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Judge gives high-school girls firsthand glimpse at legal system

Southwest DeKalb High School student Bria Cooper said her favorite thing about DeKalb County Judge Stacey Hydrick’s mentoring program was visiting the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) crime lab. Cooper, who will be a senior this fall, is inter...

Lakeside High student skips a grade and goes to college

Caitlin Hewel has skipped her senior year of high school and will be attending Bard College at Simon’s Rock this fall as a freshman. Bard College was founded in 1966 and is the only stand-alone, fully accredited college that is developed for the sole purpose of early-entrance learning. Photo provided
On Aug. 18, former Lakeside High School student Caitlin Hewel will travel to Great Barrington, Mass., to attend Bard College at Simon’s Rock, but unlike most college freshman, Hewel never completed the 12th grade. “It’s really surreal and it’...

Led by quarterback McCrary, Cedar Grove looks back for bright future

Jonathan McCrary (2) is flanked by his teammates at DeKalb County’s high school football media day. Photo by Travis Hudgons
  It’s the stuff of Friday Night Lights dreams. Down five points, seconds left, game on the line, 40 yards from the end zone, and one play to make it happen. In DeKalb, the safest hands in that situation belong to quarterback Jonathan McCrary, who...