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Four fire officials put on leave after fatal fire

Four DeKalb County Fire Rescue Department officers have been placed on administrative leave pending the investigation of a fire that killed an elderly Dunwoody woman. Acting Officer in Charge William Greene, Captain Tony L. Motes, Captain Sell Caldwe...

Officers investigated for handling of warrants against county commissioner

DeKalb County Police is investigating the way it handled an incident involving outstanding warrants against county commissioner Sharon Barnes-Sutton, county spokeswoman Sheila Edwards said. Barnes-Sutton was involved in a minor traffic accident on We...

Fund established for rebuilding of fire damaged Our Way Cafe

The popular Avondale Estates eatery Our Way Café suffered substantial damage from a fire that destroyed most of the back part of the establishment. Co-owned by Eva Marie Rosewall and Jody McFerren, Our Way was originally located in the former Towne ...

Federal program to pay for 200 locals to find ‘green’ jobs

Two hundred struggling DeKalb County residents could find themselves in new “green” jobs through a federal program. Goodwill Industries International will partner with DeKalb County to train south county residents for jobs in areas such as weathe...

Lewis chooses high school reporters for first interview about $15K raise

If you want to get DeKalb County schools chief Crawford Lewis’ defense of a recent $15,000 raise, looking in the local newspaper wouldn’t necessarily get you anywhere. Not unless you’re talking about Chamblee High School’s student newspaper. ...

Deadline looms for ART Station to raise funds or close doors

ART Station in downtown Stone Mountain
It could be a script for an upcoming play: financial trouble drives a small-town theater to make an impassioned plea to town folks to save it from extinction. However this is exactly the situation ART Station Theatre Company and Contemporary Art Cent...

Lawmakers renew Avondale Estates annexation efforts

A sign against annexation in on E. College Ave. in Avondale Estates
A state senator from Avondale Estates still hopes to annex a portion of unincorporated land west of the city’s gateway to clean up blighted areas and some businesses. State Rep. Stephanie Benfield said she plans to speak this month with DeKalb Coun...

Avenue X is an a cappella treat

From left, Winston (J.D. Webster), Milton (J.D. Goldblatt), Rosco (Lawrence Clayton), Pasquale (Nick Spangler) and Ubazz (Steve French) unite their voices in a “battle-of-the-bands” competition in the a cappella musical Avenue X. Photos by Greg Mooney
It takes more than a nice voice to sing a cappella well. And it takes powerful voices with depth and personality to sing a cappella predominantly throughout an entire musical. But that’s what the Alliance Theatre has done brilliantly with its curre...

Kingwood Golf Club & Resort

Standing on the elevated first tee at the Kingwood Golf Club in the northeast Georgia mountain town of Clayton, I took a deep breath and surveyed my surroundings. Hardwoods (though bare, as I was teeing up in December) and evergreens hug each side of...

Charges pending against driver who killed high school student

Stone Mountain High School students approach a memorial for 14-year-old Tanisha Williams, who was hit by a car and killed on Central Avenue on her way home from school Jan. 20. Photo by Robert Naddra
The driver who lost control of his car and hit three Stone Mountain High School students on their way home from school Jan. 20 may have been hit from behind or racing with another car, DeKalb County Police said. Shaheed Saunders, 17, lost control of ...