Commissioners to Vote on Tax Increase, Raquel Nelson Sentencing

1. According to the National Weather Service, today will be partly sunny with a high around 92 and a 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Tonight will be mostly clear with a low near 70.

2. The Cobb County Board of Commissioners will hold on the  tonight at 7 at 100 Cherokee St. in Marietta. During the first two hearings on the tax increase—both on July 19—speakers were closely divided on whether to raise the rate from a total of 9.6 mills to 11.21 mills for the fiscal year that ends Sept. 30. Check back in with Patch later tonight for live coverage of the third hearing and vote.

3. It's Tuesday, which means Kennesaw's weekly Farmers Market is open today from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. Stop by 2753 Watts Drive (the Adams Park soccer field parking lot) to support local vendors selling fresh fruits and vegetables. For more information on the market or becoming a vendor, call 770-499-0874 or 770-794-7075.

4. In news nearby, the Marietta mother will receive sentencing today during a 10:30 a.m. hearing. , 30, could be sentenced to a year behind bars for each of the three misdemeanors a jury convicted her of this month. Check in with Marietta Patch for updates this morning from .

5. Did You Know? On this day in history in 1788, New York ratified the U.S. Constitution, officially making it the 11th state of the United States.