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Celebrating ‘Thirst’: Community remembers Redan student killed in car crash

Redan High School percussion instructor Joseph Howard stands with a picture of teenage crash victim Marquez Montgomery during a candlelight vigil March 16, a year after his death. An unattended drum in the background holds the place where Montgomery would have stood in the drum line. More than 200 people attended the commemoration. Photo by Andrew Cauthen
Marquez Montgomery earned the nickname Thirst because of his fondness for a certain soft drink that uses the word in its slogan. But friends and family paint a picture of a teenager with a thirst for helping others. It was the remembrance of that tra...

No bond for church assault suspect

Bond was denied for a man accused of assaulting a Stone Mountain church worker last month. John Russell Carver, 50, of 157 Mill Court in Atlanta, appeared before a magistrate judge on March 18 to formally hear the charges against him. He was charged ...

Clarkston plans on big splash with new pool

Clarkston residents worried about having somewhere to relax and soak up the sun this summer can rest easy because work on the new Milam Park pool complex will begin in the next few weeks. Construction is expected to be completed in July and, accordin...

Olympic hopeful: Ashe maintains perspective amid national attention

St. Pius senior Shelby Ashe is aiming for her second straight state shot put tile after winning the weight throw event in the national high school indoor championships in New York. Photo by Robert Naddra
Shelby Ashe likes to keep things simple and in the moment. To keep from getting overwhelmed by the larger scope of things, the St. Pius senior breaks her routine down into a series of small activities. It’s a perspective that serves the top female ...

Doraville considers ideas for old GM site

Hundreds of sprigs of grass are pushing through the pavement at Doraville’s 165-acre General Motors complex, vacant for two and a half years. Now, the Doraville City Council is considering a master plan that would turn the former automobile assembl...

DeKalb County Schools use 2011 budget as template for 2012

DeKalb County Schools officials said they are going to use this year’s current budget as a template for fiscal year 2012 and plan on restoring several things that were cut out of the fiscal year 2011 budget. “It’s a progressive budget not a reg...

D.C.’s pink splash celebration of spring

WASHINGTON – The nation’s capital is about to roll out its pink carpet and celebrate spring in a big way: the National Cherry Blossom Festival. Held March 26 – April 10 (16 days over three weekends), the festival promotes traditional and contem...

Man charged in assault at St. Timothy

The DeKalb County Police found a suspect in the Stone Mountain church assault case already in jail on unrelated charges. John Russell Carver, 50, was charged with rape, armed robbery and aggravated assault in the Feb. 26 sexual and physical assa...

Parents file injunction to stop school closures

Several DeKalb parents have filed an injunction in efforts to try to stop the DeKalb County School System from closing eight schools, most of which are in South DeKalb. The injunction was filed by Latasha Walker, Kim Ault, Kendall London and Anette D...

Suspect, victim’s wife had affair, attorney says

The widow of the Dunwoody man gunned down in November was having an affair with the suspect, according to the attorney for the suspect’s wife. Esther Panitch, the attorney for Ariela Neuman, the suspect’s wife, filed a subpoena on March 10 requir...