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News update, Jan. 11

Store clerk shot and killed in south DeKalb A clerk was shot and killed on Monday night during an apparent robbery at a convenience store off Cedar Grove Road. According to DeKalb County Police, the incident occurred at a BP gas station and...

DeKalb High School Sports Highlights

BOYS BASKETBALL   Dunwoody: The Wildcats beat Northview 59-58 and Lithonia 57-45, but lost to M.L. King 65-54 in games Jan. 4-7. Against Northview, Richard Carrington scored 17 points, Ryan Elmore added 14, Bradley McKnight had 12 and DeChard Hamilt...

Commissioners, CEO begin year fighting over form of government, planning director

    With the Board of Commissioners failure to override a veto by the county’s CEO, the movement to change DeKalb’s form of government has run into a roadblock. That failure preceded some tense moments when CEO Burrell Ellis made a rare visit t...

Residents express concern with school officials over band suspension

Parents of Southwest DeKalb High School band members criticized the DeKalb County Board of Education at a recent board meeting for suspending all marching band activity and accused Superintendent Cheryl Atkinson of being “in over her head.” DeKal...

‘Bad decision’ lands pit bull owner in jail for 16 months

In the first case she has prosecuted as solicitor general, Sherry Boston questions the owner of two pit bulls that viciously attacked an 8-year-old girl, who lost an arm in the incident. Photo by Andrew Cauthen
An emotion-filled trial ended with a Lithonia woman sentenced to 16 months in jail for a pit bull attack in which a little girl lost part of an arm. “It’s moments like these that I wish I had the wisdom of Solomon,” said State Court Judge Dax L...