gun violence

Major (now Sheriff) Craig Owens speaking at South Cobb Business Associations luncheon used in article about Owens statement on attacks on Asian-Americans

Cobb County March 23, 2021

Sheriff Owens issues statement on Boulder mass shootings.

Cobb County Sheriff Craig Owens issued a statement this morning on Monday’s mass shooting at a grocery store in Boulder, Colorado that left ten people dead, including a police officer….

Cobb County Police Department Crime Scene Unit vehicle

Cobb County December 28, 2019

Multiple injuries in gunfire on Ridenour Parkway

Gunfire on Ridenour Parkway Friday afternoon resulted in injuries to multiple victims. None of the injuries are thought to be life-threatening at this time, but four people, all in their…

Cobb County School District April 3, 2018

Lassiter Students Organize Gun Violence Discussion Panel

The Lassiter High School students who organized the school walkout on March 14 to commemorate the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting and draw the attention of lawmakers, are now…

Cobb County School District March 13, 2018

Pope High School Walkout Organizers Team Up With Cobb SCLC

The Cobb County chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference is backing Cobb students who participate in tomorrow’s national walkout at 10 a.m. Dr. Ben Williams, president of the Cobb…

Cobb County School District March 1, 2018

Cobb County High School Students Plan to Walk Out In Spite of Possible Disciplinary Action

Superintendent Chris Ragsdale met with Cobb principals Wednesday to discuss the planned March 14 walkouts in support of gun control and in honor of the victims of the February 14…

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Cobb County History December 26, 2024

The automobile comes to Cobb County, but on rough roads

[This is republication of an article originally published in the Courier in June of 2017 edited and slightly expanded] If the first owners of automobiles in Cobb County wanted to…

Smyrna December 26, 2024

A slideshow from Smyrna Memorial Cemetery

Smyrna Memorial Cemetery (photos by Larry Felton Johnson) We at the Courier have been reviving articles and photo albums that were published in the Courier at a time when our…

Cobb County December 26, 2024

North Cobb Regional Library features programs for kids and adults in the New Year

By Kelly Johnson With the New Year offering a modest schedule of events at North Cobb Regional Library (NCRL), its Kids Book Swap and Kids Create programs will provide kids…

Opinion December 26, 2024

What is the question we should be asking with AI?

How AI Could Replace Writers And Artists And When It Won’t By John A. Tures, Professor of Political Science, LaGrange College At the end of the science fiction thriller “I…

Pets and Pet Adoption December 26, 2024

“I’m Beau, and I’m interviewing for a new family. Would you like to apply?”

The Cobb County Courier’s Dog of the Day, selected from the Cobb Animal Services Shelter website, is a male red/white American pit bull terrier. The following information on this potential…

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