After allowing open containers of alcohol during special events for many years, Smyrna passed an ordinance Monday night allowing the practice to take place year-round. City officials cited a trend…
On Feb. 9 Lockheed Martin delivered the 400th C-130J Super Hercules aircraft. According to a press release from the company, it is an MC-130J Commando II Special Operations aircraft, and…
Cobb Police Chief Michael Register was appointed to the Georgia Peace Officers Standards and Training Council (POST) by Gov. Nathan Deal. According to the POST website: It is the mission of…
If influential state legislators have their way, and if voters agree, a public transit service known as The ATL — Atlanta-region Transit Link — could one day link 13 counties…
The Cobb County GIS department released a very useful tool for Cobb residents interested in researching zoning cases in their area. This morning the department tweeted this announcement and link to…
David Thatcher, of Sterling Seacrest Partners, a commercial insurance broker with Cobb County-based Sterling Seacrest, was awarded the “Builders’ Cup” by the Georgia chapter of Associated Builders and Contractors at their annual…
Java Cats Café, the first hybrid cat shelter and coffee shop of its kind to open in Georgia, has announced plans to open a second location on Marietta Square in…
The day Edna Umeh was introduced to the world outside her family and friends, was the day of her senseless death while she protected the children of Lindley Middle School…
For the second straight meeting, Smyrna’s city council sat through a long round of comments before rejecting a development near downtown. Last time around it was a four-house development that…
With metro Atlanta unemployment at 4.2 percent and construction set to ramp up for the spring, Georgia contractors are gearing up for a job fair on Saturday to recruit construction…