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Jury finds Yancey guilty of murder

A jury on Wednesday found former DeKalb County Sheriff’s Deputy Derrick Yancey guilty of killing his wife and a day laborer. Yancey, 51, was convicted on two counts of malice murder and two counts of possession of a firearm during the commission of...

Into the Pennsylvania Wilds

There’s something about seeing huge wild animals roaming free in their natural habitat that turns normally hurried folk into slow-moving observers. Cars stop and pull to the side of the road. Cameras and cell phones are snatched from pockets and pu...

Code enforcement division fights numbers game

by Andrew Cauthen   Enforcing DeKalb County regulations concerning property maintenance, signs and zoning can be a daunting task for the 23 officers of the county’s Code Enforcement division. The officers do a “remarkable job,” having responde...