Lithonia News

Besides playing a pivotal part in William P. Parks' musical dramedy "The Woman I Am Today," Mahalia A. Jackson's fingerprints are all over the production, which visits the Morton Theatre on Sunday.

Bernice King is the new president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the U.S. civil rights group first led by her slain father said Friday.

The Southern Christian Leadership Conference has announced the election of the Reverend Bernice King, the youngest daughter of the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr.

Individuals and groups can donate coats for needy children and adults on Saturday at the Stonecrest Mall in Lithonia.

These illegally placed signs were confiscated by the Lithonia maintenance department.

No one claims to know who put up this sign that "ranks"some candidates for City Council in Lithonia.

A Dunwoody apartment complex was on edge Tuesday night after learning that one of its residents was allegedly abducted, beaten and robbed.

Dunwoody police need your help to find men who kidnapped a 60-year-old apartment resident driving him from ATM to ATM forcing him to withdraw money from his account.

Nobody wanted them, or maybe that's what the people who conceived them thought. Brant Sanderlin Margaret Freeman tries to call the mother who abandoned a baby last month in DeKalb County to inform her there was a funeral planned.

In a return visit to Bainbridge, author and motivational speaker Calvin Sims of Lithonia will speak Nov.

Authorities have arrested a Lithonia man accused of killing a man following an argument.

Comedian Kelly "K Dubb" Walker will host a comedy show in downtown Lithonia, part of the city's daylong Fall Music Festival.

Police say a Lithonia man shot his acquaintance in the head the day after he was released from jail.

One of the men accused of torturing and murdering a fellow Morehouse student will soon go home; a Lovejoy mother gets the book thrown at her for nearly killing her twins; the ex-cop accused of flashing women during a traffic stop has a history of that kind of thing.

A police officer accused of exposing himself to three women during a traffic stop last month has a history of inappropriate sexual behavior.

Delicious hot fried fish and all the fixings will be on the menu at an Oct. 24 fish fry, yard sale and open house at Kilombo Academic and Cultural Institute in Lithonia.

Tennessee head coach Lane Kiffin and staff continue to find new and creative ways to make a splash in recruiting.

State Police on Friday morning charged Warren Jefferson, 44, Lithonia, Ga., and Michael Williams, 50, Jonesboro, Ga., with possession of marijuana greater than 60 pounds and conspiracy to distribute marijuana.

Volunteers at the Lou Walker Senior Center are easy to spot at special events, thanks to Mae Dean Robinson-Strother. Robinson, who serves as volunteer coordinator for the Southeast DeKalb County center, said 19 seniors who are members and regularly donate their time were awarded maroon blazers to wear at events hosted at the center or at away ...

Patricia Pope, chief operating officer for DeKalb County Schools, her husband, Anthony Pope, a contractor who has built schools in the county, and C.D. Moody Construction, which also has built schools in DeKalb and Atlanta, are under investigation by the DeKalb District Attorney's Office.