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Women were asked to babysit kidnapped children

Two children reported kidnapped from Wesley Chapel Road on Feb. 22 have been found safe, according to DeKalb County Police. Police said 3-year-old Jalen Mattison and 1-year-old Amari Mattison were turned in at approximately 1 p.m. on Feb. 22, by...

Commissioner questions DCTV schedule

Use of DeKalb County’s cable television station is the latest skirmish between county commissioners and the chief executive officer’s administration. “The origin of [DeKalb County Television] was to show DeKalb County citizens the ongoings of d...

Community council votes against proposed Lithonia composting company

A composting company’s plans to move to a Lithonia quarry got shot down by a group of residents that advises the county’s Board of Commissioners. The District 5 Community Council, which provides recommendations on applications for amending the co...

Emory University sees record application numbers for fall

Emory University has received a record number of freshman applications for the fall 2012 semester and more than 20 percent of them are from international students. “We are seeing an interest in more applications from overseas, primarily from China,...

Henry County football coach hired at Lakeside

Lakeside and Chamblee recently hired two new head football coaches. Former Henry County head coach Mike Rozier replaces interim coach Marcus Mitchell at Lakeside. Rozier spent 11 seasons at Henry County where he compiled a 51-67 record. However, he l...

Neuman, victim’s wife groped each other, witness says

Although Andrea Sneiderman described her husband’s killer as a “predator” and “stalker,” she admitted sending him pictures of her children after he had made what she described as unwanted advances toward her. Sneiderman, during the sec...

Children reported kidnapped found safe

Two children reported kidnapped from Wesley Chapel Road on Feb. 22 have been found safe, according to DeKalb County Police. Details of where or how 3-year-old Jalen Mattison and 1-year-old Amari Mattison were located were not immediately availab...

News update, Feb. 22

Stuckey Benfield joins GreenLaw; will not seek-re-election State Rep. Stephanie Stuckey Benfield has announced her plans to become the new executive director of GreenLaw, a Georgia environmental advocacy organization, dedicated to clean air and ...

House delegates send commission map to Senate, fail to agree on School Board

Local legislators must decide several issues in the next weeks that will affect DeKalb County residents for years to come. The DeKalb House delegation recently approved a new district map for the DeKalb County Board of Commissioners that has been sen...

DeKalb police chief concerned about vacancies

DeKalb County’s police chief says he can live with a proposed budget that is $1.29 million less than the department spent in 2011. “It’s really not going to hurt me too bad,” DeKalb County Police Chief William O’Brien said. “I can make it...