Cobb PARKS highlights projects on 2020 SPLOST list
The Cobb PARKS newsletter highlighted the list of park projects included in the Special Projects Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST). You can view the detailed list here. The projects cover…
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Sterigenics sues Cobb County
Sterigenics has filed suit against Cobb County in federal court, seeking to resume operations on a permanent basis. Background The Sterigenics plant became a focus of community concern in Smyrna…
GA gasoline price drops another 4 cents
According to a press release from Montrae Waiters, spokeswoman for AAA – The Auto Club Group, Georgia prices at the pump dropped an average of 4 cents per gallon of…
Duke Energy settlement in NC results in largest coal ash cleanup in U.S.
According to a December 31, 2019 news release from the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) a settlement reached with Duke Energy will result in the largest cleanup of toxic coal…
New Cobb businesses for week ending 10/27/2019
This is a report on businesses that took out licenses in unincorporated Cobb County between October 20 and October 27 of 2019. Summary There were 14 new business licenses taken…
New Cobb businesses for week ending 10/20/2019
This is a report on businesses that took out licenses in unincorporated Cobb County between October 13 and October 20 of 2019. Summary It wasn’t a very heavy week for…
Driver of Lamborghini killed on I-285 off-ramp at Cobb Parkway
The Cobb County Police Department issued the following news release this afternoon: The Cobb County Police Department’s Selective Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP) Unit is investigating a single vehicle collision that…
Incorporation of Austell Georgia — September 1885
The fourth in our series Cobb County history through documents is the incorporation of Austell by an act of the Georgia legislature passed on September 4, 1885. The city limits…
Riverview Landing Smyrna — Part 5
The Riverview Landing Smyrna development is moving along, with construction crews framing the multi-family apartments and continuing to build retainer walls on the west side of the road. There is…
Tractor-trailer crash leads to fire, injury
Serious injury collision near Hickory Grove Road A serious injury collision leading to a tractor-trailer crash and fire occurred today on the northbound lanes of I-75 north of Hickory Grove Road in…