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Attorney: School system could have new superintendent as soon as April

The DeKalb County School System could have a new superintendent by April, according to a school district’s statement attorney to school board members late last month. But some board members said they wanted the search timeline accelerated considera...

Mustangs give home-schoolers, private school students a chance to play football

Decatur residents Leon Jones (left) and Ben Herring play high school football for the Rockdale County-based East Atlanta Mustangs. Photo by Freedom Murphy
Ben Herring and Leon Jones don’t have many extracurricular options at The Wilson Academy, a small private school on Covington Highway in Decatur. In fact, the only school-based activity is basketball. So when the pair found out about a football lea...

No slashed DeKalb routes saved in final hour as MARTA approves heavy cutbacks

A handful of bus routes that had been on the chopping block for months were saved at the last minute before MARTA approved sweeping cuts of bus and train service. None of those routes were in DeKalb County, however. MARTA’s new $710 million budget ...

Police investigator fired over undocumented stolen guns

Failure to document and report at least 70 stolen guns at county pawn shops led to the firing of a DeKalb County police investigator. Sylvia H. Woods was fired June 7 from her DeKalb police job as pawn unit supervisor, according to documents released...

Goodwill sandwiched between two pieces of bread

One group of volunteers make lunches on Tuesdays, and another group delivers the meals on Wednesdays. Photos by Freedom Murphy
Ministry’s mission is to leave no belly hungry   The ingredients are simple enough: some deli meat, cheese, mayo, bread as well as fruit and a sweet treat. And every Tuesday volunteers gather in the basement of Oak Grove United Methodist Ch...

Fourth district congressional candidates vow to create jobs, improve regional transportation

Five candidates seeking to unseat Democratic Rep. Hank Johnson in November vowed June 22 to create jobs, secure American borders to keep out terrorists and illegal immigrants and improve regional transportation.   The Champion Newspaper and the Lea...

Former school construction chief hires new attorney in racketeering case

A former DeKalb County School System construction chief has new representation in a high-profile racketeering case after her former attorney was slapped with a protective order for contacting grand jurors. Pat Reid, the district’s former chief oper...

Workshop targets reducing sexual abuse of children

Workshop facilitator Jinaki Flint explains that more than 85 percent of child sexual abuse comes at the hands of someone the child knows—not a stranger.
A sexual predator may be close by. “People who abuse look and act just like anyone else,” said Paula Sellars, narrator of Stewards of Children, a video component for the Darkness to Light Workshop, presented June 28 by Georgia Center for Child A...

Big lessons from a tiny isle

Just back from a restful week in the Caribbean, on the island of Aruba.  What the Spanish once ceded to the Dutch as a “useless island rock” now has among the highest standards of living in the Caribbean, as well as Latin America.  I learned se...

Had enough!

Major kudos to the city of Atlanta and Fulton County. The word has gone forth—we’ve had enough! Mayor Kasim Reed and Fulton District Attorney Paul Howard are saying in no uncertain terms to the thieves, muggers and home invasion thugs, “We’ve...