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Advocacy group clashes with state over Buford Highway project

Pedestrian safety and the high number of pedestrian fatalities along Buford Highway has long been a concern for transportation officials and area residents. Photos provided
More than 200 people stood along Buford Highway with signs letting passing motorists know how unsafe pedestrians feel in the area. Participants in the Buford Highway safety protest on April 12 held signs that read “No More Deaths on Buford Hwy...

Juveniles charged with Brook Run Park vandalism

An anonymous individual contacted the Dunwoody Police Department with information that led to arrests stemming from vandalism in Brook Run Park. Vandals broke into the park during the overnight hours of March 30-31and caused substantial damage to the...

News update, April 17

New documentary on pediatric AIDS to be shown at Emory The Carrier, a documentary film that tells the story of a young, pregnant Zambian woman who discovers she is HIV-positive, and then sets out to keep her baby and community virus-free, will be scr...

News update, April 16

Dunwoody Police investigating fatal crash The Dunwoody Police are investigating a fatal accident that occurred on I-285 eastbound at the Ashford Dunwoody Road interchange at approximately 4:38 a.m. April 16. Dunwoody Police officials said t...

Schools bring locally grown, fresh foods to cafeteria

During April, the featured vegetable of the month is carrots according to DeKalb County School District (DCSD) Nutrition Director Joyce Wimberly. This year DCSD launched a series of district-wide nutrition initiatives aimed at getting students to eat...

Small store offers residents a ‘taste’ of country life

On a gray April afternoon three large steel pots sit by the side of the road, steam rising into the air as the smell of boiling peanuts makes its way across the dirt parking lot off busy LaVista Road. Behind the pots stand David’s Produce & Spe...

Lithonia boosts police department with reserve officers

The Lithonia Police Department has grown from five officers to 13 and it did not cost the city a penny. The city has signed on eight reserve officers to assist the police department’s five fulltime officers. “We will be more visible,” said acti...

2012 All-County Basketball Team

H istoric accomplishments, state championships and college scholarships are some of the things The Champion’s 2012 all-county basketball team is noted for. Eight players were part of state championship teams, two were named McDonald’s All-America...

Yearlong program nurtures the greening of DeKalb

Stephanie Van Parys, executive director of the Oakhurst Community Garden, shares tips about transitioning to organic vegetable gardening at the Decatur Public Libary’s Your First Edible Garden lecture in February.
A green revolution has taken root and is growing rapidly in American cities. Even in the urban jungles of inner cities, people are growing their food. Urban farmers—as they have come to be known—are multiplying and planting edible gardens in the ...

News update, April 13

Dunwoody Police looking for forgery suspect The Dunwoody Police Department has secured a warrant for 46-year-old Carlos Sanchez Esquivel of Marietta, charging him with first-degree forgery. Police allege that the suspect scammed Yovany Balt...