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Family of murdered man sues widow

Andrea Sniderman, the widow of Rusty Sneiderman, who was killed outside a Dunwoody day care facility in November 2010, is being sued by her former brother-in-law. Steven Sneiderman, the sole surviving sibling of Rusty Sneiderman, filed the suit on be...

Fallen Doraville officer honored at ceremony

People lined the steps in front of the old courthouse on the Decatur Square on May 23 to honor DeKalb County law enforcement officers who had died in the line of duty. Among those in attendance were the family members of Robert Shane Wilson, who died last year when he was responding to a home invasion call and was killed by an alleged drunken driver traveling the wrong way on I-20. Photo by Daniel Beauregard
Liam Wilson, 9, stood proudly saluting as dozens of friends and family members of deceased law enforcement officers watched as color guards marched slowly by the steps of the old Decatur courthouse. Late last year, Liam lost his father, Doraville Pol...

Tucker company award $7.7 million county watershed contract

A Tucker company has landed a $7.7 million contract for a part of DeKalb County’s watershed capital improvement project. Desmear Systems Inc. of Tucker, was awarded the contract to prepare the site at Snapfinger Advanced Wastewater Treatment Facili...

Commissioners still want their own auditors

Despite a March veto by DeKalb CEO Burrell Ellis, some county commissioners are still trying to find a way to move auditors from the administration to the board. Commissioner Lee May originally proposed moving five auditors from Ellis’ control to t...

County prepping derby land before vote

County workers clear and grade an 11-acre plot in preparation for a proposed soap box derby park that has yet to receive approval by the DeKalb Board of Commissioners. Photo by Andrew Cauthen
County workers are clearing land in south DeKalb for a proposed $1 million soap box derby park that has yet to be approved. Ted Rhinehart, the county’s deputy chief operating officer for infrastructure, said the county is “clearing and prepping t...

Authenticity of animal shelter video questioned

A temporary air conditioning system pipes cool air into DeKalb County’s animal shelter as county officials consider moving the shelter to a larger, modernized facility. Photo by Andrew Cauthen
A video about DeKalb County’s animal shelter is not sitting well with some animal advocates seeking to improve conditions at the shelter. The video, shown during a meeting between CEO Burrell Ellis and animal advocates, portrays the shelter in a be...

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...

Police alarmed by false calls

DeKalb County leaders hope new fines will reduce the number of false alarms the police department responds to each year. In 2009, 95 percent of the alarms responded to by the police department were false alarms, according to county reports. “Many p...

Station put DeKalb on the air

Diamond Miller Lewis, director of the county’s Office of Cable Operations which runs DCTV, coaches Sam Goldman, executive director of Callonwolde Fine Arts Center, during a shooting of a public service announcement. Photo by Andrew Cauthen
Before 2003, the schedule of DeKalb County’s cable television station, DCTV, was filled with reader boards—scrolling text about various county events, announcements and services. “It was a visual repository of written material,” said Burke Br...

Vet invests in future vets

Students in DeKalb County are learning that veterinary science is not about playing with puppies and kittens. “It is sometimes, but most of the time…we do a lot of preventative medication,” said Dr. Paula Murray, a veterinarian at Snapfinger Cr...