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Second Walmart planned for Memorial Drive

An old car dealership near the corner of Memorial Drive and North Hairston Road is the proposed site of a second Walmart store on Memorial Drive. The store, which will be 29,000 square feet smaller than the Decatur Walmart, is expected to open in 2013. Photo by Andrew Cauthen
A defunct Subaru car dealership near the corner of Memorial Drive and Hairston Road is the proposed site of a new Walmart in DeKalb County. With a 2013 projected opening, plans call for the 148,000-square-foot store to have a grocery department, phar...

Charges dropped in New Birth burglary case

Burglary charges have been dropped against one of the four men who earlier this year settled a lawsuit that alleged charges of sexual misconduct by New Birth Missionary Baptist Church lead Rev. Eddie Long. DeKalb County District Attorney Robert James...

DeKalb resident unites pet-bloggers around the world

Denise Quashie, with her dog Frankie Beans, who has more than 550 followers on Twitter. Photo by Travis Hudgons
“I didn’t realize that there are people that specialize in just blogging about pets,” said Denise Quashie. Brookhaven resident Quashie filled a void in the pet blogging world when she created the BarkWorld Expo 2009. Before BarkWorld there was ...