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Opinions vary after Long addresses lawsuits

Members of the New Birth Missionary Baptist Church worship, Sunday, Sept. 26. (AP Photo/John Amis, Pool)
Cars were wrapped around Lithonia’s back roads in stopped traffic for at least a mile up to an hour before the 8 a.m. service at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church on Sept. 26. It was not a typical Sunday for Bishop Eddie Long or his 25,000-member...

Atlanta BBQ Festival to brings food and music to Atlantic Station

Atlanta’s largest one-day barbecue cooking competition and festival that attracts fans from Atlanta and the Southeast to enjoy the art of barbecue, great food, live entertainment and an interactive kids’ area. More than 50 professional and backya...

Long answers his accusers–sort of

Finally, after five days and the emergence of a fourth plaintiff in the sexual coercion allegations against New Birth Missionary Baptist Church’s, Bishop Eddie Long—he speaks out. Long addressed an overflowing sanctuary at the 8 a.m. service on ...

Domestic violence: worth noting

I’m not going to succumb to the temptation to talk about the Bishop Eddie Long debacle. There is more than enough being said in print, on the radio and television airwaves and in cyberspace. I’d rather devote this space to something more universa...

Stone Mountain football player prevents theft

Stone Mountain High School senior quarterback Jhyree Harris (left) accepts a laptop computer from principal Carolyn Williams to honor Harris’ recent deed to prevent a theft at school. Photo by Mark Brock
by Mark Brock Doing the right thing can be tough for a high school student these days, but Stone Mountain senior quarterback Jhyree Harris did just that by helping a fellow student in need. Harris saw a theft in progress at school and stepped in to h...

Glenwood Road residents march to stop crime

DeKalb County Commissioner Larry Johnson leads a group of concerned residents along Glenwood Road to protest an increase in crime along the residential and commercial corridor. Photos by Jonathan Cribbs
Jackie Gay has lived in the Belvedere neighborhood along Glenwood Road for about 32 years, she said. Like many of the neighborhood’s older residents, she remembers a more peaceful, pleasant place when she moved in. Fast forward to several years ago...

Bishop Long breaks his silence

Bishop Eddie Long speaks Sunday, Sept. 26, 2010, at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Atlanta. Long, the pastor of a Georgia megachurch accused of luring young men into sexual relationships has told his congregation of thousands that all people must face painful and distasteful situations. (AP Photo/John Amis, Pool)
Standing tall and appearing unweathered by the damning sexual coercion allegations against him, New Birth Missionary Baptist Church pastor, Bishop Eddie Long, addressed the thousands in attendance at the Lithonia megachurch Sunday, Sept. 26. “I am...

Fourth lawsuit filed against Bishop Eddie Long

A fourth former congregant of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church has sued Bishop Eddie Long, claiming he had a sexual relationship with the nationally known pastor. Spencer LeGrande was 15 years old when he met Long at a New Birth satellite church i...

School system hires auditor to help restore credibility

Gary Babst
The DeKalb County Board of Education wanted an auditing director sooner. Two years ago to be more specific. But tight budgeting and salary freezes kept the district from hiring one. Now, there’s Gary Babst. The school board recently hired the forme...

Beer invades Atlanta!

Thanks to the passing of HB 645 in 2004, metro Atlanta has opened the floodgates for the best beer in the world, and we’re loving it.   by Ale Sharpton What’s the new thing sweeping the nation? Singer Justin Bieber? Only with teeny boppers. Elec...