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DeKalb Rape Crisis Center in jeopardy of closing

The DeKalb County Rape Crisis Center will close its door at the end of the year if it does not come up with $80,000 to continue funding services. The Decatur center needs the $80,000 to get through to the end of the year with its services, such as fr...

Residents, teachers, advocates discuss proposed charter amendment

Attendees crowded into the International Community School’s auditorium Oct. 17 to hear from advocates who are for, and against, the charter school amendment on the November election ballot. Photo by Daniel Beauregard
With the November elections several weeks away, one of the major issues residents will be voting on is Amendment 1, which involves the creation of state-funded charter schools. A large group of parents, community members and others gathered at the In...

Trial underway for martial arts instructor accused of raping 9-year-old student

The 9-year-old victim of alleged rapist Adrian Spellen, 29, testified that the defendant raped her multiple times during a summer camp held at his karate studio in Lithonia. Spellen, a 2012 Olympic hopeful, was charged in July with two counts of rape...