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Pocket knife stabbing suspect arrested

Members of the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office fugitive squad arrested Larry Danell Hull July 10 at a Metro PCS Store in Covington.  Hull is accused of stabbing Yolanda Williams twice in the chest with a pocket knife during a doctor’s office...

Man convicted of murdering wife and children appeals death sentences

The Georgia Supreme Court heard arguments July 9 for a motion to appeal three death sentences given to Clayton Ellington, who was convicted of murdering his wife and their 2-year-old twin sons in 2006. In 2008 a jury found Ellington guilty of the thr...

Champion wins top award again

The Champion Newspaper has won first place in general excellence for the fourth consecutive year and took home eight other first-place awards in its category at the Georgia Press Association Better Newspapers awards banquet. The event was held July 7...

County holds tax millage to 2011 level

DeKalb County will hold the line on its tax millage rate, but commissioners say there is work to be done. For unincorporated areas of the county, the millage rate will stay at 21.21 mills, after a 4-2 vote by the county’s Board of Commissioners to ...