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Local Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority chapters to host presidential debate viewing, forum

The DeKalb County and Stone Mountain-Lithonia chapters of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., will host a live viewing of the second presidential debate of 2012 between President Barack Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney. The event will take plac...

Georgia Tech robbery suspect arrested in DeKalb County

The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office Fugitive Squad arrested 21-year-old Terrance Watley at 5 p.m. Oct. 10 in front of Crestview Apartments at 4946 Snapfinger Woods Drive.  Watley is accused of the armed robbery of a Georgia Tech student in the Nort...

DeKalb commissioner introduces the Exchange Park Intergenerational STEM Center

DeKalb County Commissioner Larry Johnson will celebrate the opening of the new STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) Center in Decatur Oct. 11, from 10-11:15 a.m. The STEM Center features three online components, eight Microsoft pro...

City of Decatur considering several annexations

Residents in the Midway Woods neighborhood, near Memorial Drive and Columbia Drive, are split over a possible annexation into the city of Decatur. The neighborhood is one of several areas along Decatur’s border being considered for annexation. Photo by Andrew Cauthen
In the Midway Woods neighborhood, west of Columbia Drive and on the outskirts of the city of Decatur, an annexation proposal at least four years in the making is pitting neighbor against neighbor. At issue is a request by some residents of the neighb...

Fourth-grader inspired by visit with civil rights icon

Family members Joey Pate, Laurie Culp, Maddy Pate and Haley Pate, met Congressman John Lewis during a recent trip to Washington, DC. Haley Pate said hearing Lewis’ stories of his involvement with the Civil Rights movement changed her life.
Haley Pate, a fourth-grader at 4/5 Academy at Fifth Avenue in Decatur, said when civil rights icon Congressman John Lewis spoke to her third grade class last year it changed her life. “His words were so intriguing,” Pate said. “He had been thro...

Softball: Dunwoody wins region, advances to state playoffs with five other DeKalb schools

Dunwoody’s Stacey Ward hits a single during the first game of the regional finals against Miller Grove. Photo by Carla Parker
The Dunwoody Lady Wildcats softball team is region champion after beating Miller Grove in two games in the Region 6 AAAAA softball tournament on Oct. 5. Dunwoody, in its fourth consecutive playoff appearance, defeated the Miller Grove Lady Wolverines...

Accused Starlight Six shooter pleads 'not guilty'

Quentric Williams, 32, pleaded not guilty Oct. 8 to charges that he allegedly murdered a man at the Starlight Six Drive-In off Moreland Avenue earlier this year. Williams’ charges include one count of malice murder, two counts of felony murder, one...

Sneiderman pleads 'not guilty'

Andrea Sneiderman, pleaded not guilty Oct. 8 to charges that said she conspired with her former boss to murder her husband Rusty Sneiderman in 2010. Sneiderman was arrested Aug. 2 and charged with criminal attempt to commit murder, malice murder, ins...

DeKalb County Schools to implement balanced calendar this fall

The DeKalb County School District (DCSD) will switch to a balanced attendance calendar this fall even though surveys show a majority of parents are against the change. The DeKalb County School Board voted Oct. 8 to move to a balanced school calendar,...

Brookhaven commission moves toward cityhood

by Alice Murray   In the soon-to-be city of Brookhaven, volunteer committees are shaping the form of services and facilities likely to meet the needs of residents for years to come. Even before the Nov. 6 election of a mayor and council members and ...