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Nashville: Music City Serenade

Downtown Nashville at night. Photo courtesy of Nashville CVB
Nashville offers great music, history and much more for families I was primed for a short getaway recently. Nashville seemed like an obvious and long-overdue choice for my family of music lovers.  From the vibrant and eclectic historic downtown area...

Commissioners restore rec centers, some justice hiring without tax increase

The DeKalb County Board of Commissioners managed June 22 to save two recreation centers scheduled for closure while restoring some money to the county’s panicked justice system as it considers midyear reductions to its 2010 budget. And the board di...

Marquels Pledge designed to make holiday safer

Marquel Peters, 4, was killed just after midnight on Jan. 1 after a stray bullet came through the roof of The Church of God the Prophecy in Decatur and struck him in the head during a New Year's Eve church service. Photo provided
DeKalb County officials are urging residents to honor the memory of 4-year-old Marquel Peters and refrain from celebratory gunfire over the Fourth of July holiday and on New Year’s Eve. William Miller, DeKalb’s director of public safety, said Mar...