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Magazine names Redan one of the nation’s best high schools

Redan High School is among America’s best high schools, according to a U.S. News & World Report study. The school recently landed the magazine’s bronze award for providing great service to students. The award considers a school’s percentage...

Commission drops effort to ax CEO position

The DeKalb County CEO’s office isn’t going anywhere – at least for now. The board of commissioners voted 4-3 on Dec. 15 against a resolution supporting a referendum asking voters if they wanted to remove the county’s elected CEO position and ...

Communication is the key to catching serial rapist, police say

The best weapon to combat the string of sexual assaults along Hambrick Road is not a gun, a knife, or even pepper spray. Communication, both police and residents believe, is the best way to help catch a serial rapist who is responsible for at least t...

Dunwoody moving ahead with repaving project

Dunwoody has proceeded with plans for major infrastructural improvement – just over a year since its incorporation. An application sent to the Georgia Department of Transportation has requested funding and permission for a road repaving project. Mo...

Expert offers advice for those whose holidays aren’t merry

While holiday songs and television shows are suggesting that everyone should be having a grand time during this season of the year, many are feeling isolation, guilt, anger or anxiety. Such feelings may be evidence of holiday depression, according to...

Honoring Mama grows into major tradition

‘Mother knew that gifts of time, love and good food were surely the basic ingredients of a truly merry Christmas and she instilled that in us.’     – excerpt from Jones family 2009 photo journal  Get the flash player here: http://www.adobe....

Special Olympics floor hockey event brings schools together

The bleachers are full of cheering teenagers. Cheerleaders line the floor hockey arena on the basketball court as the noise level climbs. On the court, a handful of special needs high school students are chasing a disk and trying to slide it into the...

Former principal pleads guilty to falsifying test answers at Atherton Elementary

James Berry
Former Atherton Elementary School Principal James Berry pleaded guilty to falsifying state documents – his students’ state-standardized tests, more specifically – this month and received two years probation and a fine, officials said. The final...

Two high school coaches leaving DeKalb

Michael Collins, left, and Cory Jarvis
Two DeKalb County high school football coaches took other jobs this week outside the county. Chamblee coach Michael Collins accepted an offer Dec. 15 to become the head coach at Wheeler High School and M.L. King’s Corey Jarvis was named the new hea...

Local talent bring Stone Mountain Park holiday shows to life

It wasn’t that long ago that Chimere Scott was preparing to leave Redan High School with her sights squarely set on becoming an entertainer. The 28-year-old is now a singer/songwriter who’s performed with mega-talents such as India.Arie, OutKast...