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Lakeside student selected as finalist in national German scholarship award

Tori Moore, left, stands with her German teacher Jennifer Schultz. Recently, Moore was chosen to represent Georgia as a finalist in the American Association of Teachers of German (AATG) Pedagogical Exchange Study Trip. Photo provided
Tori Moore, a junior at Lakeside High School, said her favorite thing about German culture is the food, especially the potatoes. “They have these round potatoes that they cook with gravy and spargel, which is German white asparagus—it’s so good...

Waggoner hired to rebuild football tradition at Decatur

Brad Waggoner. Photo by Robert Naddra
Decatur High School athletic director Carter Wilson, who recently was looking for a new head football coach, found someone with a similar vision for the program. Brad Waggoner replaces Price Jones, who stepped down at the end of last season. Jones wa...

Man sentencted on animal cruelty charge

Aaron Laws of Atlanta was sentenced March 23 by State Court Judge Alvin Wong to one year in prison on two counts of animal cruelty. Laws was found guilty of locking his female pit bull in a closet and leaving her there to die, according to the solici...

News update, March 26

Man arrested after allegedly beating officer A DeKalb County Police officer was beaten when she responded to a call about a suspicious person on March 23. The officer, whose name has not been released, went to 1209 Columbia Drive at approximatel...

Upcoming county track meet features some of state's best

The 2012 DeKalb County Track and Field Championships set for Saturday and Monday at Panthersville Stadium will showcase some of the best athletes in the state and also the nation according to times reported on GA.milesplit.com Twenty-one athlete...

Obama executive optimistic about GM plant

A meeting with an executive in President Barack Obama’s administration left leaders in DeKalb County optimistic about the development potential of the closed General Motors plant in Doraville. “There are very credible players here who have not on...

Chamblee uses streetscape project to make city more pedestrian friendly

The City of Chamblee is about to embark on a streetscape project that is estimated to cost approximately $250,000. City officials hope to construct a 6-foot-wide sidewalk, as well as a 2-foot-wide section of paved brick, along Peachtree Road. The new...

Museum School in Avondale gets ready to move

The darkened halls of Forrest Hills Elementary, which closed three years ago, will soon be filled again with the sounds of children rushing back and forth to class, or to the field for recess. Last year, The Museum School in Avondale Estates was gran...

Blown glass is one of many artistic finds in Reading, Pa.

Leah Mendenhall, above, works hard to blow air into molten glass with instructor Scott Krenitsky guiding her every move at the GoggleWorks Center for the Arts in Reading, Pa.
William Darras gave his girlfriend a present she couldn’t open, see or experience on Christmas day, but two months later when Leah Mendenhall was taken to the source of her gift she was nonetheless excited. Then she was put to work to create it. Da...

News update, March 23

Prosecutor in solicitor general’s office honored by MADD DeKalb County Assistant Solicitor Teri Walker was recognized March 22 by Mothers Against Drunk Driving for her leadership and dedication to the prosecution of drunken driving. Walke...