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Judge Workman to be laid to rest in her native South Carolina

The DeKalb County legal community is mourning the death of Judge Anne Workman. A senior judge for the Superior Courts of Georgia Workman, 63, died Sept. 2 following a brief battle with melanoma. Among her accomplishments were being named the first fe...

Hosea Feed the Hungry loses tax-exempt status on East Lake property

A building owned by the Hosea Feed the Hungry and Homeless organization may lose tax-exempt status, according to DeKalb County Chief Tax Appraiser Calvin Hicks. The property, a house located off of East Lake Drive, was originally granted tax-exempt s...

No room for error: New offenses put to test in Tucker-Marist clash

Tucker and Marist have been the two dominant teams in Region 6-AAAA in recent years. One or the other has won the regular season title four of the past five seasons. The two teams also have something else in common this season—revamped offensive ba...

DeKalb High School Sports Highlights: Week of Sept 1

FOOTBALL   Tucker 18, Southwest DeKalb 7: Yusef Minor caught a 24-yard touchdown pass on fourth down from wide receiver Dominic Sanders in the first half, then quarterback Juwaan Williams passed 12 yards to Josh Dawson in the fourth quarter for the ...

Volunteers clean up Memorial Drive, seek to restore former glory

Memorial Drive Chick-fil-a owner/operator Nick Goebeler, top left, gives marching orders to approximately 200 volunteers on Aug. 27 who participated in a clean up of Memorial Drive. Residents hope the clean-up, organized by the Memorial Drive Merchants Association, will be one step in revitalizing the Memorial Drive corridor. Photo by Andrew Cauthen.
Approximately 200 volunteers spent three morning hours on Aug. 27 removing litter and illegal signs, and clearing storm drains along Memorial Drive. “Good things are happening on Memorial Drive and we just want to be part of it,” said Joe Bentley...

Decatur Book Festival gets ready for big weekend

With nearly 500 authors, interactive activities and the Atlanta Opera performing the Brer Rabbit story, the Sixth Annual AJC Decatur Book Festival has something for everyone, according to festival founder Daren Wang. “Actually, there are closer to ...

No home sweet home: Refugee community plagued by crime, dilapidated buildings

Debris from a condominium, left, in Brannon Hill remains five years after it was leveled. Units in several buildings, right, are in such poor repair that they have been boarded up for years. Photos by Andrew Cauthen
The graffiti-adorned sign and boarded-up guard shack at the entrance of Brannon Hill Condominiums are symbolic of the rest of the residential community just off of Memorial Drive near Clarkston. Just past the entrance, rubble from a condominium build...

State house approves congressional districts, senate vote pending

In the newly drawn congressional districts for DeKalb County, U.S. Rep. David Scott is out, while Reps. John Lewis and Tom Price have gained more ground in the county. The redistricting plans have been approved by the Georgia’s House of Representat...