Stone Mountain, GA — The city of Stone Mountain hosted a Back-to-School Bash and National Night Out on Tuesday, Aug. 1. The event was held on Manor Drive between the ART Station and Sweet Potato Café and featured school supply giveaways and games. According to the NNO website, National Night Out is an annual community-building […]

By Jaedon Mason, contributor Stone Mountain, GA — The City of Stone Mountain in their Regular Session meeting unanimously approved the first read of an amendment to ordinance 2023-12 to Amend Chapter 2 Article II. This section refers to the compensation of the mayor and city council The amended language of the ordinance does not […]

Avondale Estates, GA — The Avondale Estates Police Department sponsored National Night Out at the Town Green on Tuesday, Aug. 1. The family-friendly fun – filled night featured hula-hoop competitions, magic, Marvel and DC superheroes, free pizza from Donatos, ice cream for purchase from Butter & Cream, face painting and a chance to meet officers […]

DeKalb County, GA — DeKalb Schools Superintendent Devon Horton laid out his immediate plans for improving the way DeKalb County schools function, which include 70 new jobs and teacher training programs. The plan will cost the district $12 million. “I want to be clear, this is not about stacking the central office with administrators for […]

The new superintendent of City Schools of Decatur has released a schedule of upcoming sessions which community members are invited The post New CSD superintendent asks public to attend listening sessions throughout August appeared first on The Champion Newspaper | 404-373-7779 | Georgia.

Atlanta, GA — Decaturish contributor and local journalist George Chidi has been subpoenaed as part of a probe into former president Donald Trump’s attempts to interfere with the 2020 election in Georgia, according to multiple media reports. “Chidi is the first subpoenaed witness whose name has surfaced publicly in the election interference case, which Fulton County […]

Stonecrest, GA — DeKalb County Commissioner Lorraine Cochran-Johnson lead a cleanup workday at Arabia Mountain Vineyard in Stonecrest on Saturday, July 29. About a dozen volunteers joined Cochran-Johnson and the Arabia Mountain Vineyard team to help with cleaning the grounds, landscaping and tending to the grapes and vineyard. “This is DeKalb County’s first grape vineyard, […]

Decatur, GA — The Decatur Housing Authority held a back-to-school bash on Monday, July 31, at the Community Resource Center on Electric Avenue in Decatur. “This year City Schools of Decatur was not able to spearhead a community back-to-school bash,” said Lartesha Chaney, DHA resident services coordinator. “As a result, CSD and other community partners […]

Greater Decatur, GA — New Life Community Alliance, a nonprofit providing wraparound services to neighbors in South DeKalb County, held its community impact day on Saturday, July 29 at its Flat Shoals location in greater Decatur. Attendees enjoyed grilled hot dogs and hamburgers, sno-cones, cotton candy, face painting, games and giveaways. A total of 932 […]

Tucker, GA — City of Tucker and DeKalb County officials gathered on July 28 to kick off demolition of a former Department of Public Health building at 4329 Cowan Road to make way for a new Fire Station No. 5. The new facility will cost $8.2 million and will be the second of five new […]