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DEKALB COUNTY, GA—DeKalb County Department of Watershed Management (DWM) crews have completed water main repairs at the following locations: Greenwood Place, Decatur Peachtree Industrial Boulevard and Miller Road Electric Ave, Decatur West Hampton Circle, Tucker Hardee Ave, Chamblee Rowland Road, Stone Mountain I-85 and Shallowford Tucker Industrial Road and Florence Street, Tucker Wildcat Road Rainbow Road Rollingwood Drive Forkner Drive, Decatur 4894 Twin Branches 1322 Briarwood Road 7061 Dean Court 3876 Lawrenceville Highway 3891 McElroy Road Crews are onsite and working to repair water main breaks at the following locations: East Ponce de Leon, Scottdale Hammond Drive, Dunwoody For more…

ATLANTA – MARTA will run more frequent train service through downtown Atlanta on New Year’s Eve, Saturday, Dec. 31, for the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl parade and game, and Peach Drop celebration. Beginning at noon, trains will run every 7½ minutes on the Red/Gold Line between Lindbergh Center Station and Airport Station and on the Blue/Green Line between Ashby Station and King Memorial Station. At 5 p.m., service frequency will increase to 6 minutes. From 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., MARTA will run a shuttle train between Five Points Station and Mercedes-Benz Stadium/State Farm Arena/GWCC Station to move people to the…

DECATUR, GA— DeKalb County Department of Watershed Management (DWM) crews have completed water main repairs at Greenwood Place and Electric Avenue. Crews are onsite and working to repair water main breaks at the following locations: Rowland Road, I-85 and Shallowford Tucker Industrial Road and Florence Street Wildcat Road Rainbow Road While these repairs are ongoing, customers may experience low to no water pressure. To serve customers affected by these water main breaks, DeKalb County has opened four sites to distribute water. Residents can pick up water at the following locations while supplies last: County Line-Ellenwood Library 4331 River Road Ellenwood,…

CONYERS, GA—The Rockdale County Branch NAACP will celebrate Jubilee Day on New Year’s Day, Jan. 1, 1 p.m., Bald Rock Baptist Church, 2284 Old Covington Rd., NE, Conyers. The Jubilee Day program, presented every year by the NAACP, commemorates Jan. 1, 1863 as the date President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation declareing “that all persons held as slaves within the rebellious states “are, and henceforward shall be free.” Denise Richardson, Rockdale County Public Schools, will be the guest speaker for the Jubilee Celebration. The Rockdale County High School chorus, under the direction of Mr. Breon Evans, will perform. “This…

DEKALB COUNTY, GA– The DeKalb County Police Department’s Community Policing Unit is hosting its 3rd Annual Winter Clothing Drive during the month of December. The weather is changing, and winter is upon us! In an effort to spread some holiday cheer we are asking the DeKalb County community to support us this season with donations of new or gently worn coats, footwear, and new socks.  On Dec. 29, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., the unit will be staging outside the DeKalb County Police Headquarters at 1960 W. Exchange Place with their sled (trailer) to gather all the donations from the…

STONECREST, GA—After a three-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, New Birth Missionary Baptist Church will ring in the new year with two services and special performances on Dec. 31. The first service begins at noon and the second service begins at 10 p.m. The Watch Night services will take place on New Birth’s campus, 6400 Woodrow Rd in Stonecrest. Stellar Award-winning recording artist Y’Anna Crawley will serve as the special guest performer during the noon service and Grammy Award-winning recording artist Mali Music will perform during the 10 p.m. service. Cawley, who won BET’s Sunday Best in 2009, followed…

ROCKDALE COUNTY, GA—National Human Trafficking Awareness Day is Jan.11. In recognition of this day, Rockdale County Public Relations Department invites everyone to wear blue (#WearBlueDay), and attend “End IT,” a forum against Human Trafficking. The forum will be held at the Rockdale County Auditorium, 903 Main Street, Conyers on Jan. 11, 2023. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Panel speakers at the forum include Dr. Nicole Haig from Northside Hospital; DeBaja Coleman from the Department of Juvenile Justice; Kayla Peeples from DDS Commercial Transportation; and Judge Maureen Wood from Rockdale County Juvenile Court and many more. Human trafficking, which includes sex…

DECATUR, GA –– The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office is reporting the death of two inmates within the past 24 hours in unrelated incidents at the DeKalb County Jail. Lithonia, Georgia resident Anthony Lamar Walker, 34, was found unresponsive in his jail cell on Dec. 26 and was pronounced deceased by DeKalb EMS. Mr. Walker had been in custody since Dec. 18on charges of Aggravated Assault and Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon. Today, Clarkston, Georgia resident Jackson Orukpete, 57, was found unresponsive in his jail cell and pronounced deceased by DeKalb EMS. Orukpete had been in custody since…

DECATUR, GA—The DeKalb County Department of Watershed Management is issuing a boil water advisory for two areas of DeKalb County as described below: Area 1, which is south of Henderson Road, north of Rockbridge Road, east of I-285, and west of the DeKalb/Gwinnett County line, Area 2, which is south of East College Avenue, north of Linecrest/County Line Road, east of City Atlanta border and west of I-285 (please see the attached maps). Water main breaks are causing water pressure in parts of the water system to drop to dangerously low levels due a less than twenty psi drop in…

DEKALB COUNTY, GA – In observance of Christmas Day on Monday, Dec. 26, and New Year’s Day on Monday, Jan. 2, sanitation service for residential customers will be based on a revised holiday schedule as follows: Monday, Dec. 26, and Monday, Jan. 2 – Christmas Day and New Year’s Day observed. No collection service. Tuesday, Dec. 27, and Tuesday, Jan. 3 – Residential customers whose regularly scheduled collection days are Monday, Dec. 26, and Monday, Jan. 2, will be serviced on Tuesday, Dec. 27, and Tuesday, Jan. 3. Wednesday, Dec. 28, and Wednesday, Jan. 4 – Residential customers whose regularly…