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Decatur children’s home sets aside land for community garden

A new community garden on the campus of the United Methodist Children’s Home in Decatur will be “cultivated by culturally diverse community producers from our local refugee communities,” said Susan Pavlin, director of Global Growers Network. Photo by Andrew Cauthen
A brief rain shower did not stop 50 people who gathered on March 14 to mark the start of a community garden in Decatur for low-income and refugee DeKalb residents. “It’s appropriate that it rained today,” said Decatur Mayor Bill Floyd, during t...

Advocates voice concerns about DSCD’s projected SPLOST shortfall

Marshall Orson, co-president of the Emory LaVista Parent Council, said he believes a combination of factors led to the DeKalb County School District’s (DCSD) projected shortfall of nearly $40 million for construction projects paid for by the Specia...

Park’s problem pipe patched

Visitors to the Jennie Kirkpatrick Ashford Memorial Park can use the park’s restrooms after workers fixed a problem pipe on March 17. Jim Eyre, vice president of the Ashford Park Civic Association, told the Board of Commissioners about the problem ...

All-American fun: Rivals for four years, Parker and Goodwin now teammates on national stage

Tony Parker of Miller Grove, left, and William Goodwin of Southwest DeKalb will play in the national McDonald’s all-American game on March 28, to be televised on ESPN. Photo by Robert Naddra
For more than 30 minutes, they posed for photos with each other, and with family members, teammates, coaches, school principals and Van Jakes, a former NFL player who is a McDonald’s owner/operator in DeKalb County. They had done several interviews...

News Update, March 22

Clarkston resident sentenced for child porn Joseph Butler, 66, of Clarkston was sentenced this week for his involvement in the child pornography trade. Butler, an employee at the U.S. Department of Education, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for c...

Three indicted for allegedly running illegal gambling operation in Doraville

DeKalb County and Georgia Bureau of Investigation officials raid Big Dawg Gambling in Doraville. Big Dawg owner James Kokott and two of his employees were indicted for operating illegal gambling businesses at seven locations around the state. Photo by Daniel Beauregard
A business owner and two employees were indicted March 13 for allegedly running a multi-million-dollar, illegal gambling operation at seven locations throughout the state, including one in Doraville. Big Dawg Calling Cards was owned and operated by J...

Animal task force releases report, CEO takes action

Dirty. Malodorous. Wet. Dark. That’s how a recent report described the DeKalb Animal Services and Enforcement (DASE) center, located behind the county jail and adjacent to the county incinerator. In its report, the county’s animal control task fo...

DeKalb School District appears to be $4.8 million over on charter school budget

DeKalb County School Superintendent Cheryl Atkinson told school board members at a recent meeting that the district only “looked like” it was $4.8 million over its budget for charter schools. Atkinson explained that it appeared the district was o...

DeKalb High School Sports Highlights

BASEBALL   Southwest DeKalb: The Panthers won three games March 14-17 to even their record at 6-6. Kevin Wimbish had three hits and five RBIs, and was the winning pitcher in a 14-1 win over Mays. He struck out six and allowed three hits in five inni...

Crime update, March 21

Georgia Supreme Court upholds murder conviction The Georgia Supreme Court on March 19 upheld the murder conviction of a Lithonia man who was found guilty of murdering his roommate. Renato Adel was indicted in August 2007 of killing his room...