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M.L. King, Stephenson dominate list of all-region players

M.L. King senior receiver Demarco Robinson leads a group of 21 DeKalb County players selected to the first team of the Region 2-AAAAA All Region team. Robinson was named the region’s offensive player of the year. He set the state record for single-...

Setting the standard: Tucker’s seniors end careers with 49 wins, state title

Tucker’s senior class won’t end its final season with a state championship, but it did complete one of the most successful runs of any senior class in school history. The Tigers (13-1) were eliminated in the Class AAAA semifinals in a 20-19 loss ...

Lakeside High’s multi-million dollar overhaul begins

Lakeside High School is ready to see major changes as the first stage of a $24 million renovation project begins. At the groundbreaking ceremony for the site, DeKalb County School System officials, faculty and students gathered Dec. 1 to celebrate th...

Newly elected school board members set sights on fiscal responsibility

Newly elected Donna Edler (right) and Nancy Jester (left) talk as they prepare to begin their first term on the DeKalb County School Board. Photo by P. Witcher
No one knows how newly elected DeKalb County School Board members Donna Edler and Nancy Jester will change group dynamics, but what is clear is that they share a desire to improve fiscal responsibility of the sysytem. After taking more than 70 percen...

Decatur preparing to modernize buildings

The fire department, recreation center and public works facility in Decatur are all slated for major renovations next year as part of the city’s urban redevelopment plan. The city will have to issue about $13.8 million in municipal bonds for the pr...

Avondale Estates is planning to annex old mill property

Leaders of Avondale Estates want to turn the vacant 13-acre Fenner Dunlop mill property into a vibrant, multi-use development. About nine acres lies in unincorporated DeKalb County and would have to be annexed. Photo by Andrew Cauthen
If the city of Avondale Estates gets its way, it will one day be several acres larger and there will be a new multi-use development within its borders. For about a year, the city has been eyeing the vacant 13.14-acre Fenner Dunlop mill property that ...

DeKalb High School Sports Highlights

FOOTBALL:   Starr’s Mill 20, Tucker 19: The Tucker Tigers were playing in their third Class AAAA semifinals in the past four seasons under coach Franklin Stephens. Bashr Coles and N’Quan Maggett, who each ran for 1,000 yards this season and comb...

Residents balk at $1 billion water, sewer spending plan

If DeKalb County does not upgrade its aging water and sewer system soon, the repairs will cost more than the $1.4 billion officials say it will cost if the work is done right away. That’s what county officials said during one of several recent publ...

On World AIDS Day, CDC calls for optimism, action

On World AIDS Day the memorial quilt for those who have died of AIDS was displayed in sections inside the Emory University student center. Photo by Kathy Mitchell
As people across the planet commemorated World AIDS Day on Dec. 1, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced encouraging news about the disease, but noted there is still much to be done before the often deadly illness can be cons...

Death of 20-year-old Black male found on playground is ruled a homicide

The death of a man found on a DeKalb County playground has been determined by county officials to be a homicide. The victim, whose identity remains unknown, was shot to death, according to DeKalb County Medical Examiner Pat Bailey. “The body wasnâ€...