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This week, the Smyrna City Council approved the city’s 2025 budget, which sees a 3% raise for all full-time city staff, a flat millage rate and several fee hikes for

Suwannee-based StillFire Brewing released renderings of its brewery planned for downtown Smyrna via social media Thursday, which it says will start to see “visible progress” early this fall.

MARIETTA — On Monday afternoon, the sun and the moon nearly aligned over Cobb. The leaders of Cobb County and its cities, however, were not so united.

A Smyrna homeowner says her nightmare is finally over after she discovered a group of people had moved inside her home just days after she closed on it.

Surrounded by friends and family, Ricky Oglesby Jr. officially became a member of the Smyrna City Council on Wednesday.

SMYRNA — Rickey Oglesby Jr. has a lot of visions for Smyrna’s 7th Ward.

Editor’s note: The MDJ counts down the Top 10 local stories of 2023 as determined by newsroom staff. Today’s installment is No. 5.

Editor’s note: The MDJ counts down the Top 10 local stories of 2023 as determined by newsroom staff. Today’s installment is No. 5.

A final design was approved for a statue to honor Fanny Williams, the late civil rights activist and namesake for Smyrnas formerly infamous restaurant, Aunt Fannys Cabin.

SMYRNA — This week, the Smyrna City Council unanimously approved a 4.8% pay increase for city employees, bringing an extra $952,691 to Smyrnas estimated 470 staff members over the next