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Police break-up 2 major drug pipelines

Suspected cocaine dealers took “a big hit” when police broke up an alleged drug ring in south DeKalb County that resulted in the arrest of 19 people on April 12. “We have completely obliterated two different drug pipelines,” DeKalb County Dis...

Legislature passes police millage bill

DeKalb County property taxpayers will soon be able to see how much they are paying for police services. On the last day of the 2011 legislative session, the Georgia State Senate gave DeKalb County the authority to list the millage rate for basic and ...

DeKalb to take out short-term loan

For the first time in a decade, DeKalb County is borrowing money to fix a cash-flow problem. In a meeting on April 12, the Board of Commissioners agreed to authorize county officials to take out a tax anticipation note of up to $150 million. A tax an...

Alleged church rapist indicted

The bones in her face were broken. She was strangled and raped. And it all happened in a church. Now DeKalb’s district attorney wants to personally ensure that the man accused of the “monstrous” rape of a Stone Mountain church worker pays for t...

Decatur public housing gets upgrade

The first of three phases of construction was completed last month. Photos provided
Everlener Ferrell’s old public housing apartment in Decatur was very small. “When you stepped through the front door, you were halfway through the living room,” said Ferrell, who lives in the Decatur Housing Authority’s Allen Wilson Terrace. ...

Former court clerk has Alzheimer’s, wants job back

Alzheimer’s disease may have been a factor in the unintentional resignation of former DeKalb County Superior Court Clerk Linda Carter, according to her lawyer. The office of Gov. Nathan Deal received a resignation on March 24 purported to be f...

Downgraded credit rating could bring a county tax increase

The DeKalb County government has a credit problem. Standard & Poor’s (S&P) Ratings Services announced on March 28 that it had lowered the county’s general obligation debt from AA- to BBB and its long-term rating on the county’s appropri...

Former court clerk says resignation invalid

DeKalb County Superior Court Clerk Linda Carter, who according to the Governor’s office resigned her position on March 24, wants her job back, claiming she really did not resigned. County officials are in possession of a letter from Carter’s atto...

MARTA wants flexibility in budget

If a one-cent sales tax for regional transportation projects is passed next year, local leaders want to make sure the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) gets its fair share. But state law does not allow the transit system to use its...

Pending commercial traffic upsets residents

Twenty-one years ago, when Helen Young and her husband were looking for a place to retire from their lives in New Jersey, they settled on the Snapfinger Lake subdivision in south DeKalb. “We looked at many, many homes here in Georgia,” Young said...