The Cobb County Board of Commissioners passed a new Mutual Agreement between the County and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) as part of their consent agenda at their Tuesday…
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The Cobb County Board of Commissioners passed a new Mutual Agreement between the County and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) as part of their consent agenda at their Tuesday…
The Smyrna History Museum will re-open its newly revamped and expanded facility to the public on Sunday. The museum is located at 2861 Atlanta Rd. SE, Smyrna. The Smyrna Historical…
Brenda Goodman of WebMD, who along with Andy Miller of Georgia Health News, broke the story that brought attention to the exposure of residents in Dekalb and Cobb County to…
UPDATE: The Courier sent a followup question to the Cobb County School District: What provisions are being made for the affected students to keep up with their school work between…
According to a press release from Montrae Waiters, spokeswoman for AAA – The Auto Club Group, Georgia prices at the pump remained steady compared to last week. Georgia motorists this…
The Georgia Department of Public Health issued the following press release this afternoon regarding a measles case discovered in Cobb County: The Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) has confirmed…
According to a public information release from Officer Sydney Melton of the Cobb County Police Department, the Selective Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP) Unit is investigating a fatal collision that occurred…
In the Smyrna Ward 2 election Austin Wagner defeated incumbent Andrea Blustein in the unofficial results by 2 votes. The razor-thin margin, though, raises a couple of questions: Are there…
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…
According to a press release from Tori Brown of the Georgia Department of Transportation there will be more lane closures in Cobb and Fulton counties on I-285 this weekend for…
Despite facing two challengers, Susan Wilkinson earned a third term on the Smyrna City Council Tuesday night, avoiding a runoff by winning more than half the vote. Wilkinson, first elected…
Andrea Blustein’s eight-year run as a Smyrna city council member is set to end after she was defeated by an extremely narrow margin by challenger Austin Wagner. Blustein has represented…
Two years after falling short in a runoff election, Travis Lindley won a seat on the Smyrna city council by beating incumbent Ward 3 representative Maryline Blackburn. Lindley, a small…
Lewis Wheaton will serve for four years on the Smyrna city council after edging out his opponent, David Monroe, in Tuesday night’s elections. Wheaton took in 686 votes, good for…
The race for Smyrna’s first new mayor since 1985 will go on for another month as Derek Norton and Ryan Campbell head to a runoff. The pair were the top…
The tally is unofficial, but it looks like Mayor Ollie Clemons will continue as mayor without a runoff. With the Cobb County election night reporting page showing 100 percent of…
Two teens, 17 and 14, were arrested and charged with murder, aggravated assault, possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime, and possession of a pistol by a…
The Cobb County Planning Commission recommended denial of an application to rezone 62.5 acres of land on Chastain Road from its current mix of several zoning categories, to PVC (Planned…
The City of Smyrna will welcome a winery to its list of attractions in 2020, as The Viking Alchemist Meadery is set to open at a location on Jonquil Drive…
The hanging poles and chains created to warn drivers of the clearance height of the historic Concord Covered Bridge were damaged over the weekend, causing the poles to hit passing…
