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‘It’s all about the journey’ DeKalb CEO delivers final state of the county address
DeKalb County CEO Michael Thurmond spoke before hundreds of county employees, community and business leaders, family, and friends, delivering his eighth and final state of the county address.
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta creates special prom night for teen cancer patient
ATLANTA — Cancer may have interrupted Evelyn's senior year, but her team at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta made sure she still had a night to feel like queen of the prom. Evelyn, a 17-year-old high school senior in Gwinnett County, first beat cancer a few years ago. But she recently found out her cancer returned, and she began treatment at Children's.
Obituary and furneral service: Macklyn Andrew Smith, 81, of Loganville
Macklyn Andrew Smith, age 81 of Loganville, Georgia, passed away on Tuesday, April 30, 2024. A Funeral Service will be held at 3:00 PM on Friday, May 3, 2024, in the Lawrenceville Chapel of Tim Stewart Funeral Home with Rev. Marty Cason officiating. Interment will follow at Gwinnett Memorial Park in Lawrenceville. Macklyn was a member of Mt. Vernon Baptist Church in Lawrenceville.
Court case over fatal car crash raises issues of mental health and criminal liability
ATLANTA (AP) — No one disputes that Michelle Wierson crashed her SUV into a car stopped at a traffic light, causing the death of a young boy. But while prosecutors say she needs to be held accountable for her actions, her lawyers say her mental state at the time absolves her of criminal liability. When Wierson sped through the streets of a DeKalb County, Georgia, neighborhood in her Volkswagen Tiguan in September 2018, she believed she was on a God-assigned mission to save her daughter from being killed.
Mother, newborn baby go missing in Barrow County, police say
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - Police in Winder, a city in Barrow County, are looking for a missing 24-year-old woman and her newborn son. Kanijah Nakia Manuel was last seen at her home in Winder with her son, who was in an infant carrier, on Wednesday around 8:30 a.m.
Gwinnett County Police Department hosting hiring event this weekend
GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. - The Gwinnett County Police Department is gearing up for a hiring event this weekend, seeking both sworn police officers and civilian communications officers (911 Center) personnel. Currently, the department comprises 930 sworn officers, 129 communications officers, and 167 civilian employees, serving approximately 900,000 residents across 436...
Buford Man Gets Revolutionary Georgian Liver Cancer Treatment
55-year-old Buford resident Jeff Reid became the first patient in Georgia to get a novel sound wave-based liver cancer treatment at Northeast Georgia Medical Center. By concentrating ultrasonic pulses, this novel technique—known as histotripsy—can precisely target and eliminate liver tumor cells without endangering nearby healthy tissue. Early in...
Review: Silla del Toro brings quality tapas to Toco Hill
The new Silla del Toro at the revamped Toco Hill shopping center in DeKalb County has all the makings of a successful neighborhood restaurant. It’s cozy, intimate and relatively sophisticated, but not overly trendy. It’s also a great value, with many menu items priced below $10. Located in...
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