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Quarterbacks climbing up state’s all-time list

by Mark Brock   Martin Luther King Jr. senior quarterback Jonquel Dawson and Cedar Grove junior quarterback Johnathan McCrary are climbing up the state career passing charts as the high school football season moves into its final two weeks. Dawson c...

Powerball winner looking forward to helping family, others

Forty-four-year-old Kathy Scruggs of Lithonia won $25 million in the Powerball lottery drawing on Sept. 14. Photo provided
Kathy Scruggs’ top priority two weeks ago was finding a job. Now she’s focusing on ways to help her family, starting a foundation and helping others in need after winning the $25 million Powerball jackpot. “I’m going to build my mom and grand...

Meet the new superintendent: a Q & A session with Dr. Cheryl Atkinson

Recently, education reporter Daniel Beauregard spoke with DeKalb County School System’s new superintendent Dr. Cheryl Atkinson about her new position. What do you enjoy most about being an educator? The ability to positively impact the lives of ch...

Domestic abuse knows no ethnic and socio-economic boundaries

“Hidden in the radiant green, a man waits. In hate-blinded hands, darkness waits” is by American Artist Patricia Evans and is composed of 25 black and white photos. Photo by Ricky Riley
by Ricky Riley   Rainey Allison Karr and her boyfriend were hosting a celebratory get together with some friends. Karr was cooking the food. When she finished, her partner wanted something different than what she had prepared but Karr refused to coo...

10 places to visit in DeKalb County before the summer’s over

Seasoned travelers have put together “bucket lists” of places one should see before dying. It’s not really necessary to contemplate one’s last breath to think of not-to-be-missed adventures. There are many right here in DeKalb County. Rather ...

DeKalb Medical celebrates 50 years

DeKalb General Hospital, now DeKalb Medical, opened its doors at 9 a.m. on May 1, 1961. That afternoon hospital staff delivered the hospital’s first baby, the daughter of a Chamblee High School coach. Fifty years and a day later, a group of employe...

Alleged church rapist indicted

The bones in her face were broken. She was strangled and raped. And it all happened in a church. Now DeKalb’s district attorney wants to personally ensure that the man accused of the “monstrous” rape of a Stone Mountain church worker pays for t...

House passes bill to reduce DeKalb School Board

After a lengthy debate on the House floor, the Georgia General Assembly passed a bill on April 11 that reduces the size of the DeKalb County School Board from nine to seven members. SB 79, which passed the House with a 109-62 vote, was originally pro...

Search warrants issued in Dunwoody man’s murder Suspect’s wife files for separation

The wife of the man accused of murdering a Dunwoody entrepreneur has filed for separation as investigators look for a motive for homicide in e-mail and phone records between the suspect and the victim’s wife. DeKalb County Superior Court Judge Greg...

New Decatur business expected to create 150 jobs

The creation of 150 jobs over a three-year period is expected when a digital entertainment company relocates its North America headquarters from Gwinnett County to downtown Decatur this summer. Decatur Mayor Bill Floyd announced Feb. 24 that CCP Game...