Author: On Common Ground News

DECATUR, G A—DeKalb County CEO Michael Thurmond and the DeKalb County Board of Commissioners are sending 5,000 boxes of food and emergency supplies to Augusta, GA to support the region’s Hurricane Helene recovery efforts. “DeKalb County is honored to support Mayor Johnson and our neighbors in Augusta who are struggling to recover from the devastation wrought by Hurricane Helene,” Thurmond said. The Good Neighbor Express will leave for Augusta at 4 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 4, to deliver 5,000 boxes containing Georgia-grown fruits, vegetables and produce that can be consumed without cooking, sanitizers, masks and COVID-19 tests. The 10 18-wheelers…

(UPDATED) City of Stonecrest Planning and Zoning Legal Notice – Oct. 8, 2024

ROCKDALE COUNTY, GA– Overnight, monitoring around the Bio Lab facility detected some exceedances above the action level for chlorine, officials said today, Oct. 2. The current weather models show the winds will begin to shift from the east to the west after sunset Wednesday. Smoke is predicted to settle toward the ground as it moves toward Atlanta. There is a high likelihood that people across metro Atlanta will wake up on Thursday morning seeing haze and smelling chlorine. The Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD), Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH), in coordination with the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security…

President Biden to visit North Carolina, Vice President Harris to visit Georgia  WASHINGTON –Today, President Biden will be in North Carolina and Vice President Harris will be in Georgia meeting with community leaders and first responders as rescue operations continue to assist thousands of Hurricane Helene survivors jumpstart their recoveries with more than $10 million in flexible, upfront federal funding. More than 4,800 personnel from across the federal workforce are deployed and more than 1,000 are from the Federal Emergency Management Agency(FEMA). To date, FEMA has shipped over 8.8 million meals, more than 7.4 million liters of water, 150 generators…

GWINNETT COUNTY, GA– The Gwinnett County Police Department is seeking information from the public concerning a hit-and-run collision that resulted in the death of a pedestrian. On Sept. 27, at approximately 4 a.m., Mecha Woodard, 24, Sandy Springs pulled her vehicle over and began walking in the gore zone between State Route 316 and the entrance ramp from Boggs Road when she was struck by an unknown vehicle. The gore zone is a triangular area where a road merges with a larger road. The suspect vehicle suffered damage to the front passenger-side bumper and headlight. Investigators with our Accident Investigation…

ROCKDALE COUNTY, GA– Rockdale County government offices, including the Rockdale County Courthouse, will remain closed for the remainder of the week, officials announced on Tuesday, Oct. 1, during a press conference concerning the BioLab chemical fire. Appropriate authorities are monitoring air quality and drinking water, officials said. Rockdale County government stated the following in a news release issued after the press conference: Rockdale County Chairman Oz Nesbitt Sr., Conyers Mayor Vince Evans, along with representatives from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Georgia Emergency Management Agency (GEMA), Lynn Paxton, the Interim Director for Gwinnett, Newton, and Rockdale Health District, and…

DECATUR, Ga. – The DeKalb County tax commissioner’s office, located at 4380 Memorial Drive in Decatur, will reopen Wednesday, Oct. 2, at 8 a.m. for property tax and motor vehicle services. The office was temporarily closed as of Sept. 30 due to a power outage following widespread storm damage from Hurricane Helene. The county’s facilities management team began working Monday, Sept. 30, to restore power at the central tax office. The impacts from the storm damage, compounded by equipment failure and repair work to an outdated building, caused operational delays before the first installment deadline for property taxes. “Despite the…