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Crime update, Feb. 27

Former Super Bowl champion arrested on murder charge The DeKalb Sheriff’s Fugitive Squad arrested former NFL cornerback Glenn Sharpe on Feb. 24 for the Feb. 20 killing of Christopher Galloway. Sharpe, 28, is accused of shooting Galloway t...

News update, Feb. 27

Memorial Drive Merchants’ Association to hold monthly meeting The monthly meeting of the Memorial Drive Merchants’ Association is scheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 28, at 6:30 p.m. Businesses will have the opportunity to sign up for the new M...

Basketball: 12 DeKalb teams advance in state tournament

STATE PLAYOFF RESULTS First Round Friday, Feb. 24 Class AAAAA GirlsStephenson (25-4) 67, Tift Co. (16-13) 47Class AAAAA BoysStephenson (9-20) 73, Coffee (16-13) 63Class AAAA GirlsMiller Grove (21-4) 73, Chapel Hill (19-11) 45Chamblee (27-2)...

Doraville mosque struggles with numerous code violations

A mosque that has been cited numerous times for code/zoning violations has continued to hold services even though a court has ordered services to stop, DeKalb County officials said. The At-Taqwa Mosque, in the 2000 block of Woodwin Road in Doraville,...

GPC opens Southeastern Institute for Sustainability

Georgia Board of Regents Chancellor Hank Huckaby said Georgia Perimeter College’s (GPC) new academic program is the only one of its kind and something for colleges around the country to emulate. Huckaby said GPC’s new Southeastern Institute for S...

Old and new come together to make Tucker’s business district a model

More than 90 years ago brothers Kelley and Reid Cofer opened a business in what was then considered the village of Tucker. Cofer Brothers Building Supply, the current version of that business—still run by the Cofer family—is one of many venerable...