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The DeKalb-Peachtree Airport Advisory Board meeting is scheduled for Monday, Jan. 11, at 5:30 p.m. The meeting will be held virtually via Zoom at https://dekalbcountyga.zoom.us/j/99355202202?pwd=blo2WmxRR0Y1SUl0aXZOUTh0QUdVZz09. The meeting password is 443859. The meeting agenda is as follows:  Approval of December 14, 2020 Minutes Information/Old Business Director’s Report – Mario Evans • Airport Master Plan Update – www.pdkmasterplan.com RIM- Phase II, Construction Update PAPI – Installation Update Noise Report – December and 2020 Annual Noise and Operations Report, Korey Barnes Other III.            New Business Public Comments For more information, contact Mario Evans, airport director, at 770-936-5440 or maevans@dekalbcountyga.gov.  

 PUBLIC INVITED TO ATTEND Notice is given that the Rockdale Board of Elections Meeting will meet on Friday, January 8, 2021 for the purpose of certifying the General and Special Runoff Election held on Tuesday, January 5, 2021 Meeting is scheduled as follows: WHEN: Friday, January 8, 2021 TIME:   5 p.m. In-Person: Rockdale Board of Elections Office, 1261 Commercial Drive, SW, Suite B, Conyers, GA 30094 MASK REQUIRED 770-278-7333 Online Via Zoom:  Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7049887949  Meeting ID: 704 988 7949 One tap mobile +13126266799,,7049887949# US (Chicago) +16465588656,,7049887949# US (New York)

https://youtu.be/gtA9W8w3b5o Photo and video by Glenn L. Morgan/OCG News STONECREST—DeKalb County Board of Health officials began administering COVID-19 vaccinations to healthcare workers and first responders on Jan. 6 at the site of the City of Stonecrest’s future City Hall on Turner Hill Road. Officials said the county had received about 8,000 doses of the Moderna vaccine and planned to make the shots initially available to healthcare workers and first responders who pre-registered. The next round of vaccines, officials said, would be available to long-term care facility residents. In addition to the drive-through vaccinations…

State Sen. Emanuel Jones (D – Decatur) today announced the DeKalb Senate Delegation’s three appointments to DeKalb County’s reconstituted Board of Ethics.  The countywide referendum supporting the new process for choosing members to serve on the Board of Ethics was passed by county voters in November. The delegation appointed the following to serve as the DeKalb Senate Delegation’s appointees to the board: Candace Rogers, David Moskowitz and Lonnie J. Edwards Sr. “The DeKalb County Board of Ethics serves as a key player in ensuring all Dekalb County officials and employees are held to the utmost ethical standard,” said Sen. Jones, who…

DeKalb County Commissioner Larry Johnson will host a virtual panel discussion regarding illegal street racing on Thursday, Jan. 21, 6 to 7 p.m.     JThe panel will include Sen. Emanuel Jones, Bobbie Sanford, Camaro Nation ATL and DeKalb County Public Safety representatives. “This is an issue we have to talk about and see what we can do together,” Johnson said. “When we work with one another and are willing to hear from all interested stakeholders, we can devise solutions that will yield the best outcome.” The discussion will focus on bringing together the community, police department and car industry…

Today, Senator-elect the Rev. Raphael Warnock was a guest on SiriusXM’s The Joe Madison Show, where he spoke out against Republicans who have their “fingerprints” on yesterday’s attack on the nation’s Capitol. “The President and all of those who had enabled him, including Kelly Loeffler, who I ran against, and who has yet to concede this race, their hands and their fingerprints are on this….,” said Warnock. At the same time, Warnock also told Madison that there’s an important takeaway from the Georgia Jan. 5 election results: “Georgia elected a black man, the pastor of Martin Luther King Jr.’s church,…

After 26 years of honorable service, DeKalb County Captain Eric Jackson is retiring from DeKalb County Fire Rescue. Jackson began his DCFR career on April 25, 1994. Serving as a fire officer and public information officer, Jackson was known throughout DeKalb County. The Department will celebrate his years of service from noon to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 23, at: Fire Station 8 2711 Clairmont Road Atlanta, GA 30329 Light snacks will be provided. Please wear a mask. Social distancing protocols will be followed.

The U.S. Department of Labor today(Jan. 6)  announced new guidelines to states for reauthorizing the Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC) to assist Americans who remain unemployed. The new program provides $300 per week to supplement benefits for weeks of unemployment beginning after Dec. 26, 2020, and ending on or before March 14, 2021. FPUC is not payable with respect to any week during the gap in the weeks of unemployment ending after July 31, 2020 through the weeks of unemployment ending on or before Dec. 26, 2020, officials stated in a news release. In addition to reauthorizing the FPUC…

This morning (Jan. 6), the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office investigated a suspicious package found on the steps of the DeKalb County Courthouse in downtown Decatur. The package was discovered during a routine security check of the judicial complex perimeter and the agency followed protocol for investigation, including suspending access to the buildings and dispatching bomb detection K9 officers from the agency and the DeKalb County Police Department. The package was removed and investigators found that it posed no threat. Access to the courthouse was re-opened.

Rockdale County Government, the City of Conyers and the Conyers-Rockdale Economic Development Council are inviting the public to learn about the “Advancing Rockdale Economic Development Strategy” during a virtual event on Jan. 20, 3 to 4 p.m. Over the past 12 months, the county, city and Economic Development Council have partnered, with the support of the University of Georgia’s Carl Vinson Institute of Government, to develop a new economic development strategy for the community, officials said. Throughout 2020, a steering committee comprised of local business, education, government and community leaders has worked to craft a new vision and strategy…