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Underclassmen lead St. Pius to second straight cross country title

It didn’t happen the way coach Ryan McClay had envisioned it, but St. Pius won its second straight boys’ Class AAA state cross country championship. With one of its top five runners sidelined with an injury and another weakened with an illness, f...

Decatur’s Terrific Thursdays are back with 28 businesses participating

In a tradition that’s now more than a decade old, the city of Decatur is making a special effort to encourage area residents to keep their holiday shopping dollars in the community. Terrific Thursdays in November and December are designed to make s...

DeKalb Schools plan to give principals more power

DeKalb County School System Superintendent Cheryl Atkinson has proposed an action plan which officials say will help the system be more accountable and give principals more power to run their schools. The plan, which was backed by each member of the ...