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Keyes Fleming makes quick departure from DA position to take EPA post

Gwen Keyes Fleming
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson announced Sept. 1 that President Barack Obama has selected DeKalb County District Attorney Gwen Keyes Fleming for the top position at the EPA’s Region 4. By the end of the day Sept....

UNDER PRESSURE : As school system struggles with scandals, outside groups look to influence

When former Superintendent Crawford Lewis resigned in April, school board Vice Chair Zepora Roberts said the board needed to move as fast as possible to select the next chief or the selection process was bound to get political. As it turns out, she w...

Chamblee-based vet clinic provides low-cost pet care to low-income population

Georgia State student Martina Montalbetti says she has a tough time paying for shots for her Australian shepherd puppy Molly without the special rates offered at WellPet. Photo by Deborah Held
by Deborah Held As any animal lover knows, pet ownership is costly. The recent economic downturn has only made matters worse, as pet owners have sometimes had to choose between caring for themselves and their families or for their four-legged loved o...

Paper trail burns Towers

Towers has become the third high school football team in the county in less than a year to forfeit a game for the use of an ineligible player. A player who rushed for nearly 150 yards in the Titans’ 30-21 win over Central Macon on Aug. 27 was decla...

Man killed in shooting at apartment complex

A man is dead and another is in critical condition after a shooting Wednesday outside an apartment complex in Clarkston, DeKalb County police said. The shooting, which happened outside at 774 Northern Ave., was called in to police at about 11:30 p.m....