River Line Historic Area

Entrance to Hooper-McWilliams cemetery, probably erected by boy scouts in the late 1990s

History November 26, 2023

Cobb County’s Hooper family and a Civil War mystery

This is an expanded republication of an article originally published by the Courier on January 1, 2017. There is a second part to this article, in which an authority on…

Cobb County Parks June 10, 2018

Compromise drops Confederate general’s name from new Cobb County park

A compromise reached on the controversy surrounding the name of the new park on the Chattahoochee River near Discovery Boulevard will be on the Board of Commissioners agenda for their…

Cobb County Parks May 5, 2017

Park near Discovery Boulevard and the Chattahoochee would bring Civil War history to life

It can be hard to believe with so many subdivisions, wide highways, high-rises and now a Major League Baseball stadium operating near the Chattahoochee River, but southeast Cobb County was…

Cemeteries April 1, 2017

Bandits, Pioneers, and a Comedian: a visit to Riverview Memorial Garden

The hilly terrain turns what would otherwise be a nondescript perpetual care cemetery into a beautiful, peaceful memorial park. From the tallest hill, surrounded by headstones and hundreds of the…

Riverview Landing March 30, 2017

Opinions mixed on scaled-down Riverview Landing project

While residents living near the Chattahoochee River were excited to hear Smyrna’s proposed Riverview Landing development has new life, some locals were also disappointed the retail portion was mostly removed….

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Veterans November 4, 2024

AMES preserving legacies of U.S. WWII veterans, Civil Rights participants

[This article by Alyssa Ozment first appeared on the Kennesaw State University website, republished with permission] The Center for the Advancement of Military and Emergency Services (AMES) Research is working…

Economy November 4, 2024

The Biden-Harris October Jobs Report Was Better Than Trump’s Average Jobs Report

By John A. Tures, Professor of Political Science, LaGrange College On Friday, ex-President Donald Trump claimed that America’s 4.1 percent unemployment rate was the worst jobs report in our nation’s…

Elections November 4, 2024

Georgia Supreme Court issues a stay of judge’s order extending absentee ballot deadlines for 3,400 late-mailed ballots

Cobb County Communications Director Ross Cavitt distributed the following announcement regarding a Georgia Supreme Court stay of a recent order issued by Cobb Superior Court Judge Robert Flournoy III. The…

Austell November 4, 2024

Homicide on Linworth Boulevard

According to a public information release from Sgt. Eric Smith of the Cobb County Police Department, a homicide took place on Linworth Boulevard in the Austell area just after midnight…

Curious Kids November 4, 2024

Why do we use gasoline for small vehicles and diesel fuel for big vehicles?

by Michael Leamy, Georgia Institute of Technology, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have…

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