Author: On Common Ground News

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…

Dr. Rashad Richey will be guest speaker  DeKalb County Sheriff Melody M. Maddox is on a mission to inspire boys in the community to fulfill their dreams and to equip them with life skills they will need as they become men. The first class of her “Boys to Men” summer day camp for 9-to-16 year-old males ends Friday, June 18, with a formal graduation ceremony. The in-person event to be attended by parents and guardians will conclude a week of instructional classes and recreational activities led by DeKalb deputies and community volunteers. Local/national radio personality, community leader and political/social commentator…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today(June 17), President Biden and Vice President Harris  signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act into law. The historic, bipartisan legislation establishes Juneteenth National Independence Day, June 19, as a federal holiday. The new federal holiday will commemorate the anniversary of June 19, 1865, the day enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, finally learned they were free, thanks to the Emancipation Proclamation.   Georgia’s Congressman Hank Johnson and Senators Raphael Warnock and Jon Osoff  attended the ceremony at the White Houaw.   Here is the link to the ceremony, which was broadcast live:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HJW_J4o_1s