February 2019

Smyrna City Hall in article about Smyrna millage rate

Smyrna February 22, 2019

Unity in the Community — Black Heritage Celebration in Smyrna

Tomorrow, Saturday February 23, Smyrna’s first Black Heritage Celebration will take place from 12 – 5 p.m. at the Smyrna Community Center, 200 Village Green Circle. An announcement for the…

Erick Allen and Mary Frances Williams (in pink shirt) at a Sierra Club Forum

coal ash, Environment February 20, 2019

Lawmaker Urges Georgia Power to Remove Coal Ash from Cobb County

Rep. Mary Frances Williams (D-Marietta) introduced House Resolution 257 Tuesday regarding coal ash contamination in Cobb County. Coal ash is produced by burning coal in coal-fired power plants. Due to…

Cobb Commissioners at february BOC zoning hearing used in article about the proposed Jewish Community Center

Zoning February 20, 2019

Procedural confusion at Cobb zoning hearing

Details matter, and a brief whirlwind of confusion at the February Cobb County Board of Commissioners zoning hearing on Tuesday brought that into sharp focus. Details matter in zoning hearings…

Cobb County Police Department February 18, 2019

Home invasion robbery of Icebox Jewelry store manager

According to a news release from the Cobb County Police Department, the manager of Icebox Jewelry in Atlanta, and his wife, were the victim of a home invasion robbery in…

Shannon Cloud, surrounded by patients and families, said she’s sick of parents having to buy weed on the street and make oil in their kitchen.

Georgia February 17, 2019

New Bill To Allow Growing of Medical Cannabis in Georgia

Patients and family members joined sponsor Rep. Micah Gravley (R-Douglasville) Thursday to present HB 324, or Georgia’s Hope Act. The bill allows for production, manufacturing and dispensing of low THC…

Coastline on the Coromandel Peninsula in New Zealand

Recreation and Travel February 17, 2019

The adventure continues: New Zealand

[This is the second in a series by Jacobo Junior, a Mableton resident and a cook at The Cenacle, who went on a two-year adventure around the Pacific, starting in…

Mark Goolsby and Jenifer Hilburn say they want Georgia Power to acknowledge the problem and move on to a solution on coal ash disposal

Environment February 16, 2019

Environmental Groups Concerned Georgia Power Not Addressing Coal Ash Contamination

Coal ash is the one of the largest types of industrial waste generated in the U.S. This is the first in a series by Rebecca Gaunt on coal ash disposal,…

Cobb County Courts, Superior Court February 15, 2019

Psychologist sentenced in to 40 years for child molestation in Marietta

According to a press release from Cobb County District Attorney Vic Reynolds, psychologist Jonathan Benjamin Gersh, 38, of Atlanta, pleaded guilty to six counts of child molestation and four counts…

photo of Cobb Superior Court building from the front with a blue sky with clouds in the background

Cobb County Courts, Superior Court February 15, 2019

Serial Stalker gets 10-year sentence in Cobb

According to a press release from Cobb District Attorney Vic Reynolds, Charles Ray Alexander III, 33, of Louisiana man will serve 10 years in prison without parole after admitting he…

Nandi Jackson speaking at the Cobb County Board of Commissioners meeting

Riverside Parkway February 13, 2019

Lisa Cupid broaches subject of condemning South Cobb apartments

Cobb County District 4 Commissioner Lisa Cupid said at Tuesday’s Board of Commissioner’s meeting that she had contacted the Cobb County District Attorney’s office to ask about condemnation procedures for…

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