Lithonia News

The Greater Lithonia Chamber of Commerce will host the Annual Financial Forum on June 19, 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. at This Is It! Restaurant in Lithonia.

A former DeKalb County Schools principal is facing arraignment Monday in connection with a CRCT, or Criterion-Referenced Competency Test, cheating scandal.

It's not hard to find talent in the Peach State. When Air Force coach Charlton Warren was in the Atlanta area he saw something he liked in Nasiir Edwards, a 5-foot-9, 193-pound defensive back from Arabia Mountain High School in Lithonia, Ga., and gave him his first D-1 offer.

We are actively recruiting Patch bloggers to share their garden-know-how. Do you own a local garden shop or farm? Are you a local, homegrown gardener? Enjoy gardening with your kids? Take some great photos of plants, trees or gardens? Already have an existing gardening blog? New to blogging? We would LOVE to hear from you.

U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson shops for food costing $31.50 - the average weekly benefit for a food stamp recipient - at a Washington grocery store.

The HIV/AIDS Awareness and Wellness Day event, presented by the 100 Black Women-Decatur, takes place from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. The screenings are part of the group's "Do You Know Your Status?" campaign, which seeks to dispel myths about HIV/AIDS and encourage residents to find out their status and the status of their partners.

MARTA is hosting open houses on June 25 and 27 to update South DeKalb residents on the I-20 East Transit Initiative.

Isaiah Hill, 17, who formed the Jazz Quartet with Stephenson classmates, has been offered a full-tuition scholarship for an intensive summer program at the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston.

Barry Amos, the former city manager for incorporated Stone Mountain , is a finalist for the administrator position with the City of Lithonia.

Here are some recent health inspection scores performed by the DeKalb County Board of Health for restaurants in our community.

Toni Furman re-enters her home in Lithonia with longtime civil rights activist Joe Beasley and support from Occupy Our Homes Atlanta.

Last year, DeKalb County had seven cases of West Nile. A year earlier, only two cases were reported in the county.

Several metro area police agencies are working together to track down a suspected serial armed robber.

Although Josilyn Drake has always had a beautiful soprano voice, she hass been most comfortable singing in the background.

Frequently these discount michael kors sale purse outlets will have the same sales around the very same products in several shops in the same time.

Since the board voted May 28 to seek opportunity zone designation from the state for Bouldercrest, Panthersville, Wesley Chapel, Snapfinger Woods, Lithonia Industrial, Stonecrest, Tilson, Rock Mountain, Royal Atlanta, Stone Mountain, I-85, Kensington, Zonolite, Montreal Industrial and Ponce de Leon, angry residents have been circulating e-mails and ... (more)

Brown confirmed this week that he is considering a 2014 run for the 4th District seat held by Hank Johnson.

Art Attack in Stone Mountain is a day of creativity and art. On Saturday, June 8, it's all about creating bicycle sculpture.

The Georgia Department of Transportation is seeking to widen nearly six miles of the busy corridor between Snapfinger Road and Covington Highway.

Residents of an apartment complex heard gunfire and found two men lying on the ground next to a car in DeKalb County .