Lithonia News

Proposed boundaries for the new city are Covington Highway to the north, Browns Mill Road to the south, Flat Shoals/River Road to the west, and Turner Hill Road to the east.

With Memorial Day, pools across the county will be opening with the clear invitation to jump in and cool down.

CHASE co-chair Dr. Jewel Crawford said Wednesday that the EPD granted the permit despite vigorous protest from concerned residents.

Four men have been charged in connection with a scheme to use stolen identities to get their hands on income tax refunds.

Arabia Mountain High School's graduation rate in 2012 was 90.22 percent, the highest among the high schools in the Stone Mountain and Lithonia areas, according to new figures the Georgia Department of Education released this week .

Registration is open for a Tucker-based youth development organization's summer camp for middle and high school kids.

The sounds of banjos, guitars and accompanying voices will once again stake their claim in Floyd County this week.

His Lithonia, Ga.-based C. David Moody Construction Co. had grown into one of the nation's largest black-owned businesses and a top general contracting and construction management firm in the Atlanta region.

An emergency town hall meeting concerning the biomass plant will be held on Thursday, May 16, 7 p.m. at Antioch-Lithonia Missionary Baptist Church, 2152 Rock Chapel Road , Lithonia.

With summer just around the corner, Dave Shutten wanted to encourage the young men he has been mentoring at Toney Elementary School by giving them treats to eat and a special treat to keep: He gave each student in his Boys Book Club a book to take home and he fed them pizza to sign off the school year and welcome summer vacation.

Patch received this letter on Tuesday from Lithonia parent Nika Shields about what her son and other children are going through at school.

The DeKalb county school district announced on Tuesday the 2013 valedictorians and salutatorians at high schools in Stone Mountain and Lithonia, as well as their post-high school plans: Arabia Mountain High School Valedictorian : Ayomide Akin-David. Will attend Stanford University or Rice University, computer engineering major.

The Greater Lithonia Chamber of Commerce will host its Third Wednesday Lunch on May 15, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., at This Is It banquet hall, 2583 Panola Road Lithonia.

Stone Mountain Rotary Club Meeting is at the Smoke Rise Golf and Tennis Club on Tuesday, May 14 at 12:15 p.m. i»¿ Summer Camp Registration is still available at Kids R Kids, 1250 Old Tucker Road in Stone Mountain.

The 112-room Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott in Duluth, Georgia is scheduled to open this Tuesday, May 14, 2013, with its smart, inventive public space and guest room design, and its bright and inviting decor.

An Iraq War veteran was in the process of moving out of her unincorporated Lithonia home after burglars hit one time too many he latest on Mother's Day.

Off Hours Stock Crew required at Babies "R" Us in Lithonia. The Off Hour Stock Clerk is responsible for maintaining a well stocked appearance in the store which helps ensure the best guest experience is achieved.

Reginald Wayne Sharpe Jr. of Lithonia, a Morehouse College senior, will be heading to Yale Divinity School after graduation.

A Rockdale County man said a robber shot him at point-blank range, but the bullet bounced off his hip and landed in his hand.

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