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DECATUR, GA–The DeKalb County Board of Registration and Elections meeting for the purpose of conducting its normal monthly business will be held on Thursday, Jan. 9, at 4:30 p.m. This meeting will be conducted in person at 4380 Memorial Drive, Suite 300, Decatur, and is open to the public. Public comments may be made in person or submitted by sending an email of one printed page or less at a minimum font of 12 to electionspubliccmnt@dekalbcountyga.gov which must be received between 35 and 5 minutes before the scheduled start of the meeting. The body of your email must include your…

DECATUR, GA– DeKalb County Public Library Board of Trustees will hold a regular meeting on Monday, Jan. 13, at 4:30 p.m. The meeting will be held at Darro C. Willey–Administrative Center, 3560 Kensington Rd., Decatur.  The meeting will also be livestreamed. To receive a link to the livestream, contact weissingera@dekalblibrary.org no later than Monday, Jan. 13, at noon.  

STONECREST, GA—Patsy Ringfield Turner, the wife of Stonecrest Mayor pro tem George Turner, Jr., has passed away. Mrs. Turner was called to her heavenly home at the stroke of midnight on Jan. 1, after courageously battling breast cancer.  She was 70.  George Turner said his beloved Patsy was his “soulmate” and they shared 40 years of marriage together. He said that she was at home in hospice when she passed away.  City of Stonecrest Mayor Jazzmin Cobble and the City Council issued a statement offering condolences to Mayor pro tem George Turner and his family:   “It’s with the utmost level of…

ATLANTA – The body of President Jimmy Carter, who died on Dec. 29, 2024, at the age of 100, will lie in repose at The Carter Presidential Center from 6 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 4, through 6 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 7, before being taken to Washington, D.C., for services there. MARTA will provide direct bus service from King Memorial rail station to The Carter Presidential Center for those who wish to pay tribute to the nation’s only president from Georgia. President Carter, a native of Plains, also served two terms as a Georgia State Senator and as the state’s 76th governor…

GWINNETT COUNTY, GA–Gwinnett County Police detectives have arrested Khaden Williams, 18, of DeKalb County and charged him in connection with a shooting that left a 15-year-old male injured outside the Mall of Georgia in Buford.  The victim is being treated at a local hospital for injuries and his identity is not being released at this time, authorities said.  The shooting occurred on Saturday, Jan. 4, shortly around 9:30 p.m., after the mall had closed, authorities said. An officer working a security detail at the mall heard gunshots and immediately ran toward the direction where the shots were fired, Gwinnett County…

DEKALB COUNTY, GA– DeKalb County’s Super District 7 Commissioner LaDena Bolton will host three community listening sessions beginning this week—North DeKalb, Central DeKalb and South DeKalb. As the newly-elected Super District 7 commissioner, Bolton represents approximately 385,000 residents who live in the eastern half of the county including unincorporated DeKalb and the cities of Doraville, Tucker, Pine Lake, Stone Mountain, Stonecrest and Lithonia. Bolton succeeds Lorraine Cochran-Johnson, who secured the seat to become DeKalb County’s first black female CEO.  Bolton is inviting the public to come out and share their priorities, concerns and ideas as she and other invited community leaders prepare…

ROCKDALE COUNTY, GA—The Rockdale County Board of Commissioners (BOC) is on winter recess through Jan. 13 and will convene its first meeting of the new year on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025.  The newly elected chair, JaNice Van Ness, will officially take the helm of the three-member, all female BOC. Here’s a look at the Rockdale BOC January schedule: Rockdale County Board of Commissioners Work Session/Voting Session: Tuesday, January 14, 10 a.m., Assembly Hall, 901 Main Street, Conyers  Monday, Jan. 20– Martin Luther King Day Holiday – County Offices Closed  Rockdale County Board of Commissioners Work Session:  Tuesday, Jan. 21, 6 p.m., Assembly Hall, 901…

STONECREST, GA– The City of Stonecrest broke ground Jan. 3 on the Panola Shoals Restoration Project, marking a monumental investment in preserving natural resources, enhancing outdoor recreation and promoting community health. The $3 million project at 4460 Panola Rd. will stabilize and restore the South River streambank at Panola Shoals. Plans include building a more than 750-foot gravity block retaining wall, a two-tiered boulder retaining wall and a concrete access drive. Improvements will also include upgraded pedestrian pathways, native plantings to stabilize the soil and an irrigation system to support landscaping along the restored area. “This project is a testament to…

ROCKDALE COUNTY, GA—The Rockdale Board of Elections will hold its regular meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 5 p.m., at 1115 West Ave. S.W., Conyers.  The public is invited to attend in person or virtually.The meeting will be available online via Zoom:  https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7049887949  Meeting ID: 704 988 7949 One tap mobile +13126266799,,7049887949# US (Chicago) +16465588656,,7049887949# US (New York)