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  By Valerie J. Morgan STONECREST, GA—Former City Council woman Diane Adoma turned in her City Hall keys today, but vowed to keep her seat on the City Council even as city officials  took out a restraining order against her. Adrion Bell, the city’s Communications Director, said Adoma gave him the city’s keys around noon at the radio station WAOK, where he and Adoma  were invited by talk show host Rashad Richey to discuss Adoma’s challenge to the Georgia Constitution. Elections supervisor Megan Reid participated in the interview by calling in. After the radio interview with Bell, Adoma…

The Stonecrest City Council on Monday unanimously approved the qualifying period for the unexpired District 5 council seat. Qualifying for the seat, formerly held by Diana Adoma, will be held on Sept. 3-5, 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 1:30 to 4:30 p.m., at City Hall, 3120 Stonecrest Blvd. Adoma is running for the office of mayor. The qualifying fee is $450 for the council seat. The special election will go on the same ballot for the upcoming municipal elections that will be held in DeKalb County. Advanced and absentee voting begins Oct. 15. The General Election…

    By Mark Brock DCSD Athletics Specialists  Former Redan Raider state championship coach Marvin Pruitt passed away over the weekend after a hard fought battle against several medical ailments. The winningest DeKalb County baseball coach in history at 447-252-3 in stops at Lakeside, Stephenson, Southwest DeKalb and Redan high schools fought like he expected his players to play and in his usual quiet way with that big smile most people remembered after meeting him. A stint coaching at Rockdale County in the late 80’s helped add up to a career record of 510-333-6. He coached the…

Council member Cleta Winslow has announced that she is adding $3,000 to the reward money being offered by Crime Stoppers to assist in finding the suspect from the Aug. 20 shooting at the Atlanta University Center. Winslow’s addition brings the total reward to $5,000 for providing pertinent information in identifying the shooter. Four female students who were caught in the crossfire of a fight between two groups were injured as a suspect began firing. Any information given to the Atlanta Police Department is confidential. “Look into your heart and just say ‘I wouldn’t want that to happen to my child,…

The DeKalb County School District (DCSD) has scheduled five public meetings to seek public input on proposed options to address E-SPLOST budget issues arising from an increase in construction costs. The proposed options were presented to the Board of Education on July 8, 2019. A key part of the proposed options is a potential referendum to approve a general obligation (“GO”) bond issue to complete the current E-SPLOST program and to complete additional projects to address urgent facility needs. The size of the bond would be in the range of $222 million to $265 million. The five meetings…

Kingdom Stand Up promoter Daynier Brown says he’s praising God for allowing his vision to come to fruition this past Saturday in Conyers, GA for a gospel concert that featured a stellar lineup of artists including Jekalyn Carr, Koryn Hawthorne, Bizzle, Canton Jones, Tasan, Mr. Gallimore, Kelontae Gavin and Papa San. Canton Jones leads the crowd in praise at VOF campus in Conyers, where the Kingdom Stand Up concert was held Aug. 24., 2019. “Even though it rained, people were willing to stand up and participate in worship. As we praised God, the Holy Spirit moved among all in…

Rockdale County Fire Rescue is working an overturned tanker truck on Sigman near 138. The accident occurred about 5:45 p.m. today (Aug. 23). Fire Chief Dan Morgan reported a small chemical spill of concrete additives, but said there was no danger.  He said Chancy’s is on the scene to right the truck and handle cleanup.

Four people have qualified to run for seats on the Conyers City Council. Here’s who running for office: District 2, Post 2 Jacob Bailey (Incumbent) Connie Alsobrook District 3 Gerald Hinesley (Incumbent) District 4 Valyncia Smith    

This morning, Diane Adoma qualified to run for the office of mayor in the City of Stonecrest. She announced immediately after filing her qualifying papers that she planned to challenge Georgia’s Constitutional provision that she must vacate her City Council seat to run for mayor. Adoma said she learned after the news conference that she no longer had access to City Hall as a Stonecrest City Councilmember. “Today, I officially qualified to run for the Mayor of Stonecrest and was immediately locked out of my Council office, phone and email. I have emailed and called the clerk and city…

Incumbent Mayor Jason Lary will face two challengers as he seeks re-election for a four-year term: Diane Adoma and Charles S. Hill, Jr. Hill qualified on Thursday and Adoma qualified today(Aug. 23), the final day of the city’s thee-day qualifying period. Adoma was elected to the City Council in March 2017. Since her term does not expire for two years, her seat will be added to the ballot for a special election when the municipal elections are held this year, officials said. More information will be provided on the qualifying dates for the special election when…