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County questions finances of proposed Brookhaven

The proposed city of Brookhaven would start on shaky financial ground, according to an analysis by the DeKalb County government released June 19. The proposed city’s deficit would be $360,554, according to an analysis performed at the direction of ...

DeKalb School Board raises taxes, cuts hundreds of jobs

The DeKalb County School Board voted June 21 on a budget that will raise taxes and cut more than 400 jobs to close an anticipated budget shortfall of $85 million. The school board approved approximately $93 million in cuts that include central office...

Church shootings spark youth violence summit, prayer vigil

The mother of a man shot to death after a Stone Mountain funeral June 7 said she never thought she would be in this “predicament.” “I never knew that phone call I got on June 7 would be my last time speaking with my son,” said Tracey Benton H...

Dunwoody Police make homicide arrest

The Dunwoody Police Department has arrested 20-year-old Christopher Williams of Stone Mountain for the murder of Roberto Calderon-Guzman, police said. The homicide happened at the Peachtree Place Apartments at 4612-B Peachtree Place Parkway June...

News update, June 27

Lithonia man sentenced for drug trafficking A former Fulton County deputy sheriff who accepted bribes of more than $2,000 to distribute cocaine inside and outside the Fulton County Jail was sentenced June 26 in U.S. District Court to serve 41 mo...