On Feb. 18, 1910, when Mary Bell Brown was born in Covington, airplanes were still called flying machines, the civil rights movement was decades away, and William Howard Taft was president of the U...
Senator Adelman to be honored for work for abused women Sen. David Adelman will be honored for his work on behalf of battered women at the March 4 Women’s Resource Center to End Domestic Violence’s seventh annual Champions for Change Luncheon at the Ge...
Ramsey gets new roles State Sen. Ronald Ramsey Sr. (D-Lithonia) has several new leadership roles at the state Capitol this session. Ramsey was appointed to the Senate Judiciary Committee; the State Workforce Investment...
Jazz band born out of party among friends to debut at Stonecrest Last March, Tarance Goodridge and some of his cycling buddies from the Metro Atlanta Cycling Club were sitting around at a birthday gathering for fellow cyclist Gregory Baranco saying, “Wouldn’t i...
Warm things needed to help the homeless Inger Coleman-Moses of Decatur knows how cold she gets just sitting in her truck before it warms up. And she thinks of how much worse it must be for a homeless person in the frigid weather plaguin...
For the past 10 years, Michael Walker has been an active volunteer with the Georgia Black Chamber of Commerce. He served on the group’s board for two years and also was its membership chairman, an...
Who is the best public servant in East Metro Atlanta? Best elected official? Where is the best car repair, walking trail or most romantic restaurant? Who has the best jerk chicken?
Darrell T. Black, former manager of information technology for Benedict College in Columbia, S.C., has been hired as DeKalb County’s new chief information officer. He will manage all facets of inf...
Conyers sky diver Mark Gregory is realizing a childhood dream. The 47-year-old has been dropped from more than 10,000 feet in the sky, skied through and seen his shadow in fluffy white clouds, an...
DeKalb County CEO Burrell Ellis will be named the 2009 Champion for Change at the May 7 Champions for Change luncheon at Twelve Hotel and Residence in Atlantic Station in Atlanta. Ellis will be r...