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Dunwoody dedicates Georgia’s first Diverging Diamond Interchange

Since June, motorists who travel along the Ashford Dunwoody Road interchange at I-285 have driven through Georgia’s first Diverging Diamond Interchange.On Nov. 16, Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle along with Dunwoody Mayor Mike Davis, and representatives from ...

Teen girl charged in the killing of 2-year-old sister

A 13-year-old girl has been charged in the killing of her 2-year-old half-sister. DeKalb County police spokeswoman Mekka Parish said the teen has been charged with murder in the killing of Sasha Ray. The teen made her first court appearance Nov. 20 i...

Bands will make them dance

A Southwest DeKalb drum major dances during the band’s dance routine. Photo by Travis Hudgons
  For additional band photos, visit: DeKalb show bands photo gallery   When the game clock hits 00:00 in the fourth quarter of a high school football game, the game is over for the teams, but not for the marching bands. They have one more quarter t...

Snapfinger Road now Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway

Congressman Hank Johnson, Georgia state senators, community leaders and Martin Luther King Jr. High School students celebrated the designation of Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway. Photo by Carla Parker
DeKalb County now has a street named after the late civil rights icon Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Elected officials, the DeKalb NAACP, members of the local DeKalb County chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, DeKalb County school district officials, a...

DeKalb voters turn out in large numbers for early voting

More than 30,754 DeKalb voters cast ballots in the first six days of early voting. Photo by Carla Parker
DeKalb County voters are showing up in droves to vote early in the 2012 presidential election. More than 30,754 DeKalb voters cast their ballots in the first six days of early voting, which began on Oct. 15 in Georgia. Only 9,219 ballots were cast in...

M.L. King, Stephenson face off in big regional matchup

The Region 6-AAAAA champion title will be on the line Oct. 26 when the Martin Luther King Jr. Lions play region rivals Stephenson Jaguars at Hallford Stadium. The game is a must-win for the Jaguars, who hope to stay in the race for the region title. ...

DeKalb Rape Crisis Center in jeopardy of closing

The DeKalb County Rape Crisis Center will close its door at the end of the year if it does not come up with $80,000 to continue funding services. The Decatur center needs the $80,000 to get through to the end of the year with its services, such as fr...

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...

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...