Smyrna News

The Smyrna City Council is expected Monday night to vote on banning smoking in Smyrna's city parks.

The Georgia Senate passed a bill authored by state Rep. John Carson allowing counties to collect a sales tax of less than 1 cent per dollar spent, but not without tinkering with it first.

Updated: March 14, 2014, 2:45 p.m.: According to the Smyrna Police Department Criminal Investigations Division, it received information from the Division of Family and Children Services on May 8, 2013 regarding possible sexual abuse occurring at 2164 Wells Drive in Smyrna.

Patch Staff Report There's never been a better time to find a job in Georgia's growing public charter school sector.

County Chairman Tim Lee is considering asking voters this November to extend the county's 1-cent special purpose local option sales tax for six years.

According to CarsDirect.com , a car buying and research service based in Los Angeles, 2014 is shaping up to be an interesting one in the metro Atlanta auto market.

Joel McRae of Smyrna uses a grinder during a three-day ice sculpting competition in Fairbanks, Alaska.

So, it's hump day, and maybe you're still missing that hour of sleep that was swiped from you over the weekend.

From the City of Smyrna In advance of a full weekend of festivities offered by Market Village merchants, Mayor A. Max Bacon will dye the Market Village Fountain green at 5:30 p.m. on the Saturday prior to St. Patrick's Day which is Monday, March 17, 2014.

The Smyrna Police Department issued a Mattie's call on Monday afternoon for a missing man "who threatened to commit suicide."

The Marietta Daily Journal reports the city is working with a local hospital to create a joint emergency operations center and the drill is part of the Federal Emergency Management Agency's program titled "America's Prepareathon."

A press release from the Douglas County Board of Commissioners: The Douglas Health Futures Foundation is selling its vacant medical/office facility at 6457 East Strickland Street in Douglasville and has designated the proceeds from the sale of the building for funding of its programs.

She is Hollywood's ultimate Pretty Woman; a little girl from Georgia who became a global superstar blessed with a loving husband, three beautiful children and a Best Actress Academy Award.

Bob Crowe, left, assistant vice president of administration at Emory-Adventist Hospital at Smyrna, and Roy Acree, deputy fire chief for the city of Smyrna and director of Smyrna Emergency Management, speak together inside the new Joint Emergency Operations Center at the Emory-Adventist campus in Smyrna.

According to Cobb police, a Smyrna-area convenience store was robbed at gunpoint late Friday night.

Retired Cobb School District administrator Susan Thayer of Smyrna has qualified to run for the Post 2 seat on the Cobb Board of Education now held by Tim Stultz.

By Kristal Dixon An Atlanta man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for using a firearm while committing armed robbery.

Patch Staff Report The City of Smyrna announced this week that the Smyrna Fire Department will be conducting its second Citizen Fire Academy scheduled to begin on March 27. This is a nine-week program aimed at providing a behind-the-scenes look into fire and emergency services.

That's often the disgruntled voter's typical refrain after his candidate loses the presidential election.

Retired principal Bill Scott signed up at the Cobb GOP headquarters Tuesday to run for the seat being vacated by Cobb Board of Education Chairwoman Kathleen Angelucci.