by Arielle Robinson Smyrna City Council held a short regular meeting in City Hall Monday evening. Below are some of the things the mayor and council did: The City issued…
by Arielle Robinson Back in City Hall Monday evening, the Smyrna City Council unanimously approved several agenda items. First, they approved the 2023 city employee benefits insurance plans, which they…
by Arielle Robinson On Friday, Oct. 14, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., the Senior Citizen Council of Cobb County hosted its first free senior citizen’s expo at the Senior…
By Arielle Robinson Smyrna’s City Council began its first meeting of the month by issuing a proclamation in honor of Jenifer Mitacek, who the Cobb County School District announced as…
By Arielle Robinson The Before Slavery museum hosted the Sankofa Festival Sunday at Taylor-Brawner Park in Smyrna, where they presented a portion of the upcoming museum. An Ashanti princess donned…
By Arielle Robinson When European slave traders kidnapped Africans from the western and central portions of the African continent during the Transatlantic slave trade, not only were people kidnapped, entire…
By Arielle Robinson Tuesday evening inside Smyrna Community Center’s Jonquil Room, the city’s newest councilmember hosted her first town hall. Latonia Hines discussed her background, took an opportunity to meet…
By Arielle Robinson As extreme heat continues to result in historic droughts and deadly temperatures around the globe, more people — especially the most vulnerable, such as children — are…
By Arielle Robinson Monday afternoon, the Courier spoke over the phone with Dorothy Coker, the Democratic candidate for Georgia State House District 34. District 34 covers parts of Kennesaw and…
By Arielle Robinson The City of Smyrna had a packed agenda and packed house at its regular meeting Monday evening, as the city swore in a new fire chief, completed…