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Thrillist
April 19, 2018
Last year, just before it was time to vote in the mayoral election, residents of Atlanta got a nice, sticky surprise courtesy of former mayoral candidate Kwanza Hall and the Atlanta City Council. Per the “decriminalization” bill, Ordinance 17-O-1152, weed was about to be way less of a problem in the eyes of theÃâà...
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
April 19, 2018
And while you'd think that red-state Georgia wouldn't have a problem with cities giving sanctuary to those who enter the country illegally, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported last fall that "three Georgia cities — Atlanta, Clarkston and Decatur — have adopted measures in favor of restricting theirÃâà...
Decaturish.com
April 19, 2018
DECATUR, Ga.—DeKalb County CEO Michael Thurmond, Department of Watershed Management and City of Clarkston leaders restocked Crystal Pond in ... The county partnered with the City of Clarkston, the Clarkston Shores Association and the Georgia Department of Natural Resources to share regularÃâà...
FOX 5 Atlanta
April 12, 2018
DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. - Several people cheered as a 4-unit building at Waverly Place was leveled buy demolition crews Friday morning. "This is what social justice looks like," said Amy Medford, who, along with her husband, watched the demolition with their four children. "This is what it looks like when aÃâà...
Voice of America
April 12, 2018
Operating in one of the most culturally diverse communities in the United States, Refuge Coffee is a nonprofit business founded on a simple premise: improving the lives of refugees living in the U.S. Not only has it become a meeting place for people from all cultures, Refuge Coffee in Clarkston, Georgia,Ãâà...
WCTV
April 11, 2018
VALDOSTA, Ga. (WCTV) -- Five people have pleaded guilty in a tax fraud case out of Valdosta, the United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia confirms. The Department of Justice says the pleas were entered on Wednesday, April 4 from 33-year-old Belinda Harris, 38-year old Cynthia ClarkstonÃâà...
Decaturish.com
April 11, 2018
Later this month, the African Children's Choir will be performing in Tucker and Clarkston, Ga. On Friday, April 27 at 7 p.m., the choir will perform at Clarkston International Bible Church, located at 3895 Church Street in Clarkston. The following day, April 28, the choir will perform at the Clarkston Culture FestÃâà...
Patch.com
April 4, 2018
CLARKSTON, GA — The Clarkston Community Center will hold its first International Spring Festival on Saturday, April 7 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event is free ... "We've discovered that gardening is something many of the refugee families we serve have in common with their new neighbors here in Georgia.
U.S. News & World Report
April 1, 2018
CLARKSTON, Ga. (AP) — The Georgia parole board invites crime victims to meet with board members. The State Board of Pardons and Paroles plans to hold victim visitor days on April 11 and April 12 at Georgia Piedmont Technical College Conference Center in Clarkston. The visitor days are part of theÃâà...
Morgan County Citizen
March 30, 2018
Gensteel Doors USA LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Montreal, Canada-based Gensteel Doors, has picked Madison, Ga., as the site to relocate its Clarkston, Ga. warehouse operation. The company manufactures metal doors and frames used in a variety of construction projects, such as schools,Ãâà...
Morgan County Citizen
March 29, 2018
Gensteel Doors USA LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Montreal, Canada-based Gensteel Doors, has picked Madison, Ga., as the site to relocate its Clarkston, Ga. warehouse operation. The company manufactures metal doors and frames used in a variety of construction projects, such as schools,Ãâà...
wtkr.com
March 24, 2018
SOUTH FULTON, Ga. (WGCL) — Not many people attended Tuesday's council meeting on decriminalizing marijuana in the city of South Fulton. But those that did spoke up. City officials heard from residents on a controversial proposal that would keep people out of jail if they're caught with an ounce or lessÃâà...
The Baptist Message
March 17, 2018
WOODWORTH – Sandy Wisdom-Martin, executive director/treasurer of the Woman's Missionary Union of the Southern Baptist Convention, will challenge ladies attending the upcoming Louisiana Baptist WMU Mission Celebration to embrace their God-given mandate to fulfill His purpose. Scheduled forÃâà...
Oneonta Daily Star
March 15, 2018
Pavon said she has participated in other alternative spring breaks and educational trips, including journeys to Selma, Alabama, to learn about the local history of racism, and to Clarkston, Georgia, a small town that welcomes 1,500 refugees a year. Pathfinder director of development Lori Grace said that theÃâà...
Oneonta Daily Star
March 15, 2018
Pavon said she has participated in other alternative spring breaks and educational trips, including journeys to Selma, Alabama, to learn about the local history of racism, and to Clarkston, Georgia, a small town that welcomes 1,500 refugees a year. Pathfinder director of development Lori Grace said that theÃâà...
Voice of America
March 13, 2018
This week we visit three different aspects of health care. A clinic in Clarkston, Georgia offers free health care to refugees who cannot afford it. We'll meet two veterans of the Afghan War - one in the US and one in Afghanistan - how is their health care different? And the miracle material graphene could helpÃâà...
FOX 5 Atlanta
March 12, 2018
DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. - DeKalb County has issued a rabies alert for a Stone Mountain area neighborhood Monday. DeKalb County Animal Control reported a raccoon was captured along Garfield Drive just east of Clarkston on March 3. That raccoon later tested positive for rabies. Anyone living in the areaÃâà...
