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Dunwoody interchange will offer challenge to drivers

It’s a new traffic interchange that comes with its own slogan: “Arrive. Crossover. Drive.” Drivers will be driving on left side of the road on Georgia’s first Diverging Diamond Interchange (DDI) that is being constructed at I-285 and Ashford ...

Owner of dogs that attacked Lithonia girl wants out of jail early

DeKalb Solicitor General Sherry Boston said the 16-month sentence of the owner of two pit bulls that attacked a girl in 2010 was “more than fair.” The girl’s father, Tommie Ingram, said he wants the dogs’ owner to serve more than the judge ordered. Photo by Andrew Cauthen
A Lithonia woman convicted after her dogs attacked an 8-year-old girl in 2010 wants to get out of jail after four months. An attorney for Twyann Vaughn said her client wants to be released because of “some things that have come up in her life.” V...

County property appraisals drop 6 percent for 2012

DeKalb County home appraisals dropped 6 percent lower than last year’s home values and county leaders see that as positive. The county’s board of assessors voted May 3 on a tax digest that drops an average of 6 percent for properties in DeKalb ci...

Wade Walker YMCA on schedule for September opening

A $17.1 million YMCA at Wade Walker Park in Stone Mountain is expected to be open this fall. Photo by Andrew Cauthen
DeKalb County’s newest YMCA recreation center is on schedule to open in early September. The $17.1 million construction project is set to be completed in early July and turned over to the YMCA in August, said Roy Wilson, director of the county’s ...

Three police officers accused of beating juveniles

A DeKalb County Police sergeant and two officers were indicted May 10 for allegedly beating suspects. DeKalb County District Attorney Robert James said the officers had “a pattern of conduct…that was being directed by a sergeant to junior of...

Transportation tax: A regional road to growth?

DeKalb County and state leaders at a transportation tax forum May 3 said a proposed one-cent sales tax is the region’s best shot for expanding its transit system. “We all must go out to vote for this wonderful project that has regional cooperatio...

DeKalb CEO vetoes $75,000 for commissioners’ proposed communications specialist

After overriding a veto by DeKalb CEO Burrell Ellis, the Board of Commissioners has set in motion plans to move $75,000 from his budget to fund a public information officer position for the board. But commissioners are leaving the door open for some ...

Occupy Atlanta fails to prevent south DeKalb eviction

Christine Frazer, sitting left, and her mother Daisy Fields were evicted May 2 from their home of 18 years by a team of DeKalb County deputies. Frazer, who lost her home to foreclosure, has a pending lawsuit against the lender.
Christine Frazer sat in a dining room chair in her driveway with a lifetime of belongings strewn across the yard of the south DeKalb home where she has lived for the past 18 years. Frazer, 62, fought back tears as she watched family members and activ...

Owner of dogs that attacked Lithonia girl wants out of jail early

by Andrew Cauthen andrew@dekalbchamp.com   A Lithonia woman convicted after her dogs attacked an 8-year-old girl in 2010 wants to get out of jail after four months. An attorney for Twyann Vaughn said her client wants to be released because of “som...

Group supports those who support foster children

In the 22 years that psychologist Merrill White has been a foster parent, she has had 91 children in her home. She has also suffered some broken bones. “Many times we are assaulted in our own homes by the children that we are sworn to protect,” s...