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News update, April 12

Van hits school bus A van collided with a DeKalb County school bus today at approximately 7:12 a.m. The crash occurred at the intersection of Glenwood Road and Santa Cruz Drive in Atlanta. School spokesman Walter Woods said the bus was carr...

Next in line? Redan’s Jones working to continue program’s legacy

Wesley Jones pitches and plays shortstop for Redan. Photo Illustration by Travis Hudgons
Wesley Jones knows what it takes. He has seen it over and over. The Redan junior watched last year as former teammate Deion Williams set an example on and off the field for his younger teammates. He watched a few years ago as Redan’s most famous ba...

County: ‘One DeKalb Works’ working to train workers

DeKalb County officials say they are getting ready to put DeKalb residents in some of the 4,000 jobs expected to be created by its watershed improvement project over the next several years. The county will use its First Source ordinance to ensure tha...

Unknowns surround county’s ‘job stimulus plan’

A sign at Wade Walker Park advertises DeKalb CEO Burrell Ellis’ One DeKalb Works initiative, which has been described as a job stimulus plan incorporating the county’s billion-dollar watershed improvement project. Some county commissioners say One DeKalb Works has nothing to do with the construction of a new YMCA facility at Wade Walker Park. Photo by Andrew Cauthen
Representatives of the colleges that are supposed to be working on DeKalb County’s billion-dollar job stimulus plan don’t know much about it. In late March, a DeKalb official told a Board of Commissioners committee that the county is working with...