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Audit states DeKalb Schools has too many central office personnel

  A recent audit of central office positions at the DeKalb County School System found it has approximately 300 jobs too many. School spokesman Walter Woods said it would take the recommendations from Virginia-based Management Advisory Group (MAG) to...

Senior centers could feel grip of county’s 2012 budget

Some DeKalb County seniors say they are victims in the county’s proposed 2012 budget. “It seems as though you’re trying to budget on the backs of seniors just like Republicans,” said Conneva Hall, who complained that the budget contained cuts...

Murder suspect arrested

The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office Fugitive Squad arrested Alandis Jackson, 21, Jan. 23 at approximately 11:23 p.m. and charged him with the murder of Steven Lewis Jackson. The suspect was taken into custody at 1364 Almont Drive, Atlanta. Jack...

Business concept combines passion for history with principles of leadership

Decatur-based entrepreneur Matt Spaulding is combining two of his passions into a creative approach for business development. Spaulding, president of Spaulding Communications, a strategic communications consulting firm in Decatur, is also a regional ...

Decatur school tries new take on parent/teacher conference

One Decatur school is implementing a pilot program to build student confidence by letting them become head of the class for a while. Oakhurst Elementary is an expeditionary learning school that integrates multiple subject areas to allow students to i...

News update, Jan. 24

Court upholds two life sentences for DeKalb man The Supreme Court of Georgia announced Jan. 23 that it has unanimously upheld the murder convictions and consecutive life sentences given to a DeKalb County man in the disappearance and murders of ...

Stone Mountain shelter provides haven to runaway and throwaway youth

What image comes to mind when one thinks of the homeless? Typically, that image is a man wearing rags, unshaven and sleeping on a cardboard box on a city sidewalk. Sometimes that image is a woman carrying her possessions in shopping bags, wandering t...

News update, Jan. 23

The DeKalb County Police Department is investigating a shooting that happened on Jan. 20, 7:45 p.m., at 4844 Martin Crossing Road.  According to police, two men were involved in an argument after the suspect was put out of the house. The suspect the...

Bermuda: There’s a lot more than pink beaches to love about Britain’s oldest overseas territory

Among the misconceptions that many Americans have about Bermuda is that it’s a tropical island; some think it’s part of the Caribbean. Actually, the island grouping known as Bermuda is due east of North Carolina—much north of the Caribbean—an...

Fresh start: Redan girls’ growing up quickly with underclassmen

The last six players on Redan’s 2009 girls’ Class AAAAA state basketball championship team graduated in May. That group of state champions included eight players who signed college basketball scholarships. It also was responsible for a 58-game wi...