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News update, June 6

Students stabbed at Columbia High School Three students were arrested in connection with a stabbing at Columbia High School June 5, according to a DeKalb County School District spokesman. The incident happened in the parking lot of the scho...

Commissioners question work at unapproved derby park

Acres of land in unincorporated Lithonia are being cleared for a project that DeKalb County commissioners have yet to vote on. The Board of Commissioners wants to know what’s going on at the site of a proposed $1 million soap box derby facility. In...

School board proposes more than $75 million in budget cuts

The DeKalb County School Board has agreed on a list of tentative budget cuts to make up for a nearly $73 million deficit expected next year. The deficit is due to declining property values resulting in lower taxes collected and increased health care,...

Dunwoody attorney agrees to severance rather than being fired

The Dunwoody City Council voted May 29 to approve a settlement agreement rather than fire City Attorney Brian Anderson for allegedly leaking details from an executive session to the media. Anderson, who was on paid suspension pending the outcome of t...

Derby dreams realized: Participants qualify for national soap box derby

A driver in the Super Stock class prepares for the trip down the 900-foot track during the Soap Box Derby races in Dunwoody on June 2. Photo by Robert Naddra
The back parking lot of Atlanta First Baptist Church in Dunwoody hardly looks like a place where soap box derby dreams are made. But six young drivers June 2 conquered the 900-foot downhill track in a qualifying event and will participate in the All-...