Decatur, GA — The BBQ Café in Decatur has closed. The cafe, located at 310 East Howard Avenue, marked its last day in business on July 30. The café opened in August 2020. If offered diners “a taste of the ‘sip,” a nod to the restaurant’s Mississippi origins. The owners offered patrons a heartfelt goodbye […]

Atlanta, GA — U.S. News and World Report has ranked four Emory Healthcare hospitals prominently in this year’s regional rankings for its best hospitals issues. Emory University Hospital was ranked the No. 1 hospital in metro Atlanta and the state in the 2023-2204 best regional hospitals rankings. Emory University Hospital was ranked No. 1 for the […]

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 […]