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Lithonia man to be arraigned in stabbing incident

A Lithonia man accused in the stabbing deaths of three relatives is scheduled to be arraigned Friday, Feb 3, at 9 a.m. in Judge Tangela Barrie’s courtroom. Eugene Quatron McCoy, 21, was charged in April 2011 with three counts of murder and on...

Crime report, Jan. 30 (updated)

Stone Mountain suspect held in police officer’s death Police have charged 22-year-old Chasity Nicole Jones of Stone Mountain with first-degree homicide by vehicle, drunken driving and failure to yield to a person directing traffic in connectio...

Assisted living home director helps residents live rich, full lives

Yonnie Stevens, who recently was named director of Plantation South of Dunwoody, an assisted living and memory care home, said she has a heart for older people that began with visits with her grandfather when she was growing up. “He was nearly 100 ...

DeKalb History Center to honor community champions

The honorees from 2011 were Arthur Anderson, Ray Jones, Jim Gray and Rev. Thomas Bristow.
The DeKalb History Center will host its fifth annual Black History Month Celebration by honoring five DeKalb County leaders—Sheriff-Elect Derwin Brown, Dr. William C. Brown, John Evans, William “Buck” Godfrey and Gregory B. Levett Sr. Derwin Br...

No fish means no help for ‘exquisite’ creek

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is studying ways to keep stormwater from damaging the habitats of local waterways such as Indian Creek. Photo by Andrew Cauthen
The water quality of DeKalb County’s Intrenchment Creek is so bad that federal engineers won’t try to fix the habitat there. That’s what a representative from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said on Jan. 19 during a presentation of ways to pro...

Fighting the bulge of our portly pets

Today’s expanding waistlines are not limited to people. Many pets are also packing on the pounds. According to a recent survey reported on petMD.com, more than 50 percent of America’s pet population is either overweight or obese.   The study, c...