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Hosted by the  Cooperative Extension and UGA DeKalb, the three-class series will offer participants the opportunity to gain knowledge and answers to all gardening questions. After attending all three classes, participants will be given one free ticket to UGA DeKalb’s advanced gardening series class. Registration is $30 and ends on Feb. 10. Class schedule is as follows: Wednesday, Feb. 12, 6:30 – 8 p.m. – Turf 101 Introduction to turfgrass species, establishment, maintenance, and pest control of turfgrass species used for home lawns. Also, discuss turfgrass alternative at certain locations. Wednesday, Feb. 19, 6:30 – 8 p.m. – Tree &…

Students in Rockdale, Newton and surrounding counties are invited to attend Chief Magistrate Judge Phinia Aten’s Fifth Annual Youth Law Camp on Monday, Feb. 17, 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. The free, one-day camp, offered in partnership with NewRock Legal Society, is open to 8thto 12thgrade students who will be out of school for winter break. Free admission includes breakfast and lunch. Judge Aten is hosting a day of fun and learning for those interested in a law-related or law enforcement career pathway, or those who would like to learn more about the justice system. The program includes a legal careers session,…

Join master Storyteller Lillian Grant-Baptiste for an afternoon of storytelling on Saturday, Feb. 15, 2 to 3 p.m., at Nancy Guinn Memorial Library, 864 Green St S.W., Conyers. Participants will learn how storytelling has been used as both a tool of resistance and reconciliation. All ages are welcome. Patrons also have the option to watch a free screening of the film, “Queen of Katwe,” in the meeting room on the library’s lower level from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Both events are free and available on a first-come, first-served basis.

Keep Conyers-Rockdale Beautiful is now accepting registrations for the next Great American Cleanup to be held on Saturday, April 11, 9 a.m. to1 p.m., at Pine Log Park Pavilion, 1500 GA Highway 138, Conyers. The half-day event, hosted in partnership with the City of Conyers and Rockdale County, encourages citizens to pick up garbage, tires and other debris around the community and teaches youths about the importance of litter prevention and recycling. Civic and neighborhood groups, businesses, Boy and Girl Scout troops, churches, youth groups, individuals and families are invited to participate. Volunteers will be provided cleaning supplies including garbage bags, gloves and…

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The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Fugitive Unit today announced the arrest of Charlie Lee Geddis, 23, of Decatur, who has been on the run for murder since last October. Geddis is the second of three suspects arrested in the shooting death of a 68-year-old man at a gas station in Ellenwood. Antonio Crowley, 21, turned himself in to authorities last October, a day after the shooting.  Tyler Anderson, 23, is still wanted. Authorities said the three men fatally shot Jesse Turner, III at a BP gas station on Panthersville Road in Ellenwood on Oct. 7, 2019 after an altercation with Turner.…

Board of Elections approves 1400 Parker Road as early voting site   Rockdale County would join the city of Conyers in selling alcohol on Sundays beginning at 11 a.m. instead of 12:30 p.m., if voters give the nod on May 19. The Rockdale Board of Elections approved the Board of Commissioners’ resolution putting an amendment on the ballot to change the Sunday alcohol sales at its special called meeting on Feb. 4. Currently, Sunday alcohol sales in Rockdale begin at 12:30 p.m. Supervisor of Elections Cynthia Willingham said the Board of Commissioners requested the measure be brought to voters.…

District 7 DeKalb County Commissioner Lorraine Cochran-Johnson will hold a countywide Voting Town Hall on Wed., Feb. 5 at the Porter Sanford III Performing Arts and Community Center 3181 Rainbow Drive, Decatur. The town hall seeks to increase voter participation, improve voter confidence and provide residents with the opportunity to experience using the new voting machine. The Voting Town Hall will also give attendees access to their voting status, the ability to register to vote, and the opportunity to speak with state and local election officials to answer questions pertinent to voting in the approaching primaries. Voting machine…

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