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Twitter not just for humans

Echo looks to give Twitter a try. Photo by Travis Hudgons
Brookhaven event planner Denise Quashie often imagined what her dog Frankie Beans would say if he could talk. So on a whim last fall, she created an alias for her Yorkie Shih Tzu mix on Twitter.com, the free social networking site where people post s...

Stone Mountain wins football opener 19-6

  Quarterback Jhyree Harris ran for a touchdown and passed for another to help Stone Mountain beat Jackson Atlanta 19-6 on Aug. 20 in the high school football season opener for both teams. The game at Avondale Stadium was stopped  with 5 minutes to...

Class and no class

Four women in the news recently—two of them exhibiting class, and two no class. First up Karen Handel. With a very slim margin between them, Handel conceded defeat to Nathan Deal in the GOP gubernatorial primary runoff. She could have called for a ...

Move corruption trial out of DeKalb?

Top image: From left, Crawford Lewis, Cointa Moody, Moody’s attorney Tesha Clemmons, Tony Pope and Pat Reid in court Aug. 13. All plead not guilty to charges in a school district construction corruption case. Above: Lewis, right, and his attorney, Mike Brown. Photos by Jonathan Cribbs
On the same day former school district Superintendent Crawford Lewis, his former construction and two others pleaded not guilty to charges in a construction corruption case, one of the defendants asked to have the trial moved out of the county. Lewis...

Compact Honda Fit is a fun gas miser

2010 Honda Fit
When my eye caught the 33 miles per hour highway mileage for the 2010 Honda Fit, it almost swayed me to cancel a weekend flight to Biloxi, Miss., in favor of a weekend drive. I still flew but imagine that had I taken to the open road, it would have b...

Miners Creek residents air South River frustrations with county officials

Jerry Walton, 56, confronts county officials Aug. 16 regarding smelly pollutants in the South River. “If you lived in my neighborhood, what would you do about it?” he said. “Come down there with me! Walk down the water!” Photo by Jonathan Cribbs
DeKalb County’s government will help local residents organize a task force to create a series of clean-up options for the polluted South River, CEO Burrell Ellis said. The solution was announced Aug. 16 at a meeting for the Miners Creek Circle Civi...

School board member apologizes for threat following nepotism questions

DeKalb County Board of Education member Zepora Roberts apologized this month for threatening to slug a television reporter who asked her questions about her children’s employment with the school district and nepotism claims. The threat was the wors...

Police searching for suspect in Stone Mountain bank robbery

DeKalb County police are searching for a man who robbed a Stone Mountain bank on Aug. 17.  The man walked into the Wachovia bank at 4798 Redan Road and passed a note to the teller saying he was armed and demanding cash at 12:51 p.m., said Jason Gagn...

Allegations of hazing involving M.L. King, Lithonia football teams investigated

Several acts of hazing by Lithonia High School football players are alleged in a police report released by the North Georgia College and State University campus police. Incidents described in the report include whipping a player with belts in the sho...

Shuttered church sues Avondale Estates

Pastor Willie Hawkins, left, Pastor Rose Ann Thomas and Chief Apostle E.M. Byre inside the sanctuary at Christ Liberty Family Center.
The city of Avondale Estates shut down the Christ Liberty Family Life Center – a church – in April because it didn’t meet the city’s acreage and frontage requirements. Now, the church is fighting back – with a lawsuit. The suit, filed late ...