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Plans to move north police precinct may change

DeKalb County officials said it still plans to relocate the north police precinct from Dunwoody to land next to the DeKalb Peachtree Airport (PDK), but that those plans may change if Brookhaven residents vote “yes” to cityhood. Currently, the pre...

Three police officers accused of beating juveniles

A DeKalb County Police sergeant and two officers were indicted May 10 for allegedly beating suspects. DeKalb County District Attorney Robert James said the officers had “a pattern of conduct…that was being directed by a sergeant to junior of...

News update, May 10

Doraville home intruders identified Khaleaf Silvera and Alfred Wilson are facing charges of aggravated assault, armed robbery, false imprisonment, kidnapping and felony murder after a Doraville home invasion that left one person dead. In th...

13 charged in FAMU hazing incident

The Florida State Attorney’s Office has charged 13 individuals in the hazing death of DeKalb-native Robert Champion. Champion, a student at Florida A&M University who was a member of the school’s famous “Marching 100” band, was found unre...

Transportation tax: A regional road to growth?

DeKalb County and state leaders at a transportation tax forum May 3 said a proposed one-cent sales tax is the region’s best shot for expanding its transit system. “We all must go out to vote for this wonderful project that has regional cooperatio...

DeKalb CEO vetoes $75,000 for commissioners’ proposed communications specialist

After overriding a veto by DeKalb CEO Burrell Ellis, the Board of Commissioners has set in motion plans to move $75,000 from his budget to fund a public information officer position for the board. But commissioners are leaving the door open for some ...

Grand jury urges DA to investigate board of education, again

A grand jury, in a recent presentment, urged DeKalb County District Attorney Robert James to convene a special grand jury to investigate the actions of the DeKalb County Board of Education. This is the second time in the past six months that grand ju...

Occupy Atlanta fails to prevent south DeKalb eviction

Christine Frazer, sitting left, and her mother Daisy Fields were evicted May 2 from their home of 18 years by a team of DeKalb County deputies. Frazer, who lost her home to foreclosure, has a pending lawsuit against the lender.
Christine Frazer sat in a dining room chair in her driveway with a lifetime of belongings strewn across the yard of the south DeKalb home where she has lived for the past 18 years. Frazer, 62, fought back tears as she watched family members and activ...

Redan clears SWD hurdle to win girls’ track title

Redan’s girls track coaches waited patiently through the first two days of the Class AAAA state championship May 3-5 in Albany. Defending champion Southwest DeKalb built a lead through the field and distance events while the Raiders entered the fin...

On the right track: M.L. King hurdler has sights set on state title and beyond

Jordan Moore has the fastest time in the state in all classifications in the 110 meter hurdles. Photo by Robert Naddra
Jordan Moore might be on a different athletic path had he not yielded to his parents’ direction before he began high school. Moore was one of several promising sprinters on the Union Grove Middle School track team in Henry County as a seventh grade...