Two Cobb online SPLOST open houses scheduled
Two online open houses have been scheduled for Cobb residents to look over the approved lists of SPLOST projects and give input. SPLOST stands for Special Purpose Local Option Sales…
Powder Springs
Powder Springs declares state of emergency
The City of Powder Springs issued an executive order effective March 25 that outlined the details of the city’s state of emergency declaration adopted March 16. The city distributed the…
Wrap-up of Cobb 2019 municipal elections
Cobb County’s 2019 odd-year municipal elections took place on Tuesday. The Cobb County Courier has been covering them regularly (click here for all our coverage), but here’s a handy summary…
Advance voting in Cobb city elections continues through November 1
If you live within the city limits of Austell, Kennesaw, Powder Springs or Smyrna, you have an opportunity for advance voting in the 2019 Cobb city elections between now and…
Patricia Wisdom runs for second term on Powder Springs City Council
Patricia Wisdom is running for a second term on the Powder Springs City Council, At Large Post 2, in the upcoming Nov. 5 election. Wisdom said that she wanted to…
Guenevere Reed envisions community connectedness in run for Powder Springs City Council
Guenevere Reed is running for the Powder Springs City Council, At Large Post 2, in the upcoming Nov. 5 election. Reed grew up in Brooklyn, New York, learning the importance…
Larry Thomas promises transparency in run for Powder Springs City Council
Larry Thomas is running for the Powder Springs City Council, At Large Post 1, in the upcoming Nov. 5 election. Before moving to Powder Springs, Thomas served in the U.S….
Powder Springs man sentenced to life for Marietta murder
Justin Lesean Cox, 41, of Powder Springs, was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of the mother of his three children. Last Thursday Cox admitted in court that…
Powder Springs home invasion suspect to stand trial
The suspect in a Powder Springs home invasion that took place July 27 had his probable cause hearing Tuesday before magistrate court Judge Gerald Moore. Eric Clark Crawford was bound…
Passenger killed in Powder Springs on July 4
Powder Springs crash among fatal holiday accidents According to a public information release from the Cobb County Police Department, the Selective Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP) Unit is investigating a fatal collision on C.H….