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Mother, son plead guilty to animal cruelty charges

A Decatur mother and son pleaded guilty April 27 in State Court to five counts of animal cruelty, according to DeKalb County solicitor general spokeswoman Emily Gest. The pleas came after their fox terrier, Blaze, was found severely emaciated wi...

News update, April 30 (UPDATED)

Woman killed, another injured by shooter One woman was killed and another injured in a shooting in south DeKalb County on April 29. Peter McLean, 19, was charged with murder and aggravated assault for a shooting that occurred at approximate...

Three county teams win region track championships

Two defending state champions were among three DeKalb County schools to win region track titles recently. Class AAAA defending girls’ state champion Southwest DeKalb won the Region 6-AAAA championship April 16-18 at Panthersville Stadium, and defen...

News update, April 27

DeKalb County men indicted for pimping, exploiting youth A DeKalb County grand jury on April 26 indicted two DeKalb County men on 18 counts of pimping and exploiting children. John William Anderson and Darryl Bearnard Curry are accused of ...

DCSD recognizes students for obtaining music, academic scholarships

Chamblee students Kevin Fan, from left, Corey Roberts and Mary Lou Ferguson practice in the stairwell before performing at DCSD’s music scholarship ceremony. Photo by Daniel Beauregard
Don Roberts, instrumental music coordinator for the DeKalb County School District (DCSD), said each year students enrolled in the district’s band programs receive just as many college scholarships as do athletes. Roberts said DeKalb music students ...

Emory University to focus on renewing two communities

Since 1975, DeKalb County has used federal funding for various neighborhood projects such as constructing swimming pools, paving streets, home renovation and constructing senior housing, and community and recreation centers. These are great uses of t...

News update, April 26

Off-duty police officer charged with DUI after hitting Greyhound bus An off-duty police officer was allegedly drunk and driving the wrong way down I-85 when he crashed into a Greyhound bus at approximately 5 a.m. April 26, according to police.&#...

‘Pit bull’ may be removed from county ordinance

Pit bulls may no longer be mentioned in DeKalb County’s ordinance if a proposed text amendment passes the Board of Commissioners next month. Marian Eisenberg, zoning administrator, told commissioners April 10 that the intent of the amendment is to ...

Clarkston Ethics Committee investigates complaint against mayor

Clarkston Mayor Emmanuel Ransom was called in front of the city’s ethics committee earlier this month after residents complained he used his influence as mayor to settle a code enforcement dispute. Residents filed the complaint after a WSB-TV repor...

DeKalb commissioners want their own public information officer

DeKalb County’s chief executive officer, district attorney, solicitor general, police department and sheriff’s office all have public information officers. But not the Board of Commissioners. Commissioners want “to be able to give the transpare...