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Brookhaven prepares for runoff election

Newly-formed Brookhaven’s recent election yielded only one clear winner for a city council post. Real estate broker and businessman Jim Eyre will represent residents in council District 2. Residents will vote for the rest of Brookhaven’s city off...

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...

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...

Voters support Brookhaven cityhood

Asha Johannaber and Mary Ellen Layden stand off Peachtree Road and show their support, and opposition, for the Brookhaven cityhood. Photo by John Hewitt
DeKalb County voters said “Yes” to the proposed city of Brookhaven at the polls July 31. In what appeared to be a close race, by press time 75 percent of polls reporting showed 55.61 percent of voters in favor of Brookhaven and 44.39 percent agai...

A penny saved: Transportation tax fails

DeKalb residents and others in the metro Atlanta area voted to save their pennies instead of paying a one-cent sales tax for transportation. At stake in the vote was $6.14 billion of regional transportation projects selected by the Atlanta Regional R...

Forum features county candidates

Jerome Edmondson, one of three candidates for DeKalb County CEO, was the only CEO candidate who participated in a question-and-answer session during a July 12 forum. Edmonson brought a manipulated photo of current CEO Burrell Ellis in a soapbox car, as he criticized a project touted by Ellis. Photo by Andrew Cauthen
Of the three candidates running for DeKalb County chief executive officer, Jerome Edmondson was alone onstage during a July 12 question-and-answer forum. CEO candidate Gregory Adams, who is the pastor of True Church of God in Christ in Austell, was a...

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...

News update, June 29

Domestic dispute leads to shooting by officer A man was shot June 28 by a DeKalb County Police officer responding to a domestic dispute at an apartment complex. Police spokeswoman Mekka Parish said officers responded to a call at approximat...

News update, June 7

Suspicious person alert The DeKalb County Police Department has issued an alert for a suspicious person after a 5-year-old girl said a stranger attempted to entice her. Police said June 5, at approximately 4 p.m., a child was walking near her home by...

Candidates qualify for July primaries

As candidates were qualifying for the July 31 Democratic and Republican primaries, one state representative announced that she would not run against her friend. “Our districts were combined during redistricting to the dismay of both of us,” said ...

Commissioner candidates present platforms

Commissioner Lee May and commissioner candidates Andre White and Ken Samuel face off during a political forum sponsored by the South DeKalb Business Association. The upcoming transportation tax referendum was a major topic of discussion during the forum. Photo by Andrew Cauthen
Economic development and the region’s upcoming transportation referendum kept popping up as DeKalb candidates faced off during a recent political forum. The forum, sponsored by the South DeKalb Business Association, gave candidates from various rac...

News update, May 17

Drive-in shooter caught Quentric Williams, 32, was arrested in Gwinnett May 16 and charged with allegedly murdering Mitt Lenix at the Starlight Drive-In May 15. Williams was arrested at the Sun Suites on Club Drive at approximately 5:40 p.m. Police s...

DeKalb voters support Sunday alcohol sales, Romney

DeKalb County residents showed their support March 6 for a referendum to allow Sunday retail alcohol sales between the hours of 12:30-11:30 p.m. in unincorporated DeKalb. The referendum passed with 44,563 (73.4 percent) voting for it and 16,116 ...

News update, March 6

Presidential preference primary, special election today The presidential preference primary is today, and for DeKalb County residents, the question of Sunday alcohol sales is on the ballot. There also is an election for a seat on the Doraville C...

Upcoming election for Doraville council seat, DeKalb Sunday sales referendum

The city of Doraville is holding a special election on March 6 to fill a District One city council seat vacated by Mayor Donna Pittman last year. Councilwoman Pam Fleming currently holds one of the two seats and vying for the other are Stuart Anderso...

Commissioners pass budget with reservations

DeKalb County’s 2012 budget is set at $559 million and does not require a tax increase, but commissioners on both sides of the 4-3 vote have problems with it. The final budget, passed on Feb. 28, restores some funds cut by DeKalb CEO Burrell Ellis ...

News update, Feb. 28

Kendrick named secretary of DeKalb House delegation Following the announcement that State Rep. Stephanie Stuckey Benfield will not seek re-election, Howard Mosby, chairman of the DeKalb House delegation, appointed Dar’shun N. Kendrick to repla...

Commissioner questions DCTV schedule

Use of DeKalb County’s cable television station is the latest skirmish between county commissioners and the chief executive officer’s administration. “The origin of [DeKalb County Television] was to show DeKalb County citizens the ongoings of d...

News update, Feb. 22

Stuckey Benfield joins GreenLaw; will not seek-re-election State Rep. Stephanie Stuckey Benfield has announced her plans to become the new executive director of GreenLaw, a Georgia environmental advocacy organization, dedicated to clean air and ...

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