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Georgia officials announce school safety plan following September school shooting

February 4, 2025 Community News

Georgia officials have unveiled a comprehensive school safety plan that mandates statewide participation in a new student information-sharing and safety database and that penalties those who make terroristic threats.

Atlanta City Council passes measure to establish clear OIG protocols

February 3, 2025 Community News

The Atlanta City Council on Monday unanimously voted to advance legislation that establishes clear protocols for the Office of Inspector General.

Boggs: Threats against Georgia courts on the rise

January 28, 2025 Community News

Georgia is seeing an “alarming increase in attacks on our court,” but it is “crucial that our courtrooms are secure and those who work within them can perform their duties without fear.”

February dinner fundraiser to support Smyrna Public Safety Foundation

January 27, 2025 Community News

Tickets are now on sale for a dinner fundraiser that will benefit the Smyrna Public Safety Foundation.

Georgia bill would require public hearings for major road projects

January 24, 2025 Community News

Proposed legislation in Georgia would mandate the Georgia Department of Transportation hold public hearings for local transportation projects with a “significant impact.”

Athens leisure services director retires after seven years at the helm

January 15, 2025 Sightseers’ Delight

Athens-Clarke County Unified Government Leisure Services Director Kent Kilpatrick is retiring on April 1, 2025, after 37 years with the department and seven as director.

Some Georgia lawmakers want to move on rent control

November 13, 2023 Todd DeFeo

Some Georgia state lawmakers want the state to look at rent control to manage ballooning housing costs.

Family Promise of North Fulton/DeKalb participating in Night Without a Bed on June 26

June 11, 2021 Special to Express Telegraph

Family Promise of North Fulton/DeKalb will participate in Night Without a Bed, a national campaign to raise awareness of family homelessness in the community.

Hundreds turn out for Family Promise fundraiser to end situational homelessness

April 30, 2021 Community News

More than 200 people turned out Thursday, April 29, for Family Promise of North Fulton/DeKalb’s Third Annual Family Promise Meals with Meaning Fundraiser.

Dunwoody grants Family Promise of North Fulton/DeKalb $50,000

November 12, 2020 Community News

The city of Dunwoody has awarded Family Promise of North Fulton/DeKalb a $50,000 grant to help offset costs the organization incurred in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.