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Georgia voters pass charter school amendment

Voters around Georgia decided that they want the state government to have a hand in setting up local charter schools. Amendment 1, which asked voters whether they wanted to allow the state the authority to establish special state charter schools, pas...

Brookhaven elections yield few winners

Residents of the new city of Brookhaven may have to wait a little longer to find out who will be leading their city. By press time Nov. 6, the race for mayor of Brookhaven and several city council posts remained neck-and-neck, yielding no clear winne...

DeKalb names interim police chief

Interim Police Chief Lisa Gassner
  One of the four assistant police chiefs of the DeKalb County Police Department has been named its interim head. Lisa A. Gassner, assistant chief over the support services division of the police department, was appointed interim police chief, accor...

DeKalb County's Police Chief Retires

DeKalb County is looking for a new police chief. DeKalb County Police Chief William O’Brien will retire at the end of November, Burke Brennan, the county’s chief communications officer, confirmed Oct. 31. O’Brien made the announcement in August...

North central DeKalb residents considering creating own city

Some residents who live off North Druid Hills Road are considering creating their own city in the north central DeKalb area.
Three months after residents in the Brookhaven area voted to create their own city, some residents in north central DeKalb are wondering whether they should go the same route. Residents in the Druid Hills, Sagamore Hills and North Briarcliff communit...

2013 county departmental budget requests up $44 million

The numbers are in: DeKalb County department heads want $44 million more in 2013 than they received this year. The DeKalb County Board of Commissioners got an early look at the county’s 2013 budget requests Oct. 5. The budget requests from the coun...

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...

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 ...

Clarkston City Council considering reduction in size, mayor’s term

A move maybe afoot in the city of Clarkston to reduce the number of council members and limit the mayor’s term. A proposal was introduced during the Clarkston City Council’s Sept. 4 meeting that, if passed, will ask the DeKalb County delegation t...

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...

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) ...

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;...

City of Stone Mountain being sued for alleged ‘civil rights’ violation

A Decatur attorney has filed a class-action suit against the city of Stone Mountain alleging it illegally used speed detection devices during a period of three months, that resulted in the unlawful arrests. The lawsuit, which is seeking $50 million i...

Sneiderman arrested, indicted as accomplice in husband's murder

Andrea Sneiderman was arrested August 2 and charged as an accomplice in her late husband's murder.
Andrea Sneiderman, the widow of Rusty Sneiderman, who was gunned down in November 2010 by Andrea’s former boss Hemy Neuman, was arrested Aug. 2 and charged as an accomplice in her husband’s murder. Neuman was eventually tried, found guilty and se...

Ellis, planning director named in lawsuit

A lawsuit filed July 3 against three county officials over a land displacement permit calls into question the DeKalb CEO’s hiring of an interim planning director. Bobby Buckler and Anthony McCullar filed the lawsuit “because they won’t let us p...

News update, July 10

Upcoming paving projects in Dunwoody This summer the city of Dunwoody is working on several paving projects including the resurfacing of Ashford Center Parkway, which began July 9.  The reconstruction of Leisure Valley Drive, which began i...

News update, July 9

State Supreme Court rules in 2009 DeKalb hotel robbery lawsuit In a case stemming from a 2009 robbery at a DeKalb hotel, the Georgia Supreme Court has ruled that juries can be apportioned among all the parties at fault, including criminals and a...

Dunwoody councilwoman files ethics complaint

Dunwoody City Councilwoman Adrian Bonser filed an ethics complaint June 21 against Mayor Mike Davis and the rest of the city council, alleging that several meetings held over the past six months were held illegally. Bonser, who is also facing an ethi...

News update, July 3

Law enforcement captures man sought in shooting death The DeKalb Sheriff’s Office Fugitive Squad has captured Marcus D. Ventress, who was sought in connection with the May 26 death of Ryan Guider, 19, whom he allegedly shot several times in t...

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