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City of Stone Mountain being sued for alleged ‘civil rights’ violation

A Decatur attorney has filed a class-action suit against the city of Stone Mountain alleging it illegally used speed detection devices during a period of three months, that resulted in the unlawful arrests. The lawsuit, which is seeking $50 million i...

County to spend $11.3 million on three new senior centers

Members of the South DeKalb Senior Center don’t like the building where they gather for meals, recreation and fellowship. “We are in line for a new center and that brings us great joy and pleasure to know that it’s coming,” said Sandra Harris...

Q&A with newly elected DeKalb County school board member Marshall Orson

Over the next several weeks The Champion newspaper education reporter Daniel Beauregard will be sitting down with newly-elected DeKalb County school board members to discuss their thoughts on the issues facing the DeKalb County School District (DCSD...

Legendary Godfrey begins 30th season at SW DeKalb

Southwest DeKalb head coach Buck Godfrey, running drills in practice last week, has served as a role model for hundreds of players. Photo by Wade Marbaugh
by Wade Marbaugh   It is a milestone in various realms, such as a 30th birthday or 30th year on the job, which often foreshadows a wristwatch and retirement. Don’t talk retirement as DeKalb County’s winningest football coach, Buck Godfrey, begin...

Online fundraising gains momentum

Maria Riggs, owner of Revolution Doughnuts in Decatur, prepares fresh doughnuts for glazing. The store recently raised more than $12,000 through Kickstarter.com.
Individuals turning to cyberspace to fund personal projects Sometimes a good idea just needs an explosive kick to get it started. Thousands of creative types are turning to an innovative cyber fundraising method to get their projects off the ground. ...

GPC’s interim president works to steer college through rough financial waters

Like many institutions of higher learning, Georgia Perimeter College is facing significant financial challenges, but interim President Rob Watts wants to assure prospective students and the community at large that, in spite of the difficulties, it’...

Local sportscasters find niche in growing webcast trend

Tom Whitfield, left, and John Morgo, right are area pioneers in the online sportscasting business. Photo by Wade Marbaugh
by Wade Marbaugh   Once again footballs fill the air, a sure sign of the onset of autumn with its ecstatic play-by-play calls over the airwaves. But nowadays not all exclamations of “Touchdown!” emit from radio and television stations. Many are ...

Emory HIV research program awarded $9 million grant

HIV—the virus that causes AIDS—continues to afflict the United States three decades after scientists first recognized the disease. At the end of 2010, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the South accounted for 45 percent...

Four children taken by non-custodial mother

It’s been quiet in Micah Parker’s home since June 10—too quiet. That was the last time the Stone Mountain resident saw his 13-year-old daughter Jordan, and his three sons, Micah Jr., 12, Isaiah, 11, and Caleb, 9. That day, the four children ...

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...