Mableton man victim of Atlanta Road homicide
A Mableton man, Hubert Lamar Burtz, 41, was the victim of a homicide Tuesday at an Exxon station on Atlanta Road. According to a public information release from Sgt. Wayne…
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Mableton man victim of Atlanta Road homicide
Cobb County Community Service Board remains open for those with behavioral health challenges
Cobb’s counseling services for victims of crime now available by phone
Lisa Campbell: candidate for Georgia House District 35
Sterigenics objects to temporary nature of reopening go-ahead
County allows Sterigenics to resume operations
Kennesaw issues second executive order, suspends public hearings
Powder Springs declares state of emergency
Mableton man victim of Atlanta Road homicide
A Mableton man, Hubert Lamar Burtz, 41, was the victim of a homicide Tuesday at an Exxon station on Atlanta Road. According to a public information release from Sgt. Wayne…
Cobb County Community Service Board remains open for those with behavioral health challenges
The Cobb County Community Services Board issued the following news release: MARIETTA, GA: Cobb County Community Services Board (CCCSB), as an essential service, is open and serving people in the…
Cobb’s counseling services for victims of crime now available by phone
Kimberly Isaza, the Public Information Officer for Cobb County District Attorney Joyette Holmes, distributed a public information release announcing that the counseling clinic for victims of crime will offer phone…
Lisa Campbell: candidate for Georgia House District 35
Lisa Campbell is running in the Democratic primary for district 35 in the Georgia House of Representatives in the 2020 election. Campbell is one of three Democratic candidates in the…
Sterigenics objects to temporary nature of reopening go-ahead
Sterigenics issued the following statement regarding Cobb County Chairman Mike Boyce’s emergency order allowing their Smyrna-area facility to reopen: March 25, 2020 “Sterigenics will take immediate steps to resume sterilization…
County allows Sterigenics to resume operations
Cobb County Chairman Mike Boyce, at the urging of the FDA, signed an emergency order allowing the controversial Sterigenics facility to resume operations, using ethylene oxide to sterilize medical equipment….
Kennesaw issues second executive order, suspends public hearings
The City of Kennesaw issued a second executive order, signed by Mayor Derek Easterling today. This one suspends all land matters that require a public hearing, “including but not limited…
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…
Mike Boyce issues state of emergency declaration for Cobb County
This afternoon Chairman Mike Boyce of the Cobb County Board of Commissioners issued an executive order declaring a state of emergency in Cobb County due to the COVID-19 pandemic. After…
Health professionals speak at the Cobb BOC special session on COVID-19
During a special session on COVID-19 this morning, the Cobb County Board of Commissioners heard from Dr. Janet Memark, the District Health Director for Cobb & Douglas Public Health and…
Kennesaw closes bars among other emergency restrictions
The City of Kennesaw announced an executive order intended to slow the spread of COVID-19. The executive order is in force until April 6, and includes the closure several types…
Cobb allows Sterigenics to resume delayed testing
Cobb County Communications Director Ross Cavitt distributed the following news release about the resumption of tests at the Sterigenics plant off Atlanta Road near Smyrna, which had been cancelled in…
Armed robbery and homicide on Olive Springs Road
According to a public information release from Sgt. Wayne Delk of the Cobb County Police Department the Crimes Against Persons Unit is investigating an armed robbery and homicide that occurred…
Cobb BOC to hold special session on COVID-19 tomorrow
The Cobb County Board of Commissioners will meet in special session tomorrow, Tuesday March 24, at 10:30 a.m. to “discuss the coronavirus pandemic, necessary steps to maintain critical county services,…
Kennesaw’s Swift-Cantrell park closed due to COVID-19 pandemic
Swift-Cantrell Park, the largest park in the City of Kennesaw will be closed beginning Sunday Sunday March 22, due to the social distancing recommendations surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic. The City…
Cobb GIS creates updating COVID-19 map of Georgia
The Cobb GIS department has created a color-coded map showing the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Georgia, updated two times per day. We’ve embedded the map below. You can…
Kennesaw to alternate teams of employees to increase social distance
Starting this coming Monday, March 23, the City of Kennesaw will divide their employees, excluding public safety personnel, into two teams. While one team is is in the office, the…
Kennesaw declares state of emergency
The City of Kennesaw declared a State of Emergency this afternoon due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The order was issued by Kennesaw Mayor Derek Easterling. Earlier in the day the…
Cobb eviction hearings postponed until further notice
Cobb eviction hearings (dispossessory hearings) have been put on hold until further notice. In addition, a list of other court procedures deemed non-essential have been put on hold. According to…
Smyrna Mayor Derek Norton issues declaration of emergency over COVID-19
Smyrna Mayor Derek Norton issued an “Executive Order and Declaration of Emergency” this morning. effective between this evening at 8 p.m. and April 3. The declaration states that this is…