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Suburban Plaza Walmart parking plan approved

It was neighbor against neighbor and residents against developers during a Dec. 14 public hearing before a decision was made to give Walmart the parking variance it needed for its proposed Suburban Plaza location. DeKalb County’s Zoning Board ...

DeKalb halts marching band activities, launches full-scale investigation

The DeKalb County School System has suspended all marching band activities after hazing allegations at a Florida university have led the system to launch a full-scale investigation of its own. School system spokesman Walter Woods said on Dec. 14...

State’s Black Democrats fight against redrawn districts

Cracked, stacked and packed. Those are terms used to describe the redrawing of legislative districts to minimize minority voting power. And that’s what minority lawmakers in Georgia say has happened with recently drawn state Senate, state House and...