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Pictured Top: First-place winner Desmoine Bennett,14 Bottom L-R: Second-place winner Marcus Harris, 9, and third-place winners Steve Sadiq, 9, and David “DJ” Dorsey, 14 STONE MOUNTAIN, GA- Desmoine Bennett,14, wiped out all of her competitors in a chess tournament hosted by Orrin “Checkmate” Hudson, founder of the Be Someone mentoring program based in DeKalb County. The Be Someone program uses chess to train and teach life skills to students. Bennett, a Champion Middle School student, stood out in the online tournament as the only…

STONECREST – Emory Hillandale Hospital is requesting the public’s help to identify a patient who has been at the hospital for several weeks. The hospital is working with local authorities, but has been unable to identify the patient who cannot provide information about his name, address or family members. The patient is approximately 6 feet 2 inches tall and weighs 173 pounds. He is believed to be in his mid-twenties. If you have any information that could help identify the patient in the attached photo, please call Emory Hillandale Police at (404) 501-5339.

ATLANTA—THE Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice(DJJ) will hold a Job Fair on Wednesday, June 23, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at 1300 Constitution Rd. in Atlanta.. DJJ is currently recruiting for Juvenile Correctional Officers, Housekeepers, and Food Service Workers for the Metro Regional Youth Detention Center and the Atlanta Youth Development Campus. On-site interviews will be conducted, along with contingent hiring. Individuals interested in applying should bring their valid driver’s license or state-issued identification. For more information, call 404-294-3431.

Late Congressman John Lewis to be honored, event will be live-streamed on FB   MACON, GA—The city’s downtown will be filled with music as the Macon Make Music Day International Celebration beckons locals and visitors alike to Cherry Street on June 21. The daylong,, family-freindly festival, which features free pop-up performances on downtown city corners, in parks and restaurants, runs 9 a.m. until 6:30 p.m. COVID-19 protocols will be in place. Those who can’t make it to the in person event can join the Macon Make Music festivities virtually via Facebook. Held annually on June 21 to…

The DeKalb Board of Education will hold the following virtual hearings and meeting on Monday, June 21, 2021:    10:00am       3rd Virtual Public Millage Rate Hearing                       Virtual Called Meeting (to commence immediately following the conclusion of the Public Millage Rate hearing)   1st Virtual Public Budget Hearing (to commence immediately following the conclusion of the Called Meeting)                     The meeting agenda is attached and can be accessed online by going to: www.dekalbschoolsga.org, click on Leadership, go to Simbli (formally known as eBoard) Home Page and click on the date for the meeting agenda/information.  The virtual meetings can be viewed at the following…

ATLANTA—Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms will join Vice President Kamala Harris for the Administration’s “We Can Do This” tour.  The national tour is being held to reach millions of Americans who still need protection against COVID-19, highlighting the ease of getting vaccinated, and mobiliing grassroots vaccine education and outreach efforts. The tour is intended to help reach President Biden’s goal of getting 70 percent of Americans vaccinated by July 4. “Thanks to the leadership of the Biden Administration, our vaccination program has helped get nearly 50 percent of Atlantans vaccinated, contributing to a steep decline in COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths,…

Shifting services, emplying increased mobile health units DECATUR, GA– Changes are coming for COVID-19 testing and vaccine operations provided by the DeKalb County Board of Health, as the organization continues to increase vaccine availability via its health centers and mobile health units. At the conclusion of operations on Wednesday, June 30, and beginning Thursday, July 1: COVID-19 Testing Operations The COVID-19 testing site at Greater Piney Grove Baptist Church, located at 1879 Glenwood Ave. SE, in Atlanta, will permanently close. This site is currently open on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 9:00 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. COVID-19 testing will move to the parking…