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Homeless man killed in Chamblee

A homeless Hispanic man was allegedly shot to death in Chamblee after an argument on June 22, as he sat in front of a closed business on Chamblee Dunwoody Road early Wednesday morning. According to Chamblee Police Chief Marc Johnson, Chamblee 91...

Time running out for DeKalb superintendent search

A leak to the press has once again shown that in-fighting on The DeKalb County School Board is making it difficult for members to agree on hiring a new superintendent by its self-imposed deadline of July 1. This past week an unidentified board member...

Police searching for carjacking suspect in lake

Authorities are searching a lake in a south DeKalb subdivision after a carjacking suspect was chased there by police, crashed into a tree and jumped into the water. Early in the morning fire and rescue crews were on the scene at the Southland su...

DeKalb School Board approves charter funding

The DeKalb County School Board voted on June 13, to allow a waiver for two county charter schools to continue operating another year after a recent state Supreme Court decision left their future uncertain. The waiver allows both the Peachtree Hope Ch...

DeKalb residents attend police academy

Residents from throughout DeKalb ventured out on a muggy June evening to attend the Citizens’ Police Academy, a 10-week course run by the DeKalb County Police Department. Officer Glenn Jefferson, who was instrumental in putting the academy together...

Three national scholars recognized at Lakeside High

John “Jack” Lane, who swims an average of 30 hours a week, said that to stay afloat in school he squeezes work into any break he has throughout the day even if it is only during a five-minute rest at swim practice. Lane, a senior at Lakeside High...

Program helps Decatur residents save on energy bill

Chris Smith, who lives in a nearly 100-year-old home in Decatur, said that he was a little embarrassed to admit the amount of money he spent on natural gas and electricity this past winter. Smith, who works from home, said that some months he and his...

DeKalb School Board approves $475 million construction list

The DeKalb County School Board voted June 6 to approve the $475 million list of items for the Special Purpose Local Options Sales Tax (SPLOST) construction projects. Now, voters must approve the list in November, which would be funded by an added 1 p...

DeKalb Habitat for Humanity robbed three times

DeKalb Habitat for Humanity Executive Director John Shaffer gazes at the empty shelves where nearly $10,000 of tools sat before the organization’s storage units were robbed. Photo by Daniel Beauregard
The DeKalb County Habitat for Humanity was left with nothing more than a few old shovels and rakes after the organization’s storage facility was robbed for the third time the weekend of May 21. Employees of the storage facility behind Belvedere Uni...

DeKalb Schools fund lacrosse pilot program

The DeKalb County Board of Education voted on May 27 to fund a lacrosse pilot program for any high school in the county that is interested and has enough students to form a team. The pilot program, which will last a year, will pay for transportation ...