Author: On Common Ground News

CONYERS, GA—The Conyers Police Department (CPD) is preparing to offer a Citizen’s Police Academy once again for citizens this spring. The CPD Citizen’s Police Academy will offer the 6-week academy on Tuesdays beginning April 18. Each session will last two hours, from 6 to  8 p.m., and most sessions will take place in the Conyers Police Department training room at 1194 Scott Street. “The Citizen’s Police Academy is intended to educate and inform citizens about the Conyers Police Department, while also opening up the department to community members to help facility transparency and to help build trust and confidence between…

ROCKDALE COUNTY, GA—The Rockdale County Clerk of Superior and State Courts and the Conyers-Rockdale Library are delighted to announce the 2023 Law Library Speaker Series. The Law Library Speaker Series is a sequence of presentations by legal experts who touch on topics where citizens have expressed a growing concern. Some previous presenters and topics were Tax Sales with Rockdale County Tax Commissioner Tisa Smart-Washington, Wills and Trusts, Real Estate, Simple Divorce, and Adoption. The first event for 2023 will be held on Feb. 18, 10:30 a.m. until noon, at the Conyers-Rockdale Library, 864 Green St. SW., Conyers. The guest speaker,…

Update: The Celebration of Life service for Dr. Crawford Lewis will be held on Monday, Feb. 6, 11 a.m., at Saint Philip AM E Church, 240 Candler Road S.E., Atlanta. Visitation will be held on Sunday, Feb. 5, 2023, 12 noon to 6 p.m., at the Gregory B. Levett & Sons Funeral Homes South DeKalb Chapel, 4347 Flat Shoals Pkway, Decatur. The service will be livestreamed:  https://vimeo.com/event/2840602. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the American Cancer Society, First Lithonia United Methodist Church Building Fund, 3099 Stone Mountain St., Lithonia and St. Philip AME Church…

STONECREST, GA—Following the disturbing body camera footage of the attack that claimed the life of 29-year-old Tyre Nichols, New Birth Senior Pastor Jamal Bryant is calling for a complete accountability of all Memphis, TN police an others involved in the fatal beating leading to Nichols’ death. Five black police officers have been charged with second-degree murder, authorities said. The video footage shows police beating Nichols with batons, punching and kicking him after a traffic stop on Jan. 7. He was screaming and calling for his mother, who lived in the neighborhood when the beating took place. Nichols was hospitallzed and…

ATLANTA – The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) will host a job fair for bus operators and journeyman bus technicians on Thursday, Feb. 2, from 3 p.m. until 7 p.m.  The job fair will be held at MARTA headquarters, located across from the Lindbergh Center rail station on Piedmont Road in Atlanta. MARTA is offering a $3,000 sign-on bonus and will train all Permit and Class C (regular) license holders for their Commercial Driver’s License (CDL). WHAT:           Bus Operator and Journeyman Bus  Technician Job Fair Pay starting at $17.74/hr. for operators and $23.91/hr. for technicians MARTA will train all Permit…

ATLANTA–Gov. Brian P. Kemp today announced SK Battery America (SKBA) has exceeded its hiring goal of 2,600 employees two years ahead of schedule for its two lithium-ion battery manufacturing facilities in Commerce, Georgia. The company met its goal at the end of 2022 and is further expanding its workforce to approximately 3,000 over the next year to meet the growing demand for electric vehicles, officials said. “As Georgia continues to see unprecedented growth, our hardworking citizens are reaping the benefits,” said Kemp. “SK Battery America and the State of Georgia share a common trait: We are never content to rest on…

DEKALB COUNTY, GA— Freedom fighter John H. Evans was celebrated by the community on Saturday, Jan. 28, honoring his 90th birthday, which is actually Jan. 29. The celebration took place at the Porter Sanford Performing Arts & Community Center in Decatur. The venue was decked out in purple and gold—Omega Psi Ph’s colors, a salute to Evans’ cherished fraternity. Evans is president of Operation Lead. He is a former President of the NAACP DeKalb County Branch, where he served 16 years as its leader; a former member of the MARTA Board of Directors and former member of the DeKalb County…

ATLANTA–Metro Atlanta law enforcement agencies are increasing their presence this weekend following a brief protest by about 50 people in downtown Atlanta on Friday night in the wake of the Memphis, Tennessee police-involved death of Tyre Nichols, 29. Law enforcement agencies were already on high alert after last weekend’s protest over the fatal shooting of Estean Paez Teran, an environmental activist who the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said shot and wounded a state trooper at the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center known as what critics are calling “Cop City.” Law enforcement agencies were working to clear the site of protestors…