Five Things to Know Today, Sept. 12

Today on Patch: Come back to Stone Mountain-Redan Patch later this morning for our local job feature and crime statistics for unincorporated DeKalb County.

Meeting tonight on Memorial Drive safety: Commissioner Sharon Barnes Sutton, along with the District Attorney’s Office, Planning & Development, Economic Development and the DeKalb Police Department will discuss public safety on Memorial Drive tonight at the , 5140 Memorial Drive, Stone Mountain.

The weather:  High of 86, low of 61. Are the mosquitoes gone yet?

Cheapest gas: Top three gas prices in Stone Mountain as reported to Georgiagasprices.com over the last 36 hours:

• $3.45, Shell, 5260 US-78 and E Park Pl Blvd.;
• $3.45, Food Mart, 5150 Annistown Rd. and N Deshong Rd.
• $3.47,  5032 Annistown Rd and Castle Club Dr.

Georgia history: The Confederate Memorial Carving on Stone Mountain gets a third try at completion on this day in 1964. It was finished in 1970. See the video about it on the Georgia Historical Society web site.