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Stone Mountain barbershop quartets bring music and fun to Valentine’s Day

Jaynette Atkinson is surprised by a quartet made up of, from left, Mark Hyde, Bill Banks, Earl Volpert and Mike Walsh. Photo provided
Romantics who would like to serenade their sweethearts for Valentine’s Day don’t need a balcony, a guitar or even a singing voice. For $50, Stone Mountain Barbershop Chorus will send a quartet to sing two love songs and present a personalized Val...

DeKalb High School Sports Highlights

Two of the state's top players, Tony Parker of Miller Grove, left photo, and William Goodwin of Southwest DeKalb each made their presence known with a slam dunk in the Wolverines' 59-53 win on Feb. 3. Photos by Travis Hudgons
BOYS BASKETBALL   Miller Grove: Tony Parker had 20 points and 20 rebounds in a 59-53 win over Southwest DeKalb on Feb. 3 as the Wolverines (13-6, 12-1 Region 6-AAAA, Division B) maintain a one-game lead over the Panthers in the sub-region. Justin Co...

As deadline approaches, reapportionment committees continue to seek input

DeKalb County Commissioners Larry Johnson, at microphone, and Jeff Rader, holding map, show a map with proposed districting changes that have been discussed at several town hall meetings.
There were maps labeled “DeKalb Proposed Commission Districts” available on a table in the back of the Maloof Auditorium before a DeKalb County Commission and school board reapportionment public hearing the evening of Jan. 31. During the meeting...

Audit: Some DeKalb Schools salaries inflated

A recent central office audit found, when compared to similar systems, the DeKalb County School System has some positions paying “substantially” above market and called for a unified salary schedule for all employees. The audit was the first par...

DA, solicitor warn commissioners about effect of possible budget cuts

DeKalb District Attorney Robert James told county commissioners on Feb. 2 that his proposed 2012 budget is “unacceptable.” “Frankly, I’m struggling to understand why it looks the way it looks,” James said. “It’s completely unacceptable ...

News update, Feb. 9

Mobile career center launches today DeKalb’s County’s first mobile career center, known as the “jobs bus,” will be stationed at various locations throughout the county. The unit will support the ONE DeKalb Works initiative by providing w...