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The Atlanta-Fulton County Public Library System will offer free GED classes to prepare for testing throughout the month of February to those who have not received their high school diploma.

The GED program at the system’s central library, One Margaret Mitchell Square, Atlanta, meets every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 5:30-8:30 p.m. and is taught be members of the Atlanta Public School system. Read More

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Come out and support Dionne McGee PDF Print E-mail

Dionne McGee, a candidate for State Court Judge, will host a reception and election party on (Thursday) Feb. 23, 5 - 7:30 p.m. at Carpe Diem, 105 Sycamore Place, Decatur.

McGee was born in 1974, and has been a resident of DeKalb County her entire life.

She is married her husband Kevin of 10 years.

They are blessed to have two beautiful girls: Kayla Imani and Amaya Ariel.

McGee began her legal career as an intern at the Fulton County District Attorney’'s Office in the Major Narcotics Unit and the White Collar Crime Unit.

 
Missing children are located PDF Print E-mail

Jalen Mattison and Amari Mattison have been safely located.

DeKalb County police officers found the children at 1 p.m. today.

The 3-year-old boy and 1-year-old female were last seen today at 1:58 a.m. after an unknown black male drove off with the children in the back seat of a car.

The children's mother reported that she was assisted by the suspect after her vehicle broke down on I-20 EB near Wesley Chapel Road.

 
Free passes available to "21 Jump Street" PDF Print E-mail

Columbia Pictures invites On Common Ground News readers to an advance screening of the upcoming action-comedy 21 JUMP STREET.

The screening will be held Thursday, 7 p.m., Regal Hollywood 24, Chamblee.

The film stars Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum as a pair of underachieving cops who are sent back to a local high school to blend in and bring down a synthetic drug ring.

Ice Cube, Dave Franco, Brie Larson and Rob Riggle also star in the film, which will be released in theaters nationwide on Friday, March 16, 2012.

 
Two children kidnapped in car theft PDF Print E-mail

DeKalb County police officers are  working an active kidnapping of two children-- a black male, age 3, and a black female, age 1.

The children were last seen today at 1:58 a.m. with an unknown black male suspect at 2645 Wesley Chapel Road.

The mother of the children reported that she was assisted by the suspect after her vehicle broke down on I-20 EB near Wesley Chapel Road.

 
Sample Ballots for Super Tuesday Dem. and Rep. PDF Print E-mail

Super Tuesday is coming up in a few days.

Here’s a look at what the Democratic and Republican ballots look like.

Please share.

 


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