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Southwest corner of county in final stages of becoming overlay district

Many area residents hope to attract a wider variety of retail stores than are currently in Bouldercrest Plaza, near Bouldercrest Road and I-285. Photo by Kathy Mitchell
With a popular golf course, easy access to interstates 285, 75 and 675 and to Hartsfield Jackson Airport, the Bouldercrest, Moreland, Cedar Grove area is seen by many who live there as having a good deal of potential but many obstacles to overcome. T...

School officials find solution for projected shortfall

The DeKalb County School District has found a way to avoid a projected budget shortfall of nearly $40 million for SPLOST III and IV construction projects, school officials announced at an April 9 Board of Education meeting. Additionally, officials sa...

Watershed employees arrested for stealing time

Four county watershed department employees are out of jobs and are under investigation for a fraudulent timekeeping scheme. According to Ted Rhinehart, the county’s deputy chief operating officer over infrastructure departments, a county timekeeper...

South DeKalb could get coveted heavy rail

Months of campaigning by south DeKalb residents and county leaders for a heavy rail transit system to Stonecrest Mall may be paying off. MARTA CEO Beverly Scott announced the “good news” during a breakfast meeting April 7 sponsored by DeKalb Comm...

DeKalb High School Sports Highlights

BASEBALL   Arabia Mountain: The Rams have won four games in a row, including defeating Lithonia 5-3, Stephenson 10-4 and Miller Grove 10-0 in games April 6-7. Alfred Francis went 8 for 11 with eight RBIs in the three games. He had three hits and six...

News update, April 11

Hearing for accused killer set for April 12  A teenager who is accused of killing two people at a Stone Mountain apartment complex will have a pretrial hearing on Thursday, April 12. DeAndre White, 18 at the time of the killings, will appe...