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Archive for 2012

News update, May 16

Inaugural DeKalb Day of Play upcoming The DeKalb County Day of Play is set for May 19 at Exchange Park in Decatur. The free event, hosted by Atlanta Fit Fest producer Stepp Stewart, focuses on indoor and outdoor activities for children. There wi...

DeKalb High School Sports Highlights

Nyonkouor Karlar of Tucker kicks the ball away from Dutchtown players during the Tigers' 1-0 win in the second round of the Class AAAA state tournament. Photo by Travis Hudgons
BASEBALL   Marist: The War Eagles are the only team in DeKalb County remaining in the state baseball playoffs. Marist defeated Mundy’s Mill in the second round by winning two straight games after losing the opener in the best-of-three series. Mari...

Owner of dogs that attacked Lithonia girl wants out of jail early

DeKalb Solicitor General Sherry Boston said the 16-month sentence of the owner of two pit bulls that attacked a girl in 2010 was “more than fair.” The girl’s father, Tommie Ingram, said he wants the dogs’ owner to serve more than the judge ordered. Photo by Andrew Cauthen
A Lithonia woman convicted after her dogs attacked an 8-year-old girl in 2010 wants to get out of jail after four months. An attorney for Twyann Vaughn said her client wants to be released because of “some things that have come up in her life.” V...

Man accused of killing police officers appears in court

William Woodard, 34, who is accused of killing DeKalb County police officers Eric Barker, 34, and Ricky Bryant Jr., 26, while they were working as off-duty security at the Glenwood Gardens Apartments, recently appeared in court. During a motion to su...

Holocaust survivor among honorees at Oglethorpe commencement

Zhanna Arshanskaya Dawson had a message of faith and perseverance for attendees at Oglethorpe University’s commencement ceremony on May 12. Dawson, an 85-year-old accomplished pianist, Holocaust survivor and former faculty member at Indiana Univers...

Man killed at drive-in, another killed by officer responding to crime

A man was shot and killed at a south DeKalb drive-in theater early Tuesday morning, May 15, and another was killed on Memorial Drive minutes later when he was hit by a DeKalb County Police officer responding to the crime, police said. According ...

News update, May 15

FBI, police arrest suspect in bank robberies The FBI, in cooperation with the DeKalb County Police Department, arrested a Stone Mountain man and charged him with seven bank robberies committed during a 10-month period that started in July 2011.&...

Police officer’s wife attacked during apparent robbery

The wife of a DeKalb County Police sergeant is in critical condition after being attacked during an apparent robbery outside her Lithonia home. The victim returned home at 3:30 a.m. from an evening out with friends when she was physically assaulted o...

News update, May 14

DeKalb men charged in Social Circle killing Two DeKalb County men were arrested May 10 for the killing of a man whose body was found in Social Circle. Corey Thomas, 20, of Decatur, and Antonio Jones, 24, of Stone Mountain, were arrested and...

DCSD launches social networking initiative

The DeKalb County School District has launched a social networking initiative to interact with stakeholders and promote student success. Officials unveiled DCSD’s new Twitter handle @DeKalbSchools at a May 3 event recognizing salutatorians and vale...