Special promotional content provided by Reminis  By Rachel LaCour Niesen Storing your photos on hard drives is like storing your life savings under your mattress. Having hard drives stuck in your closet is just as risky as having printed photos shoved into boxes. In either scenario, you could lose thousands of irreplaceable photographs in minutes. […]

Clarkston, GA — The Clarkston city council held its first public meeting after the police department collapsed  and the city’s finance director called several payment requests from the city manager into question. The only item on the published agenda for the July 25 work session was a discussion of raising pay for the city’s police. […]

DeKalb County, GA — DeKalb County Commissioner Lorraine Cochran-Johnson will host a clean-up work day on Saturday, July 29, at 8 a.m. at the Arabia Mountain Vineyard in Stonecrest. Lunch will be served at 11:15 a.m. Volunteers are encouraged to wear close-toed shoes and clothes they don’t mind getting dirty. Volunteers should arrive at the […]

DeKalb County, GA — The DeKalb County School Board voted June 20 to settle a whistleblower lawsuit filed by former COO Ben Estill. His whistleblower lawsuit, filed in March 2021, alleges he was terminated for asking questions about irregularities in the district’s finances. He later died in a car crash. News of the settlement was first […]

U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona visited Decatur on July 17 to answer questions and share information on the work The post U.S. Secretary of Education visits college campus in Decatur appeared first on The Champion Newspaper | 404-373-7779 | Georgia.

By Jess Mador | WABE Thursday, July 20, marked one year since Georgia’s law banning abortion at roughly six weeks of pregnancy took effect. Six weeks is before many people realize they’re pregnant, and the law has meant navigating a host of changes for patients and clinics across the state. The biggest change is having to turn away so […]

Avondale Estates, GA — The Avondale Estates City Commission will meet on Wednesday, July 26, at 5:30 p.m. for a regular meeting, followed by a work session. The city commission meeting will be held at Avondale Estates City Hall, 21 N. Avondale Plaza, and via Zoom. During the work session, the city commission will discuss […]

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DeKalb County, GA — The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office has announced the third inmate death of 2023. The death occurred last week, according to a press release from the Sheriff’s Office. “Atlanta resident Ricky Lavoghn McCullum, 58, was returned to the jail on the evening of Wednesday, July 19, 2023 after having been released from the […]

Stone Mountain, GA — The city of Stone Mountain has been awarded $200,000 by the Atlanta Regional Commission’s Livable Centers Initiative. The funding will support the city’s efforts to improve parks, paths and public spaces in Stone Mountain Village. The goal of the projects is to create a bike- and pedestrian-friendly environment that connects the […]