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Police raid superintendent’s home, offices in construction investigation

Superintendent Crawford Lewis
DeKalb County law enforcement officials raided the home of school district Superintendent Crawford Lewis and several district offices Feb. 25 in search of documents related to a months-long investigation in alleged construction contract tampering. It...

State basketball tournament scores (First round)

State basketball playoffs, first round (Games played Feb. 26-27) BOYS Class AAAAA Johnson Savannah 70, Redan 50 Groves 71, M.L. King 60 Stephenson 50, Windsor Forest 41 Class AAAA Hiram 91, Marist 80 Miller Grove 54, Sprayberry 33 Chamblee 71, Sequoy...

Controversial billboards link abortion, race

Billboards such as this one on Fayetteville Road near Glenwood Road in Decatur’s East Lake area have stirred nationwide controversy. Photo by Kathy Mitchell
by Errin Haines ATLANTA (AP) The message on dozens of billboards across Atlanta is provocative: Black children are an “endangered species.” The eyebrow-raising ads featuring a young Black child are an effort by the anti-abortion movement to use r...

Memorial ceremonies planned for former Stone Mountain mayor

Charles “Chuck” Burris. Photo by Maggie Steber
Two ceremonies are planned in March to memorialize a former mayor of Stone Mountain who died last year. Charles “Chuck” Burris, the first African-American mayor of Stone Mountain, passed away in Annapolis, Md., on Feb. 12, 2009, after complicatio...

Officer of the Year:Attention to detail helps Maldonado make an impact in Dunwoody

Jesus Maldonado was voted Officer of the Year for 2009 for the Dunwoody Police Department. Photo by Robert Naddra
Jesus Maldonado is a stickler for details. Names, physical descriptions, crimes a person may have committed–they all go in a little spiral notebook the 27-year-old Dunwoody Police officer keeps in his patrol car. That notebook, a keen eye and an ab...

Expert to give free seminar on starting business

Bob Thiele remembers one proposal in particular from about two years ago. Someone wanted to start a daycare center specifically for 3 year olds and younger. Why? Because they wanted to work only with toddlers. After some research, Thiele sat them dow...