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News Update, April 19

DCSD celebrates music scholarship signing day The DeKalb County School District (DCSD) will recognize 150 senior high school band and orchestra students for their musical and academic accomplishments at the second annual Senior Music Scholarship Sign...

Hindu sacred site attracts tourists as well as worshipers

It’s difficult describing just what makes a visit to the Batu Caves in Malaysia so entrancing. Is it the towering Hindu statues, the dizzying height of the ascent to reach the caves or all those pesky monkeys that delight and terrorize visitors as ...

Public invited to comment on Sheriff’s Office during law enforcement reaccreditation process

The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office (DKSO) will undergo an on-site review for reaccreditation by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies Inc. (CALEA) April 22 - 25. The public is invited to provide comments regarding the Sherif...

Looming Brookhaven could cost DeKalb 300 jobs

The possible incorporation of Brookhaven could cost more than 300 DeKalb County employees their jobs. DeKalb County, already trying to determine the effect annexations in Avondale Estates, Chamblee, Decatur and Doraville may have on its bottom line, ...

Residents express concern over proposed DCSD calendar changes

The DeKalb County School District (DCSD) recently proposed changes to the 2012-13 school calendar that some residents say could affect the entire community. “In March Superintendent Cheryl Atkinson tasked a committee of stakeholders with looking at...

Students face year in jail for protesting on Emory quad in 2011

Seven college students each could face up to a year in jail for what they say was nothing more than a peaceful protest on Emory University’s quad against the university’s treatment of employees. Emory graduate students Roger Sikes, Laura Emiko So...

News update, April 18

Arraignment set for accused rapist An arraignment for an accused serial rapist will be held Thursday, April 19, in DeKalb County Superior Court with judge Gail Flake presiding. Gary Mincey of Decatur is accused of following four women home ...

DCSD breaks ground on Chamblee High replacement project

Members of Chamblee High Marching Band play at a recent ground-breaking ceremony. An artist’s renderings of what Chamblee High will look like once the construction project is complete are in front of the band members.
School and city officials, residents and students gathered in front of Chamblee Charter High School April 16 to celebrate the start of a $54 million construction project to replace the school. Established in 1917 and accredited in 1935, Chamblee High...

Grand jury considering Andrea Sneiderman’s role in husband’s killing

Nearly a month after a jury found Hemy Neuman guilty but mentally ill in the November 2010 killing of Russell “Rusty” Sneiderman, a grand jury has subpoenaed the video testimony of Sneiderman’s widow. Andrea Sneiderman allegedly had an affair w...

Occupy Atlanta activist arrested in south DeKalb

An activist with Occupy Atlanta was arrested outside a south DeKalb home the group is trying to save from foreclosure. According to a DeKalb County Police incident report, Michael Olszewski, 22, of Norcross, was charged with obstructing a street when...