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Dallas Rivers leads Tucker running backs in total yards and touchdowns

Dallas Rivers (25) takes a hard hit and still scores a touchdown. Photo by Travis Hudgons
The Tucker football program is known for producing great running backs and this year is no different. The Tigers have five players with more than 150 yards each on the season, including quarterback Jawann Williams. Running backs Dallas Rivers and Yus...

Third Chamblee armed robbery suspect in custody

A third suspect in the armed robbery of a Chamblee cellphone store was arrested by law enforcement officials Oct. 17. According a media release by the Chamblee Police Department, three men burglarized the Wireless World cellphone store, located at 44...

Artistry is at the heart of pumpkin Blaze

A field of cornstalks made from artfully carved pumpkins is one of the many sights at The Great Jack O’ Lantern Blaze at the Van Cortlandt Manor in Croton-on-the-Hudson, N.Y. Photo by Bryan Haeffele.
What happens when you throw 5,000 pumpkins, 15 artists and 1,000 volunteers in a caldron around Halloween? You get a can’t-believe-your-eyes event called Blaze. Actually it’s called The Great Jack O’Lantern Blaze. Located in Croton-on-the-Hudso...

UPDATE: Child abducted from New Birth Church found

A 2-year-old child abducted from a DeKalb Church has been located, police said.  Myrai Robinson was reportedly found at approximately 1 p.m. at Lithonia High School and appeared unharmed.  Police began their search after a caregiver left Robinson u...

Cop killer found guilty on all counts

A jury found William Woodard guilty Oct. 12 of murdering two DeKalb County Police officers while they were working off-duty security at an apartment complex in 2008. Woodard admitted to shooting the officers but claimed he did it in self-defense afte...

Jury begins deliberating accused cop killer's fate

Lawyers in the trial of accused cop killer William Woodard gave their closing arguments to jurors Oct. 11. The trial began Oct. 2 and included testimony from eyewitnesses, ballistics experts, crime scene experts and the DeKalb County medical examiner...

2013 county departmental budget requests up $44 million

The numbers are in: DeKalb County department heads want $44 million more in 2013 than they received this year. The DeKalb County Board of Commissioners got an early look at the county’s 2013 budget requests Oct. 5. The budget requests from the coun...

Former M.L. King Coach Mike Carson to open sports prep academy

Michael Carson, the former Martin Luther King High School football coach who lost his job amid allegations of sexting a parent, plans to open a prep school that will help athletes get scholarships. The school, Georgia Prep Sports Academy, will be a o...

Football: Stephenson, Tucker to clash in first regular season game

The No. 4-ranked Stephenson Jaguars, top image, (4-0) and No. 2-ranked Tucker Tigers (5-0) will face off in a much-anticipated region 6-AAAAA battle at Hallford Stadium at 7:30 p.m. Photos by Travis Hudgons
Two of DeKalb County’s top football program will face each other for the first time in a regular season game Oct. 12. The No. 4-ranked Stephenson Jaguars (4-0) and No. 2-ranked Tucker Tigers (5-0) will face off in a much-anticipated region 6-AAAAA ...

Steel plant makes artful renaissance in Pennsylvania

The gigantic blast furnaces are left from the old Bethlehem Steel plant, where 30,000 workers were once employed. Now they are the iconic symbol of the area’s revitalization as a major arts revenue, ArtsQuest Center at SteelStacks. Photo by Gale Horton Gay
A rusted and decaying steel plant casts a stark contrast against a blue cloudless sky. Such a massive and deteriorating structure, once home to thousands of steel workers, might be perceived as a painful symbol of what was. However in Bethlehem, Pa.,...