Haiti remains ravaged by infrastructural damage, poor communications, petty corruption and impassible roads, making relief efforts continuously difficult in some areas, according to a local man who was part of a recent four-crew relief mission to the...

DeKalb County Sheriff Thomas Brown said his department will run out of overtime money this summer after the board of commissioners cut his budget next year by $900,000 – a reduction that led to his threatening commissioners with a lawsuit. But, now...

The DeKalb County Board of Education could vote to reduce the number of members from nine to seven this month – an issue that intensified racial divisions among board members at a recent meeting. The board voted unanimously March 8 to hold a meetin...

The trend of mixed-use development has taken shape throughout the metro area in recent years. Stemming from an alternative to decades of homogenous development, the “live, work and play” concept is now embraced by some suburban communities seekin...

DeKalb County schools chief Crawford Lewis temporarily stepped down from his job last month after local law enforcement officials raided his home and district offices – the most recent development in a months-long investigation into the district�...

For several weeks, local officials had been telling residents to attend a series of meetings across the county with Federal Aviation Administration officials over the last month. They said proposed changes to airspace over north DeKalb County would i...

There are things that residents can do to impact crime in DeKalb County, and workshops on the Crime Prevention Tour offer a wide variety of crime-prevention ideas. Sponsored by the DeKalb County District Attorney’s Office and DeKalb County Solicit...

When Pat Patterson writes his memoirs, he wants to call it The World Went Digital and I Went Along for the Ride. The ride for Patterson got a little faster a month ago when the author and his Promagic Digital Media publishing company was signed to a ...

The contract found its way to Tricia DeWitt’s hands shortly before Christmas. It was an astonishing contract – a legal formality to seal DeWitt’s acceptance of a $1 million check on behalf of Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic School in Atlanta....

DeKalb County schools chief Crawford Lewis temporarily stepped down from his job Feb. 25 after local law enforcement officials raided his home and district offices – the most recent development in a months-long investigation into the district’s c...