He was elected to Congress in November 1986 and has served as U.S. Representative of Georgia’s Fifth Congressional District since then. That district includes the entire city of Atlanta, Georgia and parts of Fulton, DeKalb and Clayton counties.

OLBC’s president Rep. Sandra Williams gave a welcome and State Rep. Carlton Weddington (House District 27) talked about the history and mission of the OLBC.Cleveland’s Bishop F. E. Perry gave the invocation.

Police chasing a man for drinking in public: On Oct.2, at 12:04 a.m., Police saw a man named Jarrod with an open container and when he took running they chased him, finally catching him a couple of streets over hiding in a backyard near Bushnell and Miramar Road.

Murray went on to tell police that, fearful that Jackson was developing an unhealthy propofol habit, he tried to wean the singer off of the drug in the three days before his death.

Cleveland Councilman Michael Polensek commented that it was unfair to ask residents to accept an 85 percent rate hike when so many bills have not been collected.