Cynthia Mallard
News Editor and anchor WAOK and V-103 Radio
Powerball Jackpot Winner Revealed
The son of a Dominican immigrant who won the $338 million Powerball jackpot says he knows his father will “do something good with the money.” Casiano Quezada also says the family plans to keep open [...]
Small Business Help
The nonprofit Gwinnett Village Community Alliance will offer a program intended to help small businesses get off the ground April 3 through June 5. Classes will be held Wednesday nights from 6p to 8pm at [...]
One Dies In Nursing Home Fire
TUCKER, Ga. (AP/WAOK) — Authorities say one person was killed and two others injured when a pre-dawn fire swept through a metro Atlanta nursing home. Fire officials say the two-alarm blaze started around 3 a.m. [...]
Gov. Nathan Deal Announces New Dekalb School Board Members
ATLANTA – Governor Nathan Deal as promised has announced the names of the new DeKalb County School Board members. The six new Board members are David Campbell (District 5), Joyce Morley (District 7), Michael Erwin [...]
New Birth Missionary Baptist Church Christian Academy To Close
Lithonia(WAOK)-The once flourishing New Birth Missionary Baptist Church says it will close down the Christian Academy at the end of this school year. The school says the closing is due to increasingly low enrollment and [...]
Governor Nathan Deal And Black Leaders Clash In Capitol Meeting
Atlanta(WAOK)-A meeting between Governor Nathan Deal, members of the state arm of the NAACP, the Legislative Black Caucus and other activist turned heated after what some say was an insensitive comment made by the Governor. [...]
Help For Moderate Low-Income Taxpayers
The Atlanta Fulton Public Library System and AARP Tax-Aide are offering fee help with 2012 tax returns. Trained volunteers will be at the Buckhead, Kirkwood and Mechanicsville branches during the tax season. For information: http://www.afpls.org
March Madness Basketball Tournament at Martin Luther King Jr High School
Musicians United to Serve in Cohesion(M.U.S.I.C) INC. in conjunction with the Robert D. Champion Drum Major for Change Foundation will host a tournament style basketball competition for bands March 30th 2013 at Martin Luther King [...]
Price Middle School Peace And Mentoring Program Kicks Off
Price Middle school students have started a new initiative called the Peace Club and are announcing the Love Not Hate movement. Wednesday night News and Talk 1380 Personality Derrick Boazman joined Price Middle School students, [...]
DDD Foundation 5K Walk/Run
The DDD Foundation, which provides comprehensive dental care for adults and children with developmental disabilities will hold its Annual The Dental Dash at Dawn 5K Run/Walk Saturday, March 30 beginning at 8:00 a.m., at the [...]
