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Harris chooses South Carolina at media day

Lithonia offensive lineman Joe Harris commits to South Carolina over Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi State. Photos by Travis Hudgons
  The University of South Carolina football team will have one of the largest DeKalb County contingents of any school if scholarship commitments made in the offseason come to fruition. Lithonia senior Joe Harris, one of the top offensive linemen in ...

County addresses concerns after threat of police ticket-writing slowdown

  Upset over a change in their holiday policy, DeKalb County Police officers in a blog have called for a slowdown in ticket-writing. County officials are taking notice. “Beginning Labor Day 2011 (how appropriate), we will be forced to burn our vac...

Decatur’s fourth and fifth graders all under one roof

Decatur’s brand new 4/5 Academy at Fifth Avenue will house all of the Decatur school system’s fourth and fifth graders. Photo by Daniel Beauregard
Principal Bruce Roaden, of City Schools of Decatur’s new 4/5 Academy, said that he remembered not too long ago “we were out back turning dirt” and praying that the school would be done on time. The school was finished on time and on Aug. 2 it o...