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News update, March 14

Training set for Interactive Defense website The Clarkston Police Department on Thursday, March 15, will hold a training session for residents interested in learning more about the Interactive Defense website. Residents are encouraged to bring ...

Accused Dunwoody killer’s fate in hands of jury

Testimony is over in the trial of accused killer Hemy Neuman and now it is up to jurors to decide whether he was insane at the time of the crime. Neuman is on trial for the November 2010 killing outside Dunwoody Prep daycare center of Russell Sneider...

School board defers vote to cover projected shortfall

DeKalb County School Board members deferred a vote on March 12 to cover a projected shortfall of nearly $40 million on SPLOST II and III projects. Rather than vote on a proposed corrective action plan, board members voted unanimously to accept a subs...

DeKalb’s CEO vetoes auditors’ transfer to commissioners’ control

A plan to move county auditors from the finance department to under the control of the Board of Commissioners has been rejected by DeKalb County CEO Burrell Ellis. In a letter to commissioners at the end of the business day on March 9, Ellis vetoed t...

Proposed composting facility gives in to community resistance

After persistent opposition from Lithonia residents, a proposed composting company has decided not to open a plant there. The decision comes approximately a week after the DeKalb County Planning Commission decided on March 6 to defer voting on Greenc...