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Clarkston job has special meaning for Wansley

Gary Wansley, at podium, talks about Clarkston's upcoming season at the DeKalb County High School Football Media Day. Photo by Travis Hudgons
The job of head football coach at Clarkston High School is about more than wins and losses for Gary Wansley. The job for the eight-year resident of Clarkston is a chance to instill pride in a community through the football program. “My wife and I b...

Budget, GM plant priorities for new Doraville mayor

With Doraville facing across-the-board budget cuts, the city’s new mayor said she has a big responsibility to fulfill. Former Doraville City Councilwoman Donna Pittman, who won a runoff election on July 19 to become the city’s new mayor, sai...

Peachtree Hope pulls charter application

Peachtree Hope Charter School has withdrawn its charter application and more than 600 students will be placed back into the DeKalb County School System. With the first day of school a few weeks away, officials for Peachtree Hope Charter School were e...

Doraville to cut police department staff, council members’ pay

Faced with across-the-board budget cuts, including furlough days and police staff reductions, Doraville City Council members are leading the way by slicing their own compensation. The council will soon be voting on an amendment to the city charter to...

Group helps seniors with home repairs

Ellenwood resident Sarah Wyatt, right, talks with Peter Schneider, left, manager of Fix-It Connection, about the repairs on her house. The shingles on the Wyatts’ old roof were crumbling and the rotting posts in the carport were being held together with duct tape. Photo by Andrew Cauthen
The roof on the Ellenwood house Sarah and Bill Wyatt have lived in since 1993 was embarrassing. It had three layers of crumbling shingles. The wood was rotting. The Wyatts even resorted to covering parts of the posts in the carport with duct tape. ...

Former police officer indicted on teen sex charges

A former DeKalb County Police officer, who was indicted and arraigned on 16 charges related to the alleged rape of a 15-year-old female, has pleaded not guilty. Quevius Orion Thornton of Glendale Drive, is accused of five counts of statutory rape, fo...

Noisy neighbor a never-ending nuisance

Lithonia resident Eleasea Allen said a tough, new noise ordinance that went into effect this year is not working for her. “It’s a joke,” Allen said. “It’s really a joke. “We went to a new noise ordinance, and here we are dealing with the...

Three detention officers arrested after inmate is mistreated

Three detention officers from the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office were arrested July 25 after being accused of mistreating an inmate. After an internal investigation, officers Nelson Seals, Jean Bruno and Deborah Grier were charged in connection to ...

Lithonia residents sue over gas plant approval

Opponents of a Lithonia gasification plant approved by the Board of Commissioners in June have not given up. “The broader goal is to stop this plant,” said Peter Olson, an attorney with Jenkins, Olson and Bowen of Cartersville, who is representin...

Yellow River Game Ranch—animal encounters of the fun kind

  When my daughter the animal lover told me that she wanted me to join her and a few friends on her birthday trip to Yellow River Game Ranch, I was less than excited. I anticipated spending a hot late spring day in the company of smelly animals. We ...