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Firefighters accused of intoxication at work

At least two county firefighters are under investigation for reporting to work while intoxicated during the snowstorm earlier this month. The DeKalb County Fire Department has placed two fire department employees on unpaid leave pending the outcome o...

Dunwoody to regulate massage businesses

Last month, Doraville passed a new ordinance regulating massage establishments within its borders, and now it’s Dunwoody’s turn. Dunwoody’s City Council is not trying to limit the number of such businesses. It just wants to put rules into place...

Groups question county, EPA sewer agreement

The proposed agreement between the Environmental Protection Agency and DeKalb County over excessive sewage spills is weak, ineffective and should be withdrawn or modified. That is what a group of six community organizations said last week in a 12-pag...

Death penalty sought in 2007 murder case

A man charged with murder in the execution-style killing of a 7-year-old boy in 2007 was arraigned in DeKalb County Superior Court on Tuesday. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for Willie Edward Kelsey, 32, who was arrested in December 2007 f...

Financial problems plague school board member

Jesse Cunningham
While the DeKalb County Board of Education wrestles with school closings and a billion-dollar budget, one board member has been having difficulty taking care of his own business. According to court records, board member Jesse “Jay” Cunningham has...

Clarkston to get street lights where murder occurred

Five months ago, a 20-year-old Myanmar refugee was gunned down in an apparent drive-by shooting as he and his friends were walking to their apartment complex on Jolly Avenue in Clarkston. Now that dark half-mile stretch of road on the border of Clark...

DeKalb Sheriff under budget for 2010

As the DeKalb Board of Commissioners begins to wrestle with the 2011 budget, the county’s sheriff announced that his office had ended the year under budget for the 10th consecutive year. According to a statement released by Sheriff Thomas Brown on ...

Snow causes week-long standstill

  School cancellations, slippery driving conditions, road closures and empty government offices were routine in DeKalb County last week after a winter storm dumped four to five inches of snow on the Atlanta area. Much of north Georgia came to a stan...

200,000-plus gallons of sewer spills so far this month

Last week while most DeKalb residents were stuck at home because of the winter storm, county workers were called out to deal with a 20,000-gallon sewer spill. The spill, which occurred Jan. 11 on North Hairston Road in the Mountain Crest apartment co...

Doraville mayor may lose power

While Doraville mayor Ray Jenkins was in a hospital recovering from a bout with pneumonia, the city council was considering a move to limit his powers. Citing the need for “competent management,” council member Bob Roche called for an immediate v...