by Arielle Robinson In a packed and upbeat room inside The Vineyard Wine Market last Saturday afternoon, product management director Ken Hymes kicked off his campaign for Smyrna mayor. Hymes…
[This evergreen article was an installment in the series “Accidentally car-free” about getting around Cobb County without the use of a car. To see a list of the entire series…
It was a pleasant September day as Smyrna Mayor Derek Norton and children cut the ribbon on the new splash pad in downtown Smyrna. Derek Norton speaks before ribbon-cutting (Photo:…
[We’re expanding and republishing articles from the early days of the Cobb County Courier. This one was first published in 2017, then again in a slightly revised version in the…
By Caleb Groves [The Cobb County Courier has a policy of withholding or redacting the name of suspects unless and until the person is convicted in a court of law…
The 15-year-old passenger was killed, and the 18-year-old driver seriously injured, in a collision on the East West Connector in Smyrna on Saturday, August 26 at around 10:18 p.m. According…
The City of Smyrna posted the following announcement on its website about its annual Hispanic Heritage Celebration: Join the City of Smyrna in downtown Smyrna on September 23 for the…
If you’re a Smyrna resident, Keep Smyrna Beautiful probably has an event on their upcoming calendar you’l be interested in. The upcoming calendar includes document shredding, bulk trash amnesty day,…
[This is a republication of an evergreen article we first published in July of 2017, when the Courier’s web traffic was about a tenth our current readship. We’re reviving some…
by Arielle Robinson Monday evening, Smyrna City Council approved 5-2 the development of six single-family detached homes at the intersection of Madison Street and Mildred Place with the stipulation that…