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DeKalb County Recreation, Parks & Cultural Affairs to Host Field of Screams

DECATUR – DeKalb County CEO Burrell Ellis announces Field of Screams will be held on Wednesday, Oct. 31 and Thursday, Nov. 1, 6 – 10 p.m. at Wonderland Gardens, located at 3171 Rainbow Drive, Decatur, GA 30034. Field of Screams is a free, family-...

DeKalb County Board of Registration & Elections Reminds Voters of Important Election Information

DECATUR – The DeKalb County Board of Registration & Elections reminds voters that the cutoff date to register or change your address and be eligible to vote in the Nov. 6 General Election is Tuesday, Oct. 9.  Applications can be accessed onlin...

Recycling now free in DeKalb County

Recycling is now free in DeKalb County thanks to a unanimous Sept. 25 vote by the county’s Board of Commissioners. Commissioners approved the plan to drop the $30 recycling registration fee, hoping that more residents would join the program. “Thi...

St. Pius X blanks Lovett in battle of Lions

St. Pius’ Jack Pelt (22) tries to evade Lovett’s Jack McGranahan (8) in the battle of the two state-ranked Lions Sept. 21. St. Pius won the matchup 24-0. Photo by David DiCristina
by Wade Marbaugh In a showdown between state-ranked high school teams, the St. Pius X Golden Lions proved more golden than the Lovett Lions. Ryan Braswell scored two touchdowns and Jack Spear and Thomas O’Leary added six points apiece as the St. Pi...

DeKalb County to honor 2012 Olympians Sept. 20

DeKalb County will hold a special “Olympic Tribute & Celebration” honoring DeKalb’s two Olympic medalists, DeeDee Trotter and Angelo Taylor. The tribute is scheduled for 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 20, on the Square in Decatur, located at 101 Ea...

Stone Mountain Walmart expected to open August 2013

Demolition is underway near the corner of Hairston Road and Memorial Drive at the site of DeKalb County’s next Walmart. The department store is expected to open in August 2013.
Construction is under way for the new Walmart in Stone Mountain. The 148,000-square-foot store is being built on a site near the corner of Memorial Drive and Hairston Road where a Subaru dealership once sat.  Workers began construction and demolishi...

MLK Lions shut out Southwest DeKalb Panthers in rival game

MLK’s Jaquise Williams runs past a SW DeKalb defender. Photo by Travis Hudgons
The Martin Luther King Lions earned bragging rights Sept. 8 after defeating neighborhood rival Southwest DeKalb Panthers. The No. 4 Lions shut out the Panthers 18-0 in front of a packed Hallford Stadium. M.L. King head coach Rober Freeman said beatin...

County mourns death of Callanwolde director Samuel Goldman

A memorial service is being held at Thursday, Sept. 13, at 10 a.m. at Callanwolde Fine Arts Center in memory of Samuel Goldman, the center’s longtime executive director, who died unexpectedly at his home on Monday, Sept. 10. The service is open to ...

Chamber president weighs in on DeKalb’s job outlook

With the nation having recently celebrated Labor Day 2012 some are cautiously optimistic as America struggles to recover economically. Kathy Mitchell, The Champion’s managing editor, asked Leonardo McClarty, president & CEO of the DeKalb Chambe...

DeKalb teen takes plea, avoids life in prison for shooting cousin

Charlie Oliver, 17, accused of killing his 8-year-old cousin, pleaded guilty to one count of involuntary manslaughter Aug. 28. Oliver agreed to plead guilty and receive a 10-year sentence for fatally shooting Solomon Zellner in the face July 6, 2011;...