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DeKalb students awarded Gates Millennium Scholarship

Mpaza Kapembwa, a student at Cross Keys High School, used his circumstances to develop leadership qualities that helped him become one of 94 students in Georgia to earn the Gates Millennium Scholarship. Seventeen-year-old Kapembwa moved to Atlanta fr...

On the fast track: M.L. King duo leads charge toward state title

Sophomore Jada Martin, left, has the fastest time in the 200 meters in Class AAAAA and junior Felicia Brown has the fastest all-classification time in the 400 in the state for M.L. King. Photo by Robert Naddra
No matter what time of year it is, it’s probably track season for the M.L. King girls team. In addition to the traditional spring high school season, most of the girls are on club track teams and see each other during outdoor club season in the sum...

DeKalb Medical celebrates 50 years

DeKalb General Hospital, now DeKalb Medical, opened its doors at 9 a.m. on May 1, 1961. That afternoon hospital staff delivered the hospital’s first baby, the daughter of a Chamblee High School coach. Fifty years and a day later, a group of employe...

County facing $25 million shortfall, credit rating downgrade

Diminishing property values and a possible credit rating downgrade are forcing DeKalb County officials to reconsider a tax increase. Less than six weeks after Standard & Poor’s (S&P) Ratings Services downgraded its ratings on some of DeKalb...

Academics vs. athletics: Teens get mixed messages

Redan High School senior Akil Dan-Fodio was the only high school student on a panel that included fromer pro athletes Dikembe Mutombo, left photo, and Brian Jordan, right photo. Photo by Robert Naddra
Cassandra Dan-Fodio got a first-hand glimpse of how American culture promotes athletics over academics while visiting several universities with her son Akil, a Redan High School senior. Akil has a 3.9 grade point average, was a Governors Honors and G...

Alleged church rapist pleads not guilty

John Russell Carter. Photo by Andrew Cauthen
The man accused of the rape of a Stone Mountain church worker in February waived his arraignment and pleaded not guilty in court on May 3. John Russell Carter, 50, of 157 Mill Court in Atlanta, was indicted last month for the Feb. 26 rape of a female...

Trial date set for Dunwoody murder case

The trial for Hemy Neuman, suspected of the murder of Dunwoody entrepreneur Russell Sneiderman late last year, has been set for Oct. 17. During a May 5 hearing to schedule the trial, Judge Gregory Adams also said he plans to allow pre-trial motions i...

Religious and cultural history abound at San Antonio’s missions

Mission Conception. Photo by Travis Hudgons
In the heart of San Antonio’s cosmopolitan downtown area sits one of the most famous images of American history—the mission Alamo. Within a few miles of downtown San Antonio and the Alamo are four additional missions, all of which at one point we...

Business, community leaders unite for Memorial Drive renewal

Brick medians, decorative streetlights, and wider sidewalks are being installed on Memorial Drive as part of a $19 million streetscape project. Local residents and community leaders are hoping to return the corridor to its former glory. Photo by Andrew Cauthen
The road construction signs on Memorial Drive are indicative of a sense of excitement building as community, business and government leaders come together to revitalize the corridor. “We want Memorial Drive to be a destination spot where people wil...

DeKalb residents uneasy about pre-K

Recent statewide changes to the pre-kindergarten program will have more of an effect on DeKalb County than anywhere else in the state. Under Gov. Nathan Deal’s new pre-K plan classes will increase from 20 to 22 students, the school year will be red...