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Recruiting coordinator helps Stephenson build record-setting class

Thornton showing off his signing day choice. Photo by Robert Naddra
Twenty-seven players were met with wild cheers as they stood at the podium in the Stephenson High School auditorium to announce which school’s college football scholarship offer they would accept. But the loudest reaction at Stephenson’s Signing ...

Weather changes athletic schedules

The Georgia High School Association state swim meet and the sectional wrestling tournaments have been rescheduled because of expected snow of Friday and possible icy conditions on Saturday. All basketball games slated for Feb. 12 or Feb. 13 also have...

Love: A many splendored thing

Roy and Ruth Anne Glascoe
With Valentine’s Day approaching, attention is focused on love, so we’re sharing two stories of local couples whose love and devotion are inspiring. Roy and Ruth Anne Glascoe The year they graduated from high school in a small South Carolina town...

Big Top Fun: 3 circuses give residents plenty of choices

The Big Apple Circus
Bello, UniverSoul and Zing Zang Zoom. February is circus month in the Atlanta area, and big top aficionados will come to know those three terms well over the next few weeks. Fans of high-wire acrobatics, clown antics and an endless array of animal ac...

Rep. gets signatures to push annexation to House vote then loses one

State Rep. Stephanie Benfield said this month she had enough delegation signatures to move forward with a proposal to annex a tract of unincorporated land between Decatur and Avondale Estates. That is, until she didn’t. After she gathered the 10 si...

Fired Dunwoody coach plans to seek legal advice

The Dunwoody football coach fired on Feb. 3 because the school “decided to go in a different direction,” said he will contact an attorney to seek legal advice regarding his termination. Mike Youngblood was relieved of his coaching duties after le...

This early bird is an Eagle

Jershon Cobb
The gym at Columbia High School opens at 5:30 a.m. Jershon Cobb knows this because on most days he is the first one through the door. The Columbia senior beats daylight and prowls the hardwood for two hours several days a week before classes start. C...

Mother says unconditional love spurs her to continue fighting for her son

Nine years ago, Jackie Boatwright’s life changed. Less than two hours after arriving at work, she received a call that her 14-month-old son had had an accident at his daycare center. Anthony DeJuan had fallen head first into a bucket of mop water...

Commission considers heavy cost-cutting measures to avoid tax increase

The DeKalb County Board of Commissioners is considering a series of significant pay reductions and operational changes to plug a possible $80 million hole in next year’s budget while avoiding a tax increase that CEO Burrell Ellis proposed in Decemb...