The Marietta History Center will offer two guided walking tours this spring at the Marietta City Cemetery, an 1830s-era burial ground that preserves generations of local history.
The Cobb County and Smyrna fire departments are collecting donations for five families at Norton Park Elementary School who lost their belongings in an apartment fire in February, with two local public safety foundations helping coordinate the effort.
A group of Cobb County Democratic state lawmakers is turning up the heat on the Marietta Police Department after the department moved to enter a federal 287(g) agreement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
The Smyrna Fire Department responded to 8,234 incidents in 2025, with the bulk of the department’s workload tied to medical and rescue-related calls, according to its annual report.
The Smyrna Public Safety Foundation in 2025 surpassed 2024’s fundraising total by roughly 30% and its 2025 projections by 6%, capping the best year in its more than 15-year history.
The Friends of the Smyrna Library will kick off its action-packed 2026 lecture series in April, and this year’s programming is specially curated to highlight local history tied to America’s Semiquincentennial, the nation’s ongoing 250th celebration.
Cobb County officials are being pressed to review safety conditions at the intersection of Cooper Lake Drive with Atlanta and Gilmore roads after a Smyrna resident reported repeated near-collisions there.
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