Floyd Road

Jason Walesh and Glenn Richardson with their thumbs up

Mableton October 7, 2023

New restaurant in the heart of Mableton serves “Great Food with a Fusion of Inclusion”

[Feature photo: Jason Walesh and Glenn Hutchinson. Photo: Larry Johnson/Cobb County Courier] by Larry Felton Johnson I’m going to “break the fourth wall” in this article about Glenn’s Cafe, and…

Mable Family Cemetery (photo by Larry Felton Johnson)

Mableton September 13, 2023

The historic cemetery of the family who gave Mableton its name

[This is another article originally published in the first few years of the Cobb County Courier when our visitor count was only around 10,000 per 30-day period. We’ve decided to…

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

Mableton August 1, 2023

Pedestrian killed by hit-and-run driver on Floyd Road in Mableton

According to a public information release from Officer Aaron Wilson of the Cobb County Police Department, the department’s Selective Traffic Enforcement Program (S.T.E.P. Unit) is investigating a fatal hit-and-run in…

Land Use and Zoning October 20, 2021

Cobb Board of Commissioners approve large mixed-use development off the East West Connector

In a 3-2 vote the Cobb County Board of Commissioners approved a rezoning application that will allow Greystar to build a mixed-use development with 340 residential units on the southwest…

Mableton November 19, 2020

BOC approves 160 townhomes, 20 detached homes on Floyd Road next to Lidl Grocery

The Cobb County Board of Commissioners at its monthly zoning meeting approved a request to rezone property between Lidl Grocery and the Willowcrest community on Floyd Road in Mableton. The…

Mableton January 18, 2020

Arrest made in connection with Mableton Robbery

According to a public information release from Officer Sydney Melton of the Cobb County Police Department an arrest was made in connection with yesterday’s robbery of the Wells Fargo branch…

Mableton January 17, 2020

Bank robbery in Mableton

According to a public information release from Officer Sydney Melton of the Cobb County Police Department the Crimes Against Persons Unit is investigating an alleged bank robbery that occurred in…

Welcome to Cobb County brick sign at Henderson Road on Veterans Memorial

Cobb County December 28, 2019

The Cobb County Courier’s top 10 stories of 2019

There are four days left in 2019, but I feel pretty safe in predicting the top ten stories of 2019 won’t be supplanted by anything we publish in the next…

Mableton August 26, 2019

Floyd Road hit and run pedestrian fatality

There was a hit and run pedestrian fatality on Floyd Road south of White Boulevard on Friday August 23 at around 11:20 p.m. The accident is being investigated by Cobb…

Daily newsletter signup

Please wait...

Thank you for sign up!

Cobb County November 21, 2024

Cobb Courier

Your Source for Local News