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House delegates send commission map to Senate, fail to agree on School Board

Local legislators must decide several issues in the next weeks that will affect DeKalb County residents for years to come. The DeKalb House delegation recently approved a new district map for the DeKalb County Board of Commissioners that has been sen...

News update, Feb. 21

No arrests yet in early morning nightclub shooting DeKalb County Police spokeswoman Mekka Parrish said police have not identified suspects or made arrests relating to a 2:50 a.m. shooting Feb. 20 outside Pin-Ups nightclub at 2788 East Ponce de L...

News update, Feb. 20

Man shoots Pizza Hut employee, kills himselfAccording to a police report, a 23-year-old man entered the Pizza Hut at 4906 Covington Highway in Decatur on Feb. 18, and got into a dispute with a male employee at 11:30 a.m. The suspect apparently s...

DeKalb legislators set to take on foreclosures, Brookhaven cityhood, ethics

A Georgia state representative wants to make it a little tougher for lenders to foreclose on homes. Dar’shun Kendrick (D-94) will attempt to tackle the foreclosure problem with a proposed bill that would institute a judicial foreclosure process. Th...

News Updates, Jan. 19

Owner of Doraville health clinic indicted for Medicare fraud David Song Sen Cui, 43, of Duluth was indicted Jan. 18 by a federal grand jury on charges of health care fraud. United States Attorney Sally Quillian Yates said, “This defendant is charge...

New Lithonia leaders seek to reclaim city’s place in Georgia

Lithonia’s new mayor said that of late, she has felt a “real sense of excitement that I have not felt in the city in a long time.” “Over the years, the news about Lithonia has not always been positive,” said Mayor Deborah Jackson, who ...

Clarkston Police Chief Tony Scipio retires

Clarkston City Manager Keith Barker announced Jan. 5 the retirement of Police Chief Tony Scipio. “We appreciate Chief Scipio’s service to the citizens of Clarkston since his appointment in 2005,” Barker said. “Chief Scipio has indicated to me...

Former state representative Maddox dies

Former state Rep. George Maddox of Decatur died Jan. 1. He was a candidate in 2008 for the DeKalb County Commission and served as a state legislator from 1996-2004. DeKalb County CEO Burrell Ellis issued this statement: “The State of Georgia and th...

No tax increase in county's proposed 2012 budget

No tax increase and no employee furloughs. Those were two of the highlights of DeKalb CEO Burrell Ellis’ proposed 2012 budget, presented to the county’s Board of Commissioners on Dec. 15. “There’s not a whole lot of fat here,” sai...

State’s Black Democrats fight against redrawn districts

Cracked, stacked and packed. Those are terms used to describe the redrawing of legislative districts to minimize minority voting power. And that’s what minority lawmakers in Georgia say has happened with recently drawn state Senate, state House and...

Lithonia’s recent election clears Justice Department

  Cheers and hallelujahs were raised in Lithonia on Dec. 5 during the final city council meeting of the year. Residents were thrilled to receive word that Lithonia will not have to redo its recent special election. “The Justice Department has prec...

‘Cain Train’ derailed by allegations by Dunwoody woman

Former Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain ends his bid for the White House during a talk to supporters in DeKalb County. A Dunwoody woman’s claim that she had a 13-year affair with Cain, coupled with allegations of sexual harassment by several women, dashed the former businessman’s hopes of running the country. Photo by Andrew Cauthen
It was the allegations of a DeKalb County woman that derailed presidential hopeful Herman Cain’s bid for the White House and it was in DeKalb County that he announced the suspension of his campaign. “As false accusations about me continue, they h...

Doraville and Dunwoody voters elect new mayor, city council members

  Voters in Doraville and Dunwoody returned to the polls on Dec. 6 and elected new mayors and several city council members in a run-off election from November. In Doraville, voters elected to keep incumbent Mayor Donna Pittman in the seat ...

Doraville forced to schedule special election to fill vacant council seat

The city of Doraville has unanimously passed an ordinance to hold a special election on March 6, during the presidential primary, to fill a council seat left vacant by current Mayor Donna Pittman. In November, Doraville City Councilman Bob Roche (Dis...

Doraville, Dunwoody runoff elections set for Dec. 6

Voters in Doraville and Dunwoody will go to the polls Dec. 6 for a run-off election. In Doraville, incumbent Mayor Donna Pittman is trying to keep the position she won during a special election in July. In that vote, she was elected to fill the remai...

Referendums passed in Doraville will change government

Doraville voters recently passed a referendum that will change the city’s government to one with a part-time mayor and a full-time city manager, making it one of the last cities in DeKalb County to convert to such a form of government. The close vo...

Commissioners want to lengthen foreclosure process

It should take more than 30 days to foreclose on homeowners having difficulty paying their mortgages. That’s what the DeKalb County Board of Commissioners affirmed earlier this month when it voted to adopt a resolution to lengthen the foreclosure p...

Residency of new Lithonia council member questioned

A woman who just won a Lithonia City Council seat may not actually live in the city. The home of Shameka Reynolds, who was elected to the council on Nov. 8, is just outside the city limits, said outgoing council member Kathleen De Cocq, during a spec...

Lithonia election in danger of do-over

  The city of Lithonia may have to redo its recent election. To comply with the Voting Rights Act, all elections in Georgia must be precleared by the federal Justice Department—an action still pending for Lithonia’s election. And missing recordi...

Doraville councilman resigns citing accountability issues with mayor and city council

  Doraville City Councilman Bob Roche resigned on Nov. 14, stating in a letter to City Clerk Melissa McCain that he could not in “good conscience” be a part of a city government that refused to hold its employees accountable. In his resignation ...

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