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Love of cars and ice cream turned into business

  As a boy growing up in Columbus, Warren Pickard spent memorable moments watching cars whiz by the intersection in front of his house. He sat on his porch watching those cars and developing a lifelong love. “I was looking at cars all day,” rec...

Churches rediscovering dance as worship

In a sweeping trend, liturgical dancers, creatively expressing the words of gospel songs, are praising God and blessing congregations. Often referred to as praise or worship dance, liturgical dancing adopts many choreographic forms from ballet and ja...

All DeKalb County Schools athletic events have been cancelled for the evening of Friday, Jan. 8.

Saturday’s area dual meet wrestling tournaments will go on as scheduled, but all other county sporting events have been cancelled, according to a county athletics department spokesman. It has not been determined when Friday’s or Saturday’s even...

Unassuming off court--Andrews takes charge for Redan on the court

The car keys hanging around her neck after a recent practice are the giveaway. Take those away and Alisha Andrews doesn’t look old enough to be a member of Redan’s varsity girls’ basketball team. The multi-colored backpack she sported didn’t ...

Family, church trying to cope with death of 4-year-old boy

Marquel Peters, 4, was killed just after midnight on Jan. 1 after a stray bullet came through the roof of The Church of God the Prophecy in Decatur and struck him in the head during a New Year's Eve church service. Photo provided
Natalee Peters still speaks of her son in the present tense. Nearly a week after 4-year-old Marquel Peters was killed by a stray bullet at a New Year’s Eve church service, his mother is struggling with the realization that her only child was taken ...

Board approves $15K raise for schools superintendent

The DeKalb County Board of Education approved a $15,000 raise for Superintendent Crawford Lewis this month, angering educators who said they’ve been denied raises due to the poor economy. The board voted 8-1 on Jan. 4 to increase Lewis’ salary fr...

DeKalb employment numbers stagnate over last several months

The percentage of unemployed workers in DeKalb County has hovered around 10 percent for the last several months, and local officials believe that number could slightly worsen before it improves. The county’s unemployment rate was 8.4 percent in Jan...

Police search for suspects in animal cruelty case

A dog that was shot in the head on Dec. 30 in Lithonia is recovering from his wound. Photo courtesy of DeKalb County Police.
DeKalb County Animal Cruelty Task Force investigators are searching for persons responsible for shooting a dog in the head on Dec. 30, DeKalb Police spokesman Jason Gagnon said. Officers responded to 5412 Terrytown Lane in Lithonia where they found t...

Mitchell sponsors bill to help homeowners facing foreclosure

State Rep. Billy Mitchell, center, addresses an audience at a press conference at the Federal Reserve Bank in Atlanta attended by Rev. Jesse Jackson, left, who supports Mitchell’s proposed legislation to provide consumers with a 90-day notice requirement and right to cure a delinquent mortgage in foreclosure.
Homeowners in Georgia do not enjoy the same protection from foreclosure that those in other states have. Here, depending on the lender, the foreclosure process can begin one day after the grace period if an owner is late with the mortgage payment. St...

Keeping weapons out of the hands of criminals

The VIPER unit of DeKalb’s district attorney’s office destroyed 115 firearms on Dec. 17 that had been used in a variety of crimes. “It is particularly reassuring to know that the firearms we destroyed will never again be used for criminal activ...