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Water, sewer rates to increase by 11 percent in 2012

After being warned for a year, county residents will see their water bills go up effective Jan. 1. DeKalb County’s water and sewer rates will increase by 11 percent to help finance more than $1 billion dollars in improvements to the county’s wate...

Crime roundup, Dec. 27

Dunwoody man shot at apartment complex A Dunwoody man was shot and killed Dec. 26 at the Pointe at Perimeter Apartments at 100 Ashford Gables Drive. Ivan Perez, 32, was shot outside of one of the apartment buildings and was later transporte...

St. Pius student keeps head in the clouds

St. Pius High School senior Colin Martin stands beside the plane he did his first solo flight in. Martin began flying when he was 13 and paid his entire way through flight school by working odd jobs.
When he was a child, Colin Martin’s mother Mary Pat took him to play on the playground at DeKalb-Peachtree Airport (PDK). Now, she gives a friendly warning to the parents there. “You better watch out,” Mary Pat said. “I used to bring him here...

DeKalb High School Sports Highlights

M.L. King’s Amber Mendes (3), top photo, drives for a layup against Shiloh while teammates Dominique Moulton (25) and Latravia Lee try to block a shot. Photo by Travis Hudgons
BOYS BASKETBALL   Miller Grove: The Wolverines won two games before heading to Fort Myers, Fla., for the City of Palms tournament on Dec. 16-21. Justin Colvin and Tony Parker each scored 16 points, and Tony Evans added 11 in a 67-34 win over Douglas...

Child’s remains still unidentified after 12 years

Clothing and skeletal remains are all that exist from ‘Dennis,’ a boy who has been unidentified since being found near a cemetery in 1999. Investigators say it is highly unusual for a child to remain unidentified for so long and hope a recently released FBI rendering will lead to his identification. Photo by Andrew Cauthen
They call him “Dennis.” That’s not really his name, but investigators with DeKalb County’s Medical Examiners’ office say every child deserves a name. “[We] couldn’t stand to call him ‘the kid’ or ‘Johnny Doe,’” said forensic i...

Police arrest suspect charged with alleged killing of Avondale football player

Florida police have arrested a man accused of killing former Avondale High School football player Matthew Hardeman. Verlaine LaGuerre, 20, was arrested on Dec. 13 in Hallandale, Fla., north of Miami, and brought back to Atlanta. LaGuerre is being hel...

Suspect’s fractured jaw leads to county lawsuit

A Lithonia man, arrested last year on a drug possession charge, is suing DeKalb County after receiving a fractured jaw in a police car accident. But a judge’s ruling last week would keep key evidence from a jury. On May 15, 2010, DeKalb County Poli...

Decatur man found guilty of stealing neighbor's dog

DeKalb County Solicitor General Sherry Boston announced that a guilty verdict was returned Dec. 19 in a theft case against James Jeffrey Berryhill of Decatur, who had been charged with theft of lost property for refusing to return a shih tzu named Ch...

DeKalb County physician indicted for Medicaid fraud

Dr. Tyrone Malloy
A DeKalb County physician has been indicted on grounds he and his former office manager, fraudulently used Medicaid payments to pay for abortions. Dr. Tyrone Malloy and CathyAnn Warner were indicted by a DeKalb County grand jury on Dec. 8, on two cou...

Area basketball players treated at Maya Moore camp

Maya Moore is the hottest commodity in women’s professional basketball, but she hasn’t forgotten her roots. Moore, who attended Collins Hill High School in Gwinnett County but played AAU basketball in south DeKalb, set records at the Univers...