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DeKalb Schools partners with Board of Health to reduce smoking

The DeKalb County School System has teamed up with the DeKalb County Board of Health (BOH) to cut down on smoking throughout the system as part of the board’s “Communities Putting Prevention to Work” program. The BOH was awarded a grant for the...

CDC employees arrested for alleged molestation of 6-year-old

Two employees of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have been arrested by DeKalb County Police on charges of child molestation. Thomas Joseph Westerman, 42, and Kimberly Quinlan Lindsey, 44, were both charged with two counts of chil...

Avondale charter school makes best of its location, circumstances

Several weather-beaten trailers sit tucked away behind the Avondale Pattillo United Methodist Church. At first glance, they look like nothing more than places to hold Sunday school or the occasional meeting. However, during the week those trailers ar...