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Trial underway for martial arts instructor accused of raping 9-year-old student

The 9-year-old victim of alleged rapist Adrian Spellen, 29, testified that the defendant raped her multiple times during a summer camp held at his karate studio in Lithonia. Spellen, a 2012 Olympic hopeful, was charged in July with two counts of rape...

DeKalb toughens smoking ban

It just got a little harder to light up in DeKalb County. The DeKalb County Board of Commissioners amended its ordinance to ban smoking in most “public places, outdoor recreational public places, common areas and places of employment.” “While ...

DeKalb Police searching for shooter of teen

DeKalb County Police are look for a suspect in the shooting death of a teenager Oct. 21. According to a media release, officers responded to the Vineyard at Flat Shoals Apartments, located at 2109 Vineyard Walk, after receiving a call at approximatel...

Library usage increases despite lack of funding

It appears everybody loves a new thing and that seems to be the case with the DeKalb County Public Library. The DeKalb library branches have seen their facility usage increase in the wake of the remodeling and expansion of old facilities and the cons...

Students, volunteers clean up trash behind Indian Creek Elementary

More than 50 Indian Creek Elementary students, college students and volunteers spent their Saturday morning getting down and dirty to clean up trash in the wooded area behind the school. The Oct. 13 event was a part of the effort to clean up the scho...

Cop-killer sentenced to life without parole

A jury sentenced cop-killer William Woodard Oct. 19 to spend the rest of his life in prison for murdering two DeKalb County police officers in 2008. Woodard admitted to shooting the officers but claimed he did it in self-defense after the officers pu...

Commissioner leads effort to assist fire victims

DeKalb County Super District 7 Commissioner Stan Watson is sponsoring a communitywide assistance drive to help 10 families in Decatur who were victims of a recent fire. In addition to Watson, the Organization of the DeKalb Educators (ODE), Commission...

Trial starts for karate teacher accused of rape

The trial of a Lithonia martial arts instructor accused of raping one of his students began Oct. 18. Adrian Spellen, 29, was indicted on two counts of rape and one count of child molestation for allegedly raping a 9-year-old girl. Spellen, the owner ...

North central DeKalb residents considering creating own city

Some residents who live off North Druid Hills Road are considering creating their own city in the north central DeKalb area.
Three months after residents in the Brookhaven area voted to create their own city, some residents in north central DeKalb are wondering whether they should go the same route. Residents in the Druid Hills, Sagamore Hills and North Briarcliff communit...

Long-running DeKalb Symphony begins another season

Since 1964 the DeKalb Symphony Orchestra (DSO) has been performing concerts with both contemporary and symphonic repertoire and the majority of its 85 musicians don’t get paid a dime—they volunteer. “We’re just continuing our wonderful journe...