Smyrna News

A policy that would allow the same-sex partners of city employees to receive the same benefits as their heterosexual counterparts is under consideration by Smyrna officials.

The Freeman Poole Senior Center, 4025 S. Hurt road SW in Smyrna, will have Family Food for seniors, ages 55 and up, at 1 p.m. July 31. The Kaiser Permanente Educational Theater Group will be the prime players in this rendition of the TV game show, Family Feud, with voluntary audience participation highly encouraged.

Author Jeff Clemmons will give a talk on "Rich's: A Southern Institution," his first book on the recently published history of Rich's Department Store, at 3 p.m. on Aug. 3 at the Smyrna Library, 100 Village Green Circle in Smyrna.

For the first time in its eight-year existence, a west Cobb synagogue isn't using borrowed space to conduct its religious services or teach its youth.

Joseph Lanham, of Smyrna, arranges backpacks during the Faith In Action Argyle Back to School Celebration at Cumberland Community Church in Smyrna, on Sunday.

The unemployment rate rose for the second straight month in metro Atlanta, rising four-tenths of a point in June, according to labor force estimates released by the Georgia Department of Labor.

Smyrna residents who wish to be involved in the production of a music video as extras may have that opportunity this weekend.

Residents of Smyrna will not see their taxes increase in the coming year after the City Council approved keeping the city's millage rate the same this week.

The City of Smyrna is celebrating its birthday, and is inviting you to the free party on the Village Green.

After a nine-week runoff, Cobb voters chose Susan Thayer over incumbent Tim Stultz on Tuesday night to fill Post 2 on the Cobb Board of Education.

Businesses in parts of Smyrna and unincorporated Cobb have new reasons to invest in the area now that the city has approved a local tax incentive program.

The City of Smyrna is broadcasting their current city council meeting online. The meeting is also broadcast on Channel 19 on Charter Cable.

The City of Smyrna is advising motorists to avoid a section of South Cobb Drive after a traffic accident caused major delays Monday morning.

Almost lost in the shuffle of the focus on Tuesday's coming GOP primary runoffs is that day's equally momentous vote by the Cobb Board of Commissioners on whether to put a $750 million transportation SPLOST question on the November General Election ballot.

Pet owners in the Smyrna area may soon breathe easier knowing an effort is underway to provide their local fire department with oxygen masks meant for cats, dogs and other animals at every station.

PRIMARY SEASON 2014 heads into its final weekend this morning, with "ground zero" squarely on northwest Cobb and Marietta.

Smyrna police have arrested two men believed to be connected to one bank robbery and an attempt to rob another on South Cobb Parkway.

UPDATE : The following is a release from the Smyrna Police Department : Braiden Cole Stow and his father, Ryan Stow, have been located in Alabama.

William J. Wesley, Casey Co., KY William J. "Bill" Wesley, of Smyrna, GA, passed away on Saturday, July 12, 2014, in Smyrna, GA.

Police were called out to the 1000 block of Oakdale Drive shortly after 4:00 p.m. Tuesday.