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Fourth district congressional candidates vow to create jobs, improve regional transportation

Five candidates seeking to unseat Democratic Rep. Hank Johnson in November vowed June 22 to create jobs, secure American borders to keep out terrorists and illegal immigrants and improve regional transportation.   The Champion Newspaper and the Lea...

Former school construction chief hires new attorney in racketeering case

A former DeKalb County School System construction chief has new representation in a high-profile racketeering case after her former attorney was slapped with a protective order for contacting grand jurors. Pat Reid, the district’s former chief oper...

Workshop targets reducing sexual abuse of children

Workshop facilitator Jinaki Flint explains that more than 85 percent of child sexual abuse comes at the hands of someone the child knows—not a stranger.
A sexual predator may be close by. “People who abuse look and act just like anyone else,” said Paula Sellars, narrator of Stewards of Children, a video component for the Darkness to Light Workshop, presented June 28 by Georgia Center for Child A...

Big lessons from a tiny isle

Just back from a restful week in the Caribbean, on the island of Aruba.  What the Spanish once ceded to the Dutch as a “useless island rock” now has among the highest standards of living in the Caribbean, as well as Latin America.  I learned se...

Had enough!

Major kudos to the city of Atlanta and Fulton County. The word has gone forth—we’ve had enough! Mayor Kasim Reed and Fulton District Attorney Paul Howard are saying in no uncertain terms to the thieves, muggers and home invasion thugs, “We’ve...