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News update, May 18

Former police officer pleads guilty to tipping off drug dealers Former Clarkston Police Department reserve officer Gabriel Hoskins, 40, of Atlanta, pleaded guilty May 17 to tipping off two suspected drug dealers on whose home the FBI intended to...

Vet invests in future vets

Students in DeKalb County are learning that veterinary science is not about playing with puppies and kittens. “It is sometimes, but most of the time…we do a lot of preventative medication,” said Dr. Paula Murray, a veterinarian at Snapfinger Cr...

Learning the ABC’s of using a smart phone

They file into the small classroom, fiddling with their pens and pads of paper, and clutching their shiny new handheld devices. Some appear eager, others wary and somewhat perplexed. However, these aren’t your average classroom students. Most are a...

Mall debuts ‘fitting room of the future’

A 10-second body scan inside the booth takes a shopper’s measurements at 20,000 data points.
Shoppers who dislike going to several stores at the mall and trying several sizes before finding a good fit may be pleased to know some malls now have a way to make the process easier. Me-Ality™—Measured Reality, a booth in which a 10-second body...

Neighborhood rebuilds vandalized pool

Recently, the Hearthstone neighborhood pool in Stone Mountain was vandalized and Tidy Cat, a kitty litter company, paid to clean up the pool as part of its PU Patrol program. Photo by Daniel Beauregard
Vernell Kimbrough, a resident of the Hearthstone neighborhood in Stone Mountain, said he thought his community was never going to be able to use its pool again after teenagers vandalized it and burned down the pool house. Several weeks ago, Kimbrough...