Smyrna

Laura Mireles seated at a table at Rev Coffee (photo by Larry Felton Johnson)

2019 Elections June 5, 2019

A conversation with Laura Mireles, candidate for Smyrna mayor

The Courier had a conversation with Laura Mireles, who is challenging long-time Smyrna Mayor Max Bacon in this fall’s election. The conversation took place at Rev Coffee Roasters on Spring…

Riverview Landing April 19, 2019

BBQ restaurant, Coffee shop, and Reformation Brewing Join Riverview Landing

The long-planned Riverview Landing development along the Chattahoochee River has officially added a trio of restaurants to its lineup. Grand Champion BBQ, Chattahoochee Coffee Co. and Reformation Brewing will be…

Cobb County schools December 18, 2018

Education roundtable at Campbell Middle School

Overcrowded schools, Cobb County’s senior tax exemption, and equity between schools in different parts of the county were among the issues discussed in an education roundtable discussion at Campbell Middle…

Road sign at South Cobb Drive near Cooper Lake Road in article about South Cobb Drive overnight lane closures (photo by Larry Johnson, Cobb County Courier, CC 4.0)

Cobb County Courts, Magistrate Court June 23, 2018

South Cobb Drive burglary suspect to stand trial

Break-ins at South Cobb Drive self-storage facility Martin Villegas, 37, of Smyrna, suspected of burglary on South Cobb Drive, was bound over to Superior Court for trial. The list of…

Chattahoochee River looking south from Highway 78 toward the site of the South Cobb Water Reclamation Facility repair

Cobb County Parks June 22, 2018

Cupid seeks input on Chattahoochee park name

Request for community input on the Chattahoochee park name Cobb County District 4 Commissioner Lisa Cupid sent a message in her email newsletter, requesting input from the community on the…

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…

Cobb County School Board, Cobb County School District May 23, 2018

Third time’s a charm: Jaha Howard wins seat on Cobb School Board

Jaha Howard will hold elected office in 2018. After twice running unsuccessfully for the District 6 state Senate seat, Howard, a Democrat and pediatric dentist, will represent the Cobb School…

Riverview Landing April 30, 2018

Riverview Landing construction — Part One (slideshow)

We’ll be doing a series of slideshows of the construction progress of Riverview Landing, a major mixed-use development on the Chattahoochee River on the southeastern corner of Smyrna. This first…

Art and Culture March 19, 2018

Smyrna’s Rev Coffee to hold Rev Fest — a one-day music and art festival

Rev Coffee, a popular coffee shop on Spring Road in Smyrna, is holding the Spring edition of Rev Fest, their twice-yearly all-day music event, on Saturday, April 7 at 10 a.m. – 8…

Public Transit February 27, 2018

Mix of optimism, caution rule at Smyrna’s Transit Town Hall

There is definitely a lot of interest in the public transit debate in Cobb County. Monday night, a standing-room-only crowd showed up at the Smyrna Community Center to learn more…

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Missing Persons January 30, 2025

Mattie’s Call: Cobb police seek missing 87-year-old man

Photo of John Elmer Eaton, 87, courtesy of the Cobb County Police Department The Cobb County Police Department distributed the following appeal to the public: The Cobb County Police Department…

Science and Technology January 30, 2025

Fake papers are contaminating the world’s scientific literature, fueling a corrupt industry and slowing legitimate lifesaving medical research

by Frederik Joelving, Retraction Watch; Cyril Labbé, Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA), and Guillaume Cabanac, Institut de Recherche en Informatique de Toulouse, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with…

Labor January 30, 2025

Philly Whole Foods store becomes first to unionize – a labor expert explains what’s next and how Trump could stall workers’ efforts

by Paul F. Clark, Penn State, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Whole Foods workers at the Philadelphia flagship store in the city’s Art Museum area…

Science and Technology January 30, 2025

Problematic Paper Screener: Trawling for fraud in the scientific literature

by Guillaume Cabanac, Institut de Recherche en Informatique de Toulouse; Cyril Labbé, Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA), and Frederik Joelving, Retraction Watch, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with…

Georgia January 30, 2025

Handful of rural Georgia Republicans join with Dems to give full Medicaid expansion another go

by Jill Nolin, Georgia Recorder, [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] January 29, 2025 A handful of Senate Republicans from rural Georgia have signed onto…

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