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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....

Suspect in Decatur strip club killing in custody

A 28-year-old man wanted in connection of the killing of a Decatur strip club co-owner is in the DeKalb County Jail, according to the Sheriff's Office jail log. Joey Celestin was arrested on Wednesday and is charged with one count of murder and on...

Labor Day finds many in DeKalb still looking for jobs

Donna Turner got back into the labor force through an innovative Department of Labor program called Georgia Work$.
This Labor Day brought little to celebrate for many Georgians as nearly one in 10 in the state who want to work are unable to find employment, according to the Georgia Department of Labor. Georgia’s unemployment rate dipped slightly in July but tha...

Tucker beats Marist in double OT thriller

Tucker NQuan Maggett (25) breaks a tackle attempt from Marist defender W. Curran (23). Photo by Travis Hudgons
The odds kept stacking against Tucker in the second half of its game against Marist on Friday. There were four personal foul and unsportsmanlike conduct penalties; the ejection of the Tigers’ starting fullback; a failed fourth-down conversion inche...

Tucker beats Marist in double OT thriller

The odds kept stacking against Tucker in the second half of its game against Marist on Friday. There were four personal foul and unsportsmanlike conduct penalties; the ejection of the Tigers’ starting fullback; a failed fourth-down conversion inche...

Discovering the real Seoul, South Korea

by Jean-Pierre Chery On June 23 when I stepped off a plane onto the tarmac of Incheon International Airport in Seoul, South Korea, I realized that all the research that I had done didn’t prepare me for life outside the airport’s doors. As friends...