Residents in Marietta attended a Board of Commissioners meeting Tuesday in support of a referendum that would authorize the county to issue $40 million in bonds for parks. About half a dozen supporters of the referendum attended the meeting and made their case for more greenspace, according to an article in the Marietta Daily Journal. [...]
A new assisted senior living facility is set to open in Smyrna on April 9. The new three-story facility will house 108 units and is financed with tax-exempt bonds, according to the Marietta Daily Journal. Provident Village at Creekside is located at 4838 South Cobb Drive between the East-West Connector and Interstate 285. According to [...]
The Marietta man who is accused of leaving his toddler in a hot car to die is facing new charges that allege he exchanged sexually-explicit texts with three minors. A Cobb County grand jury handed down the additional charges on Thursday, according to an article in the Marietta Daily Journal. Justin Ross Harris was already [...]
Several Cobb County schools will get a facelift after the Cobb County Board of Education voted recently to spend about $28 million on four separate projects. The projects will take place in Smyrna, Marietta and Acworth. According to the AJC, Campbell Middle School in Smyrna, Mountain View Elementary School in Marietta, Pickett’s Mill Elementary School [...]
Some Cobb County residents watching the Academy Awards tonight will do so amongst a crowd. At least two venues in the county will be telecasting the 88th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The three-hour awards show will be hosted by Chris Rock and airs starting at 7 [...]
A medication marketed by UCB, Inc. of Smyrna, GA, was recently approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). According to pharmpro.com, the medication, called Briviact (brivaracetam), has been approved as an add-on treatment for partial onset seizures in patients 16-years and older with epilepsy. “Briviact’s effectiveness was studied in three clinical trials involving 1,550 [...]
An estimated $9.5 million dollar drug bust operation recently came to a head in Georgia. The massive operation was a cooperative effort between federal, state and local agencies, according to a Fox 5 news article. At least one Marietta person was charged in the incident, Nate Howard, 30, of 1995 Carithers Way. During the course [...]
Protestors in Smyrna took a stand Monday night following the controversial promotion of a Smyrna officer who shot and killed 23-year-old Nicholas Thomas last year. Sgt. Kenneth Owens was promoted to Lieutenant Monday night during a city council meeting. Protestors began shouting during the ceremony and according to the AJC, city council members had to [...]
Marietta City Councilman, Phillip Goldstein, told a city board that he did not want his antebellum estate, Ivy Grove, included in a proposed historic district. The Marietta Historic Preservation Committee is considering establishing a historic district for the area of Church and Cherokee Streets. The proposal was initiated when a developer announced they wanted to [...]
In a case that has gained national attention, the wife of a man charged in the death of his son after leaving him in a hot car for seven hours has filed for divorce. He has been held without bond since June 2014 and his trial date is set for April. Death of Son According [...]
