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Local college to launch China business series        

Those interested will have the opportunity to take a close look at China’s economic growth and its influence on U.S. markets when Georgia Perimeter College launches “The China Business Series,” this week at Georgia Perimeter College’s Dunwood...

Decatur High student spends week living as Muslim woman

Cecilia Kuehnel gets ready to go out in a hijab, a headscarf worn by Muslim women. Photo by Leela Goshorn
For an entire week Decatur High School senior Cecilia Kuehnel wore a hijab, a headscarf worn by Muslim women that covers everything but the eyes. She also awoke at 5 a.m. each morning to pray. “I was praying with hundreds of thousands of people at ...

Clarkston gets ready for summer with new pool, park renovations

Construction is finished on the new pool in Clarkston. Officials are currently looking for a company to provide concessions and operational staff. The pool is tentatively scheduled to open Memorial Day weekend. Photo by Daniel Beauregard
With summer approaching, Clarkston City Manager Keith Barker said the new pool at Milam Park will be open for business on Memorial Day weekend if all goes as planned. Construction is now completed on the new pool, which has a capacity of approximatel...

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...

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...