Kennesaw

Festivals July 31, 2023

Kennesaw’s Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival and competition returning in August

Kennesaw is gearing up for its annual Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival, set to take place on August 18 and 19 at Adams Park. Sponsored by Williams Elleby Law Firm,…

Business June 17, 2023

Police chiefs of Acworth and Kennesaw to hold fireside chat at Cobb Chamber event

The Northwest Cobb Area Council of the Cobb Chamber will host a fireside chat between Chief Jesse Evans of the Acworth Police Department and Chief Bill Westenberger of the Kennesaw…

A smiling child gazes at a live bunny seated beside on a bench

Holiday events March 3, 2023

Kennesaw to host popular annual Bunny Breakfast on April 1, 2023

The City of Kennesaw distributed the following press release about the annual Bunny Breakfast hosted by the Parks and Rec Department: Kennesaw, GA (March 1, 2023) —The Kennesaw Parks &…

The brick Kennesaw Police Department building with 6 small columns on a portico

Kennesaw Police Department January 27, 2023

Kennesaw police investigate attack at off-campus student housing that police say may be racially motivated

The Kennesaw Police Department issued a public information release detailing a fight at an off-campus student apartment building near KSU that police say may have been racially motivated. The public…

Brick Kennesaw government building with four tall wooden columns

Dance January 12, 2023

Kennesaw’s “Out of this World” Dance Party: February 4, 2023

The City of Kennesaw issued the following press release about their “Out of the World” Dance Party: Kennesaw, GA (January 12, 2023) — Spend the evening with your big and…

Tracey Viars enters diner and raises arms, smiling

Exercise and Fitness December 22, 2022

Kennesaw power walker Tracey Viars hits 4,000-day milestone

By Rebecca Gaunt When Tracey Viars completed her daily power walk Wednesday and opened the door of Honeysuckle Biscuits & Bakery in downtown Kennesaw, more than a dozen friends and…

2022 Elections November 20, 2022

Cobb elections director to address Kennesaw City Council after flawed special election

By Rebecca Gaunt Janine Eveler, director of Cobb County Elections, is on Monday’s agenda to address the Kennesaw City Council with an election update. The special election for the vacated…

Holiday events November 14, 2022

Kennesaw’s Day With Santa parade and festival: December 3, 2022

The City of Kennesaw issued the following press release about its annual Day with Santa Parade Kennesaw, GA (November 14, 2022) — The City of Kennesaw will usher in the…

an aerial rendering of the proposed redevelopment of Town Center at Cobb mall

Land Use and Zoning September 10, 2022

Town Center Community Improvement District releases preliminary framework for Town Center mall redevelopment

By Mark Woolsey Reaction has been mixed in the Town Center Community Improvement District area since it released a preliminary framework pointing at how Town Center at Cobb mall could…

Cemeteries May 12, 2022

Kennesaw City Cemetery Decoration Day honors lost loved ones

By Rebecca Gaunt Locals came armed with scrub brushes and buckets for the 16th annual Decoration Day at Kennesaw City Cemetery Saturday. Robert Ellison, who was born in Kennesaw, has…

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Justice October 4, 2023

Graduation ceremony held for Cobb Drug Treatment Court participants

[Photo courtesy of Cobb County government] On Monday, October 2, the Cobb County Drug Treatment Court celebrated the graduation of a group of participants in the program attended by judges,…

Science and Technology October 4, 2023

Tenacious curiosity in the lab can lead to a Nobel Prize – mRNA research exemplifies the unpredictable value of basic scientific research

by André O. Hudson, Rochester Institute of Technology, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The 2023 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine will go to Katalin…

Cumberland October 4, 2023

Football, movies, music and more: the Battery Atlanta releases its October schedule

The Battery (Photo: Larry Felton Johnson/Cobb County Courier) The Battery Atlanta released its schedule for the beginning of the fall season. Events include Friday movie nights, an escape room, College…

U.S. Congress October 4, 2023

U.S. House votes to remove Kevin McCarthy as speaker

Photo Credit: Martin Falbisoner, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons by Jennifer Shutt, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] October 3, 2023…

Politics October 4, 2023

Reagan wouldn’t recognize Trump-style ‘conservatism’ – a look at how the GOP has changed

by Karyn Amira, College of Charleston, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] When Mitt Romney announced his intended retirement from the U.S. Senate on Sept. 13,…