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Watershed management director resigns

  As DeKalb County gears up for its billion-dollar water and sewer capital improvement project, its director of watershed management is resigning to go into the private sector. Dr. Francis T. Kung’u, director of the watershed management department...

Late bloomer: Lithonia lineman solves academic issues, signs with Georgia Tech

Former Lithonia standout Jimmie Kitchen, left, is joined by his mother Valerie Wallace and Lithonia head football coach Marcus Jelks after signing a national letter-of-intent to play football at Georgia Tech. Photo by Robert Naddra
Even while he worked out last summer with the Tennessee State football team, Jimmie Kitchen said he knew it wasn’t the right fit for him. “I knew I could play better football; I knew I could play a step up,” he said. Kitchen will get that chanc...

Tiff leads Sen. Jones to file ethics complaint against school board member

Sen. Emanuel Jones (D-Decatur) has accused DeKalb County School Board Vice-Chairman Paul Womack of verbally attacking him and said he is in the process of filing an ethics complaint. Jones said the incident took place at a Chamber of Commerce banquet...

Henderson grad keeps space shuttle promise

Eric Boe, a 1983 graduate of Henderson High School, is the pilot for the final space shuttle Discovery mission that launched Feb. 24 from Cape Canaveral, Fla. Photo courtesy of NASA/JSC
More than 30 years ago, Fernbank Science Center aeronautics instructor Dr. Debi Huffman was promised a launch invitation by a seventh-grader who had dreams of becoming an astronaut. Last week Eric Boe, a 1983 Henderson High School graduate, made good...