Champion Home

Archive for December 16th 2011

1st

5th

6th

7th

8th

9th

10th

12th

14th

15th

16th

19th

20th

21st

22nd

23rd

27th

28th

29th

30th

DeKalb superintendent appoints new team member

DeKalb County Superintendent Cheryl Atinkson has added another member to what she terms her “dream team” with the appointment of Dr. Ralph Taylor. Taylor will replace Felicia Mayfield, who is retiring at the end of the year, as the new associate ...

Residents fighting placement of approved cell towers at schools

Communities around two schools say they were not properly notified before DeKalb County Schools voted to allow the placement of cell towers on school property. Residents in the Briarlake and Briacliff Heights areas say they were not notified of a pro...

DeKalb High School Sports Highlights

BOYS BASKETBALL   Miller Grove: The Wolverines won three games Dec. 6-10 to improve to 5-0. In a 57-53 overtime win at Southwest DeKalb, Tony Parker scored 15 points and Christian Houston added 11.  The Wolverines also beat Lithonia 72-48 and Tucke...

No tax increase in county's proposed 2012 budget

No tax increase and no employee furloughs. Those were two of the highlights of DeKalb CEO Burrell Ellis’ proposed 2012 budget, presented to the county’s Board of Commissioners on Dec. 15. “There’s not a whole lot of fat here,” sai...