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Officials searching for missing middle school student

The DeKalb School System Department of Public Safety is advising residents to be on the lookout for Mariam Atiku, 14, who was last seen at Druid Hills Middle School May 1. School safety officials said Atiku left a note and made contact with her ...

News update, May 3

PDK to host Good Neighbor Day air show and open house The annual Good Neighbor Day Air Show and Open House will take place May 12, noon–5 p.m., at DeKalb Peachtree Airport (PDK), at 2000 Airport Road in Atlanta. This year’s show will fe...

County honors Community Heroes

To the smiles, applause and standing ovations of approximately 200 well-wishers, this year’s winners at the third annual CEO’s Community Hero Awards Ceremony stepped forward to be honored for extraordinary service to DeKalb County and its communi...

Interim director running medical examiner’s office after demotion

DeKalb County is still without a permanent director for its medical examiner’s office after the former director was demoted in November for insubordination. Patrick Bailey worked as director of the medical examiner’s office for a year before the ...

Former deputy convicted of murder in court for new trial hearing

Derrick Yancey, a former DeKalb County Sheriff’s deputy, was in court April 24 to petition Judge Linda Hunter for a new trial. Photo by Daniel Beauregard
Convicted murderer and former DeKalb County Sherriff’s deputy Derrick Yancey was in court April 24 as his attorney petitioned a judge to allow a new trial. Yancey, 52, filed a motion for a new trial, accusing his defense attorneys of failing him by...