BP News
March 8, 2018
The DeLoach family returned to Georgia in 2015 to be part of CIBC. Formed in 2003 by combining three churches, CIBC originated as Clarkston Baptist Church in 1881. It also happens to be the same ministry where Trent and Elizabeth served during their freshman year of college. Today, CIBC is a placeÃâà...
FOX 5 Atlanta
March 1, 2018
CLARKSTON, Ga. - Clarkston Police are looking for a man who authorities said has multiple active warrants throughout the metro Atlanta area. Officials with the U.S. Marshals service said they executed a search of 35-year old Anthony Vaughn at the Clarkston Station apartments on Montreal Road.
MyAJC
February 26, 2018
Nan Orrock, an Atlanta Democrat. She wondered aloud whether her fellow senators had “considered the fiscal impact of putting this mandate on local government.” Since May, three Georgia cities — Atlanta, Clarkston and Decatur — have adopted measures in favor of restricting their interactions with ICE.
WSB Atlanta
February 22, 2018
CLARKSTON, Ga. - Neighbors crowded the Clarkston City Hall on Thursday night to get answers about a serious sewage spill. Representatives from DeKalb County and the Department of Watershed Management addressed concerns about the cleanup and public health after a massive sewage leakÃâà...
FOX 5 Atlanta
February 21, 2018
DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. - They pretended to be part of the planned nationwide peaceful protest against gun violence in schools, but instead, police said some Clarkston High School students ended up trashing a store. Around noon Wednesday, the students walked out of their high school. Students saidÃâà...
Patch.com
February 14, 2018
CLARKSTON, GA — A DeKalb County family is asking for the public's help in finding their teen daughter, who has been missing since last week. Mara Bradley, 17, disappeared from her family's home around noon on Friday, Feb. 9, and has not been heard from by family members since. They've created aÃâà...
FOX 5 Atlanta
February 12, 2018
CLARKSTON, Ga. - Officers continue to follow up on leads in the disappearance of a DeKalb County teenager. Family members said Mara Bradley, 17, shut down her social media accounts and left her phone and laptop behind before leaving her father's home in Clarkston Friday. Her parents filed aÃâà...
The News Tribune
December 31, 1999
The college's board of trustees unanimously selected Ivan Harrell, the executive vice president of academic and student affairs at Georgia Piedmont Technical College, as the ... Georgia Piedmont, located in Clarkston, is designated as a predominately black institution by the U.S. Department of Education.
6abc.com
December 31, 1999
CLARKSTON, Ga. (WPVI) --. A herd of horses caused quite a commotion in a Georgia town on Saturday. Video, taken by Jonas Allen, shows the horses running through traffic along Highway 78 in Clarkston as cars slowly trailed behind them. According to reports, police were able to successfully wrangleÃâà...
Georgia Budget and Policy Institute
December 31, 1999
Georgia lawmakers are considering a bill that poses serious risk to the state's immigrant community and could harm local governments and the state's economy if enacted ... Refugees are playing a special role in Georgia by helping revitalize commercial strips in places like Clarkston and Stone Mountain.
Western Recorder
December 31, 1999
Annie Armstrong Easter Offering: Reaching the nations in smalltown Georgia ... CLARKSTON, Ga. —More than 1,000 refugees come to Clarkston, Ga., each year. Send Relief missionaries Trent DeLoach; his wife, Elizabeth; and the ... The DeLoach family returned to Georgia in 2015 to be part of CIBC.
Champion
December 31, 1999
Nearly 20 people spent a Sunday afternoon in Clarkston walking for 40 minutes along the PATH trail with Dr. Heval Kelli of Emory Healthcare as part of the national. “Walk with a Doc” movement. “Walk with a Doc” was started in 2005 by Dr. David Sabgir, a cardiologist in Columbus, Ohio. According to theÃâà...
BP News
December 31, 1999
The DeLoach family returned to Georgia in 2015 to be part of CIBC. Formed in 2003 by combining three churches, CIBC originated as Clarkston Baptist Church in 1881. It also happens to be the same ministry where Trent and Elizabeth served during their freshman year of college. Today, CIBC is a placeÃâà...
MDJOnline.com
December 31, 1999
“We've discovered that gardening is something many of the refugee families we serve have in common with their new neighbors here in Georgia. We thought it would be a wonderful idea to create an event that focused on gardening, as well as food and art, three mainstays of the Clarkston CommunityÃâà...
KITV Honolulu
December 31, 1999
Batulo Ramadhan, a 23-year-old Somali refugee living in Clarkston, Georgia, was stranded for weeks last year due to the Trump administration's travel ban. Now, after a year living in the United States, she's studying for the GED and on the way to.
Atlanta Magazine
December 31, 1999
We're still in the middle of the Hollywood of the South's slow season, though you might not know it from walking around the city. February may have given us cold, rain, and lately a few glimpses of spring, but it also brought an adornment of yellow filming signs and stars to see. Here's what we saw this monthÃâà...
Atlanta Journal Constitution
December 31, 1999
Clarkston police say Richard Hines, 29, and Dyante Prince, 23, robbed two men at gunpoint just hours apart earlier in the day and had just racked up $500 in Nike.com charges when they ... “We located the victims' credit cards, we located the gun used,” Clarkston police Sgt. Jason Elliott told Channel 2.
Champion
December 31, 1999
Many items were traced back to the owners and confirmed to have been involved in theft type crimes throughout Georgia, including Conyers, Gwinnett County, Forsyth County, Alpharetta and Sandy Springs, as well as Biloxi Miss. and other jurisdictions. Officials said Clarkston Police Department CriminalÃâà...
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