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DeKalb CEO, commissioners hold budget meetings

Several public budget town hall meetings and public hearings have been slated around the county to give constituents an opportunity to give input to county commissioners and the chief executive officer on the proposed 2011 budget. The DeKalb Cou...

Tucker’s Cloud pushes toward another state wrestling title

by Bryan Fazio   The saying goes “You can’t win on talent alone.” Even when that talent gives one the athleticism to play two sports and has been passed along through genetics, champions still have to put in a little extra. For Tucker senior C...

Employees removed from DeKalb schools in wake of CRCT cheating scandal

DeKalb County Schools has reassigned 24 employees outside the classroom as a result of an internal investigation into 2009 Criterion-Referenced Competency Test (CRCT) cheating. Potential testing irregularities were found at nine schools, accordi...

Gem of a gym

Displaced by the construction of a new school, the Tucker High School boys and girls basketball programs had not played a home game since the 2007-08 school year. That changed Jan. 20 as the days of playing varsity games at Tucker Middle are over. Hu...

Varsity Basketball Rescheduled Games

Original Day/Date School Opponent Location Make Up Day/Date Time Tue., Jan. 11 Arabia Mountain Cedar Grove Cedar Grove Thur., Feb. 10 5:30/7:00   Avondale X Clarkston Clarkston Thur., Jan. 27 5:30/7:00   Cedar...

Memorial service set for Clarkston mayor

A memorial service for Clarkston mayor Howard Tygrett will be held Saturday, Jan. 22, at the Clarkston International Bible Church, 3895 Church Street in Clarkston. The event will take place at 10 a.m. Tygrett, who also was an assistant manager a...

Georgia’s first all-craft-beer store highlights small breweries

Co-owner Eddie Holley checks out a customer at Ale Yeah! Photos by Ginger Kaderabek
by Ginger Kaderabek A love of craft beer inspired friends to open Georgia’s first all-craft-beer store in Decatur. “We’re beer lovers. We’re excited by today’s beer renaissance and wanted to make a go in the all-craft business,” said co-o...

Local colleges announce King Week programs

Agnes Scott College   Agnes Scott College has announced that it is presenting Martin Luther & Coretta Scott King Jr. Week of Human Rights A Voice for the Voiceless: Untold Stories.   • Jan. 17 - MLK Day of Service with City of Decatur, City o...

UPDATE: Road closings list

Numerous roads, sections of roads or intersections remain closed due to the excessive snow and ice this week. Here are the roads closed as of 8 a.m., Jan. 14, according to DeKalb County spokesman Burke Brennan. All are closed until further not...

County sanitation service resumes Jan. 13

DeKalb County Sanitation will resume residential garbage collection Thursday, Jan. 13, for residences that are on Monday/Thursday curbside service, and on Friday for those residences receiving Tuesday/Friday pickup. Sanitation service will continue S...