DeKalb County Chief Operating Officer Keith Barker was fired today (Sept. 2) after he told CEO Burrell Ellis he had an improper relationship with another county employee, Ellis said. Ellis said he decided on the termination after Barker, who is ...

Before the daylight hours grow short and temperatures start to drop, lots of folks are eager to take advantage of summer’s last holiday. There’s a lot going on Labor Day weekend here in DeKalb County. Here’s a sampling:   AJC Decatur Book Fest...

Tucker entered its season opener against Southwest DeKalb on Aug. 27 with a new offensive line and a group of running backs making their first starts. But the Tigers got big plays from several players offensively as they beat Southwest DeKalb 50-19 i...

An internal auditor with the DeKalb County School System raised questions about a former district principal’s use of school dollars to buy thousands of dollars worth of books the principal had written, a district official said. The unnamed auditor ...

DeKalb County residents continue to feel the burden of a faltering economy as more than 2,000 foreclosure notices were posted in a month for the second time this year, according to data released by Alpharetta-based Equity Depot last week. A total of ...

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...

DeKalb County commissioner Elaine Boyer called the proposed redevelopment of the Doraville GM plant a tax increase for county residents. DeKalb CEO Burrell Ellis envisioned the project as a way to kick start the county’s economy with the potential ...

Geoff Edges knows his handiwork is an essential part of many a memorable repast. He’s no farmer or culinary master, but he is an expert in the sharpening of knives–and knives, of course, are an essential element of transforming simple ingredients...

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...