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Cross Keys High offers engineering and IT classes for DeKalb Schools

Engineering teacher Patrick Gunter points to a computer that controls the robotic arms at Cross Keys and holds up a bearing casing to show students.
Students crowded around as teacher Patrick Gunter flipped the switch to an air compressor, which started up with a loud hum. Suddenly, a metal arm on the nearest table began to move. “These are industry standard based machines,” Gunter said. “T...

Druid Hills falls to South Atlanta in opener

South Atlanta and Druid Hills combined for 10 turnovers, but a fumble by the Hornets that resulted in a touchdown was the difference Aug. 19 in the season opener for both teams. With South Atlanta leading 6-0, quarterback Ferris Baughns fumbled after...

DeKalb Schools releases preliminary draft of new superintendent contract

The DeKalb County School System released on Aug. 19 the preliminary draft of Dr. Cheryl Atkinson’s employment contract. Atkinson, who has been named the final candidate for superintendent, is currently the superintendent of the Lorain City School S...

Pony swim carries on decades-old tradition

On the last scorching hot Wednesday in July, the wait is painfully long. Thousands of men, women and children gather along the docks, in the marsh, in the water and in every type of water craft for a glimpse of an annual spectacle – wild horses cro...

Couple stop on DeKalb thoroughfare on quest for fuel efficiency record

John and Helen Taylor check their vehicle before continuing their cross-country journey after filling up at a Shell station on Candler Road.
British couple John and Helen Taylor already hold 88 world records, including 38 for fuel efficiency. Their quest for another one—for fuel efficiency driving across the 48 contiguous United States—brought them to a Shell station on Candler Road e...

Civil war: Community rivalries make big impression in county

Ron Gartrell gets a call every fall from his mother, reminding him that the “big game” is just a few days away. The Stephenson football coach isn’t getting a heads up about his team’s annual showdown against M.L. King. Instead, it’s notice ...

2011 DeKalb County High School Football Team Preview

Arabia Mountain Rams Head coach: Chris Beal (3rd season) Region: 5-AAA 2010 record: 3-7 Outlook:  Another year of maturity and the school’s second senior class gives coach Chris Beal reason for hope. Senior defensive back Case Woodard is the marq...

County leaders rally for I-20 MARTA rail

In a display of solidarity, DeKalb County leaders stood together to protest the exclusion of the proposed I-20 heavy rail transit system from a preliminary list of projects being considered for funding through a possible regional sales tax. “We cur...

Lithonia developing blueprint for future

The partially vacant Lithonia Plaza, in the heart of downtown Lithonia, is where many residents hope revitalization will begin in the city. Local leaders are in the process of making plans they hope will turn into to change for town founded on the granite industry a century ago. Photo by Andrew Cauthen
When John Robins and his wife moved to Lithonia in 1969 there was mostly farmland between the city and the interstate. “It’s a small town,” said Robins, who was the city’s mayor from 1986-88. “When we moved out here, it was a very small tow...

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