths by zip code
Cobb & Douglas Public Health (CDPH) now releases the county for Cobb and Douglas county COVID-19 total confirmed cases and deaths sorted by zip code. This table represents the known…
COVID-19 first wave not over, says Wellstar Director of Infectious Disease
Dr. Danny Branstetter, the Medical Director of Infectious Disease for Wellstar Health Systems told the Courier Friday that the COVID-19 first wave is not yet over, and that precautions such…