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By Sarita Mason For On Common Ground News African-American entertainers weren’t the only ones honored at this year’s…

Mayor Jason Lary greets Shirley Smith, who visited the exhibit at City Hall with her grandchildren and Kayna Sanders, DeShawna…

Stonecrest Mayor Jason Lary (far right) poses with the DeKalb County Board of Commissioners at City Hall. L-R: DeKalb Commissioners…

By Sarita Mason Nearly 200 people attended the June17 community meeting where DeKalb County District 4 Commissioner Steve Bradshaw…

The execution of Marion Wilson, Jr. for the 1996 murder of an off-duty prison guard was carried out on…

Stonecrest Mayor Jason Lary and city officials are taking city government to communities, fulfilling a promise the mayor made during…

By Mackenzie N. Morgan, Staff Writer For nearly 40 years, Gregory B. Levett, Sr., founder of Gregory B. Levett…

By Sarita Mason For On Common Ground News By the time people got home from work on the…

The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office S.W.A.T. Unit has arrested 37-year-old Anthone Lorenzo Banks of Lithonia. Banks was charged with felony…

The DeKalb County Board of Health will host its third annual Men’s Health and Wellness Fair on Saturday,…