June 2018

Cobb County Board of Commissioners in session

Cobb County Budget June 9, 2018

Cobb millage rate increase town hall locations

Cobb County will hold a series of town halls on the budget and proposed Cobb millage rate increase, organized by commission chair Michael Boyce. Boyce presented a case for a…

Juneteenth Emancipation Day celebration in Texas in 1900

Marietta June 8, 2018

Juneteenth at Marietta Square

NAACP and Marietta Hold Juneteenth Celebration The Cobb County branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in conjunction with the city of Marietta will host three…

Main Street in downtown Kennesaw -- in aricle on Kennesaw Grand Prix

Kennesaw June 8, 2018

Kennesaw Dream Dash 5K kicks off

The Dream Dash 5k and Fun Run Runners and walkers of all ages can participate in the Kennesaw Dream Dash, which will be held in Downtown Kennesaw on Saturday, June…

Cobb County government building in article about rental assistance

Cobb County Budget June 7, 2018

Cobb County GIS Department releases interactive app about the county’s budget and proposed millage rate increase

Cobb County GIS, the department within the county that does mapping and statistical and demographic analysis released a presentation on the Cobb County budget. The multimedia presentation includes graphs and…

Cobb County Planning Commission June 6, 2018

Tie planning commission vote sends rezoning request to Cobb BOC with no recommendation

Because the chair of the Cobb County Planning Commission had a scheduled absence from June’s zoning hearing, a rezoning recommendation for a small three-lot subdivision on Wesley Chapel Road resulted…

Construction on the Riverview Landing site (photo by Larry Felton Johnson)

Riverview Landing June 4, 2018

Riverview Landing Construction Part 2 (Slideshow)

This is the second slideshow on the construction progress of the Riverview Landing mixed-use development. For two weekends Riverview Road at Dickerson Drive has been closed for improvements so this…

Chairman of the Cobb County Board of Commissioners, Michael Boyce in article about cobb budget town halls (photo by Larry Felton Johnson)

Cobb County Budget June 3, 2018

Boyce makes his case for Cobb millage rate increase in his weekly video update

Cobb County Commission Chairman Michael Boyce made his case for a millage rate increase on his weekly video update, hosted by Cobb Communications Director Ross Cavitt. Boyce said, “I’d just…

Cobb County Courts, Magistrate Court June 2, 2018

Suspect bound over to Cobb superior court in connection with multiple thefts and high-speed chase

Rashael Lashay Jones, 17, was bound over to Superior Court in connection with a rash of auto break-ins near Log Cabin and Atlanta roads on April 22 that led to a high-speed chase…