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DCSD bus drivers demand health and retirement benefits

Bus drivers for the DeKalb County School District protested in front of the district’s headquarters and addressed the board Sept. 10. The bus drivers are concerned they’re not being treated as fairly as other employees and want the opportunity to receive health and retirement benefits. Photo by Daniel Beauregard
Bus drivers donned yellow shirts in solidarity and voiced concerns about their treatment at a DeKalb County School Board meeting Sept. 10. Cathy Douglas, a bus driver who works for the DeKalb County School District (DCSD) addressed the board during t...

Ousted Georgia Perimeter president discusses legacy

This article is the first in a series looking into the rise and fall of former Georgia Perimeter College president Anthony Tricoli.   In 2006, Georgia Perimeter College (GPC) boasted 20,000 students, 389 faculty and six campuses. That was before Ant...

Deal appoints commission to facilitate services for Brookhaven

Gov. Nathan Deal has appointed a five-member commission in preparation of the establishment of the city of Brookhaven, which was approved by voters in July. Under legislation passed by the General Assembly, upon voter-approval of the city Deal was ta...

Stone Mountain Walmart expected to open August 2013

Demolition is underway near the corner of Hairston Road and Memorial Drive at the site of DeKalb County’s next Walmart. The department store is expected to open in August 2013.
Construction is under way for the new Walmart in Stone Mountain. The 148,000-square-foot store is being built on a site near the corner of Memorial Drive and Hairston Road where a Subaru dealership once sat.  Workers began construction and demolishi...

CSD considers barring unhealthy foods from menu

  City Schools of Decatur (CSD) is considering slashing some of the less-healthy food items from its menus, said CSD Director of Nutrition Allison Goodman. “The first thing on the list is to remove chocolate milk, and all our email and phones have...

County mourns death of Callanwolde director Samuel Goldman

A memorial service is being held at Thursday, Sept. 13, at 10 a.m. at Callanwolde Fine Arts Center in memory of Samuel Goldman, the center’s longtime executive director, who died unexpectedly at his home on Monday, Sept. 10. The service is open to ...

DeKalb school board draws scrutiny from accrediting agency

The DeKalb County school board has been asked by an accrediting agency to answer allegations that it has mismanaged its financial resources over the past five years. In an Aug. 28 letter addressed to Superintendent Cheryl Atkinson from AdvancED, the ...

Ambulance transport costs increase

An ambulance ride to the hospital just got costlier in DeKalb County. The Board of Commissioners voted Aug. 28 to increase the rates, which had been among the lowest in the metro Atlanta region. The cost of a basic life support transport will increas...

Chamber president weighs in on DeKalb’s job outlook

With the nation having recently celebrated Labor Day 2012 some are cautiously optimistic as America struggles to recover economically. Kathy Mitchell, The Champion’s managing editor, asked Leonardo McClarty, president & CEO of the DeKalb Chambe...

Decatur man has big dreams for Atlanta BBQ Festival

What started out as a fundraiser for a Decatur homeless shelter is now the fourth annual Atlanta BBQ Festival. It began when Anthony Ernst of Stone Mountain held a barbecue cookout to raise money for the Oakhurst Recovery Program, the homeless shelte...

Still plenty outdoor events left to enjoy

Yellow Daisy Festival
Before you get depressed that Labor Day marked the end of summer fun, take heart. There’s still plenty to enjoy as summer slips away and fall makes its debut. And the best part is that one doesn’t have to go far. We’ve rounded up a list of “m...

Eyesore will be razed for greenspace

The vacant Brookside Apartments will soon be demolished to make way for a 7.5-acre community park on North Decatur Road. Photo by Andrew Cauthen
An eyesore on North Decatur Road will soon meet its fate. The county’s Board of Commissioners approved a plan Aug. 14 to demolish Brookside Apartments, an abandoned, derelict complex located on North Decatur Road just outside I-285 with frontage on...

Residents talk of Tucker cityhood, improvement district

With Brookhaven soon to become a city, some DeKalb County residents in the Tucker area said although it wouldn’t benefit from incorporation, it might become a Community Improvement District (CID). President of the Tucker Business Association (TBA) ...

Sexting allegation sidelines coach

A DeKalb County high school football coach has been sidelined after being accused of sexting a parent. Head Coach Michael Carson, of Martin Luther King High School, was suspended Aug. 21 pending the outcome of an ethics investigation into the allegat...

It takes a children’s village to complete a book festival

Terra McVoy, the book festival’s director of programming, at Little Shop of Stories in Decatur shows some of the children’s books featured at this year’s AJC Decatur Book Festival.
From its inception in 2006, the AJC Decatur Book Festival set out to be a festival for everyone, including the very youngest readers. In fact, each festival includes books, authors, activities and a special area designated for young book lovers. “W...

Local nonprofit develops support group for bullying victims

Polina Milter said when she attended Dunwoody High School bullying ranged from name calling to “complete avoidance.” In some cases, Milter said she would walk up to a group of students to try to join their conversation, only to be completely igno...

Pedal power: 41 years and counting

“If we were ripping people off, we wouldn’t have lasted this long,” said Fred Boykin, owner of Bicycle South, which has been in business for 41 years. Photo by Kathy Mitchell
Fred Boykin and Mark Zuckerberg have more than one thing in common. Zuckerberg attended Havard. Boykin went to the “Harvard of the South.” Another shared interest: Both presided over successful business startups in college.  Zuckerberg (with a l...

DeKalb teen takes plea, avoids life in prison for shooting cousin

Charlie Oliver, 17, accused of killing his 8-year-old cousin, pleaded guilty to one count of involuntary manslaughter Aug. 28. Oliver agreed to plead guilty and receive a 10-year sentence for fatally shooting Solomon Zellner in the face July 6, 2011;...

Atlanta holds world’s first all-female street artist conference

Murals were painted on buildings all over metro Atlanta, including the Kirkwood community, during the third annual Living Walls Conference. Twenty-six female artists from around the world came to metro Atlanta Aug. 15-19 for the painting event. Photo by Daniel Beauregard
Female artists from around the world descended on Atlanta Aug.15-19 for the third annual Living Walls Conference. This year’s conference featured 26 artists from places around the world, including Zurich and Spain as well as metro Atlanta. The conf...

Noncustodial mother jailed, missing children not returned

Melisa Ivey, a noncustodial mother accused of keeping her four children past the court-ordered visitation period, was arrested after a warrant hearing. The children have not been returned to the father yet. [Inset] Micah Parker still has a text message from Melisa Ivey, his ex-wife, that he received the night his four children were taken by their noncustodial mother in June. Photos by Andrew Cauthen
A woman accused of taking her four children from their custodial father in violation of a court order is in jail. Melisa Ivey, of Carrollton, Texas, appeared before DeKalb County Magistrate Judge Tracy Dorfman Aug. 16 for a warrant application hearin...

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