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CEO Ellis: County's 'house stands strong'

Despite facing a budgetary “hollow tree” that fell last year, damaging the county’s financial house, DeKalb County CEO Burrell Ellis said the state of the county is “strong.” “Through hard work, decisive action and collaborative effo...

Chamblee pet funeral home largest in the U.S.

Founder, Doyle Shugart. Photos By John Hewitt
It was just a dog. That’s what some people would say. But when David McCarthy’s Great Dane, Bandit, died in his Decatur living room last spring, the pet funeral home director treated the animal as if it were a fallen soldier. Shortly after the ve...

Twitter not just for humans

Echo looks to give Twitter a try. Photo by Travis Hudgons
Brookhaven event planner Denise Quashie often imagined what her dog Frankie Beans would say if he could talk. So on a whim last fall, she created an alias for her Yorkie Shih Tzu mix on Twitter.com, the free social networking site where people post s...

Jury finds county guilty of race discrimination

A federal jury found DeKalb County, former CEO Vernon Jones and two other ex-officials guilty of discriminating against two White former Parks and Recreation Department managers based on race and awarded them $185,000 in damages on April 1. The jury ...

Lawyers expect to wrap up discrimination case

Defendants Morris Williams, Vernon Jones, Richard Stogner and Marilyn Boyd Drew in federal court on the first day of a discrimination trial. Artist sketch by Richard Miller
The federal race discrimination case against DeKalb County, former county CEO Vernon Jones and other officials grew more contentious this week, as the plaintiffs’ attorneys accused the county of litigation misconduct and the judge shot down a motio...

Vernon Jones takes stand in discrimination case

Former DeKalb County CEO Vernon Jones on March 24 denied a scheme to remove White managers and replace them with Blacks, testifying in federal court he wanted the best employees that reflected the county’s population.  Jones, who was CEO from 20...