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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...

Southwest DeKalb track coach suspended

The girls’ varsity track coach at Southwest DeKalb High School has been suspended with pay pending an investigation into alleged inappropriate contact with a student, according to DeKalb County School District spokesman Walter Woods. Antoinett...

DCSD cuts jobs, eliminates programs due to over staffing

The DeKalb County School Board voted April 27 to cut 133 jobs, a move school officials say will save the district $9.3 million. Additionally, the district has implemented cost-saving measures by reducing teachers’ salaries by 6.25 percent. District...

DCSD moves forward with district wide reorganization

The DeKalb County Board of Education approved new job classifications and an aligned salary structure for the DeKalb County School District (DCSD) at its monthly board policy meeting April 18. The move is part of Superintendent Cheryl Atkinson’s on...

Late-season surge puts Marist in playoffs as top seed

With a week to go in the regular season, defending Class AAAA state champion Marist was facing the possibility of missing the state playoffs. The War Eagles were in fifth place in Region 6-AAAA and had three games against teams that had beaten them e...

News Update, May 2

Occupy Atlanta fails to stop south DeKalb eviction A south DeKalb woman who claims her home was fraudulently foreclosed was evicted by DeKalb County marshals early May 2. Homeowner Christine Frazer was evicted at 3 a.m. from her home on Wellhaun Road...

News update, May 1

Police identify bicyclist killed in accident The Decatur Police Department has identified the bicyclist killed in an accident Monday, April 30, at approximately 6:23 a.m. in the 2200 block of North Decatur Road.  He is 53-year-old Paul Taylor o...