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News update, April 23

DeKalb Schools discovers non-workers on payroll            An audit of employees by the DeKalb County School District has found $47,500 in payroll discrepancies, according to a press release from the district. The employee verifi...

New charter school slated to open in south DeKalb

Lillian Ryan, a board member at the DeKalb Preparatory Academy, said it is a tremendous gift that the DeKalb County School District (DCSD) is allowing DeKalb Prep to use the old Glen Haven Elementary building. Glen Haven, closed last year under then-...

Cake Café owner make desserts her grandmother’s way

Ardra Tippett says all her desserts are made fresh and from scratch. Photo by Kathy Mitchell
The bright gold painted converted residence on Candler Road that houses Cake Café almost looks like a confection itself. Inside a busy staff churns out the types of made-from-scratch goodies that make Southerners eager to get to the dining table, in...

Shooting stars: Top seniors clash in all-star basketball classic

Many of the top seniors from DeKalb County will come together one final time in the third annual DeKalb County Basketball All-Star Classic on Tuesday, April 24 at Miller Grove High School. The girls’ game is set for a 6 p.m. start with the boys to ...

Memorial service for crime victims planned

Sunday memorial service kicks off National Crime Victims’ Rights Week An annual memorial service to commemorate Crime Victims’ Rights Week will be held Sunday, April 22, 7-9 p.m. at the First Baptist Church of Decatur, 308 Clairemont Ave....

News update, April 20

Assistant principal under investigation An assistant principal at the DeKalb Elementary School of the Arts is being investigated by the DeKalb County School District’s internal affairs department after allegedly showing an inappropriate photo...

Medlock Park and baseball help bond Decatur community

Thomas Medlock, 87, seated, and his family attended the 50th anniversary of Medlock Park on April 13. Photo by Robert Naddra
Four generations of Medlocks sat a picnic table celebrating the evolution of the park that bears their name. Hundreds of residents joined the Medlocks on April 13 at Medlock Park in Decatur to recognize the 50th anniversary of the park and of the Dru...

State baseball playoff spots up for grabs in final week of season

Marist’s Devin Kalil attempts to turn a double play April 13 during Marist’s 10-0 win over Tucker in a Region 6-AAAA game. Photo by David Sibley
Without the presence of a dominant team in Region 6-AAAA, coaches are finding the battle for the four state playoffs to be more fun this season. Marist, the two-time defending Class AAAA state champion, lost 15 seniors from last year’s team and is ...

Students working to save history in Lithonia cemetery

Arabia Mountain High School students in the Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps spend a day cataloguing tombstones at a Lithonia cemetery. The students are helping to identify veterans buried in the cemetery in time for a citywide Veteran’s Day celebration in November. Photo by Andrew Cauthen
On a chilly morning in Lithonia, 35 high schools students combed an old cemetery looking for war veterans by recording the names on tombstones, many faded and broken. “Because this is an old cemetery and a lot of people don’t visit here anymore, ...

Board of Commissioners’ committees get airtime on a dime, for now

When the DeKalb County Board of Commissioners could not get additional airtime earlier this year on DCTV, the county’s television network, one commissioner took matters into her own hands. And BOCTV, an online site with streaming and on-demand vide...