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CDC employees arrested for alleged molestation of 6-year-old

Two employees of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have been arrested by DeKalb County Police on charges of child molestation. Thomas Joseph Westerman, 42, and Kimberly Quinlan Lindsey, 44, were both charged with two counts of chil...

Avondale charter school makes best of its location, circumstances

Several weather-beaten trailers sit tucked away behind the Avondale Pattillo United Methodist Church. At first glance, they look like nothing more than places to hold Sunday school or the occasional meeting. However, during the week those trailers ar...

DeKalb commissioners to look at changing government

DeKalb CEO Burrell Ellis said an idea to change the current balance of power in the county government is “silly.” The issue is “really silly when [we’ve] got issues like jobs creation, and transportation improvements, and getting people back ...

School system lawyers remain on Heery Mitchell case

DeKalb County Superior Court Judge Clarence Seeliger denied a motion made by attorneys for construction firm Heery/Mitchell to disqualify DeKalb County School System’s (DCSS) legal counsel, King and Spalding, on Oct. 12. “I believe that it is nec...

DeKalb School Board votes on charters, renames Tucker gym

The DeKalb County Board of Education on Oct. 10 passed a five-year charter to allow the Museum School in Avondale Estates to continue operating. Earlier in the year, the school’s charter status was called into question after a Supreme Court vote de...

Avondale eatery temporarily closed after car crash

Mobeta Wings, near Avondale Estates, is shut down indefinitely after a car accidentally plows through the front door as workers were preparing for the lunch crowd. No one in the store was injured in the crash. Photo by Andrew Cauthen
While Steve Lee and workers were preparing to serve lunch on Oct. 13 at Mobeta Wings, which has been open for a decade, a woman accidentally drove a Lexus sedan through the front door. None of the workers or three customers in the restaurant was inju...

DeKalb High School Sports Highlights

FOOTBALL   Tucker 37, Miller Grove 6: Dallas Rivers rushed for 116 yards and two touchdowns on 11 carries for the Tigers (7-0 overall and in Region 6-AAAA). Yusuf Minor gained 78 yards and ran for two touchdowns as the Tigers totaled 279 yards rushi...

Three ways for grown-ups to celebrate the spooky season

Photo by Travis Hudgons
Once a night for children to go door-to-door in homemade costumes in search of treats, Halloween has become an often multi-day celebration with more adults than children joining in the fun. Here are three local opportunities for adults who want to ge...

Bicentennial of War of 1812

History buffs with a penchant for travel have plenty to look forward to for the remainder of this year and into 2012. Several states are commemorating the War of 1812, the armed conflict between the United States and Great Britain that officially beg...

Knollwood Elementary gets library makeover

Prior to the ribbon cutting, volunteers in red T-shirts ran back and forth, lifting tables and chairs, and touching up last-minute paint jobs to make sure everything in the Knollwood Elementary media center looked perfect. Over the past several days,...