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School systems work on SPLOST schedule

With the passage of a special sales tax referendum on Nov. 8, DeKalb, Atlanta and Decatur school systems are developing a timetable over five years for the projects they will fund with the $600 million they are projected to receive from the tax. The ...

Girls’ basketball preview: Teams benefit from abundance of returning starters

Last year appeared to be the season that Chamblee, 1-9 in state tournament games, would change its hard luck story in the postseason. The Bulldogs were ranked No. 1 for three weeks and recorded their second undefeated regular season in school history...

Commissioners want to lengthen foreclosure process

It should take more than 30 days to foreclose on homeowners having difficulty paying their mortgages. That’s what the DeKalb County Board of Commissioners affirmed earlier this month when it voted to adopt a resolution to lengthen the foreclosure p...

M.L. King offense feeds off last-second heroics

Cornell Boyd hauls in a touchdown pass on the final play of regulation to send M.L. King into overtime against Brookwood. Photo by Travis Hudgons
  An 82-yard kickoff return with 16 seconds remaining to beat Stephenson. A 31-yard pass play with no time left to send the game into overtime in an eventual win over Brookwood. Those two plays suddenly typify the season for an M.L. King football te...

Avondale welcomes Sunday sales, others in DeKalb get ready

Metro Atlanta residents welcomed Sunday alcohol sales at local retailer The Beer Growler in Avondale Estates on Nov. 20. Photo by Daniel Beauregard
Thirsty metro Atlanta residents stood in a line stretching out the door of the Beer Growler in Avondale Estates on Sunday, Nov. 20, waiting for the chance to buy beer. Avondale was one of the first cities in the metro area to enact Sunday retail sale...

Hosea Feed the Hungry at new location on Thanksgiving

For the past 13 years the Hosea Feed the Hungry and Homeless Foundation has offered hot meals, warm showers, haircuts and toiletries to nearly 20,000 people every Thanksgiving Day at Turner Field. However, Elizabeth Omilami said the foundation was fo...