Local man helps with Haiti relief mission, finds many obstacles

• Local News Headline
• By Matt Amatto
• March 12, 2010
• DeKalb News, Haiti
• No comments

Sheriff: Department will exhaust overtime money this summer

• Local News Headline
• By Jonathan Cribbs
• March 12, 2010
• DeKalb News
• 3 comments

Proposal to shrink school board intensifies racial divisions among members

• Local News Headline
• By Jonathan Cribbs
• March 10, 2010
• DeKalb News, Education
• 8 comments

Dunwoody envisions significant mixed-use redevelopment

• Local News Headline
• By Matt Amatto
• March 9, 2010
• Business, DeKalb News
• 2 comments

State high school basketball results/schedule (THIRD ROUND RESULTS)

• Local News Headline
• By Robert Naddra
• March 8, 2010
• Sports
• 1 comment

Superintendent steps down for now as construction investigation widens

• Local News Headline
• By Jonathan Cribbs
• March 4, 2010
• DeKalb News, Education
• 7 comments

David Schutten, president of the Organization of DeKalb Educators, said he agreed with Superintendent Crawford Lewis’ decision to temporarily step down from his job. Photo by J. Cribbs

DeKalb County schools chief Crawford Lewis temporarily stepped down from his job last month after local law enforcement officials raided his home and district offices – the most recent development in a months-long investigation into the district�...

FAA: Airspace changes won’t affect DeKalb residents

• Local News Headline
• By Jonathan Cribbs
• March 4, 2010
• DeKalb News
• 1 comment

Local business owner and pilot Leonard Harris shouted at people who attended the meeting: “As a pilot, this scares me for the future.” Photo by J. Cribbs

For several weeks, local officials had been telling residents to attend a series of meetings across the county with Federal Aviation Administration officials over the last month. They said proposed changes to airspace over north DeKalb County would i...

Bond goes beyond basketball

• Sports News
• By Robert Naddra
• March 5, 2010
• Sports
• No comments

Decatur head basketball coach Carter Wilson, right, and son Nic Wilson, a senior forward. Photo by Robert Naddra

The wide-eyed 5-year-old is sitting in the locker room next to his father, who is giving a pregame speech to his basketball team. As the father wraps up his talk, he is ready to deliver his trademark ending, but the son beats him to the punch – “...

Focus on the future: M.L. King’s Griffin swinging for a potential pro baseball career

• Sports News
• By Robert Naddra
• March 4, 2010
• Sports
• No comments

Trey Griffin. Photo by Travis Hudgons

Trey Griffin has learned to see through the distractions. As one of the top high school baseball players in the state and a long-time travel ball player, Griffin has learned to deal with constant attention from college and pro scouts. The M.L. King s...

Revised second-round basketball schedule

• Sports News
• By Robert Naddra
• March 2, 2010
• Sports
• No comments

State basketball tournament scores (First round)

• Sports News
• By Robert Naddra
• February 25, 2010
• Sports
• No comments

Belly dancers teach technique and love of the art

• Lifestyle Feature
• By Gale Horton Gay
• March 3, 2010
• Lifestyle
• No comments

Whole lotta shaking going on: Belly dancers teach technique and love of the art. Photos by Travis Hudgons

Shimmy. Shake. Undulate. Repeat. Shimmy. Shake. Undulate. With the strains of Middle Eastern music playing, hundreds of women (and a few men) studied the nuances of various styles of belly dancing last weekend through practice, practice, practice. Tr...

Are these folks obsessed with facebook?

• Lifestyle Feature
• By Gale Horton Gay
• February 24, 2010
• Lifestyle
• No comments

They share top-of-mind thoughts and silly comments about what’s on TV or the radio. They express their views on politics and give advice about anything and everything. Often they drop a line just to say good morning, good night or to tell their fri...

Missed Mardi Gras? There’s always the Mardi Gras Museum

• Lifestyle Feature
• By Gale Horton Gay
• February 19, 2010
• Lifestyle
• 1 comment

If you missed Mardi Gras this year, or if you simply have a love for the ornate costumes and sometimes regal/sometimes ostentatious pageantry of the one-of-a-kind party, there’s still a place you can visit year round for a powerful dose of all thin...

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